10 Quick Questions

1. Which event prompted Winston Churchill’s “This was their finest hour” speech? ❑ Normandy landings ❑ Dambusters raid ❑ Bismarck sinking ❑ Battle of France

2. Where would you find a so-called Goldilocks zone? ❑ In an oven ❑ Underwater ❑ In space ❑ In a forest

3. Whose song begins: “I got my first real six-string, bought it at the five-and-dime”? ❑ Bryan Adams ❑ Joan Jett ❑ Bruce Springsteen ❑ Stevie Nicks

4. True or false? The drug thalidomide is still used in modern medicine. ❑ True ❑ False

5. Where is the only wild monkey population in Europe? ❑ Germany ❑ Russia ❑ Finland ❑ Gibraltar

6. Which fish species was known as the “slimehead” in NZ until the 1970s? ❑ Snapper ❑ Orange roughy ❑ Blue cod ❑ Red gurnard

7. Which of these is more likely to spontaneously catch fire? ❑ Dry hay bale ❑ Moist hay bale

8. In the Victorian era, what food was often referred to as “bags of mystery”? ❑ Sausages ❑ Haggis ❑ Beef Wellington ❑ Salisbury steak

9. Which of these actors has NOT played Tom Clancy’s character Jack Ryan? ❑ Alec Baldwin ❑ Harrison Ford ❑ Ben Affleck ❑ Tom Cruise

10. Which famous scandal was uncovered by reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein? ❑ Iran-Contra Affair ❑ Watergate ❑ Profumo affair ❑ Clinton-Lewinsky