10 Quick Questions

1. What was HMS Bounty’s mission at the time of the infamous mutiny?

❑ Establish trade

❑ Transport plants

❑ Pacific exploration

❑ Military patrol

2. Who famously said, “I am just going outside and may be some time.”

❑ Lawrence Oates

❑ Robert Falcon Scott

❑ Ernest Shackleton

❑ Roald Amundsen

3. Which New Zealand place was the title of a chart-topping 1988 single?

❑ Manners Street

❑ One Tree Hill

❑ Dominion Road

❑ Wellington

4. Which has a faster maximum running speed: domestic cats, or humans?

❑ Cats

❑ Humans

5. Which of these can not be considered a film noir?

❑ His Girl Friday

❑ Double Indemnity

❑ The Big Sleep

❑ The Asphalt Jungle

6. Which writer was the first to use the noun “T-shirt” in print?

❑ Shakespeare

❑ Emily Brontë

❑ F Scott Fitzgerald

❑ Harper Lee

7. True or false? Phil Collins’ song In the Air Tonight is about a drowning Collins witnessed. ❑ True

❑ False

8. Which of these is not a primate?

❑ Slow loris

❑ Common marmoset

❑ Woolly lemur

❑ Palm civet

9. In The Muppet Show, which character is the object of Gonzo’s affection?

❑ Janice

❑ Gladys

❑ Jill

❑ Camilla

10. Which of these people or characters is oldest?

❑ Mickey Mouse

❑ Betty White

❑ Superman

❑ Kirk Douglas