Super quiz

BEGINNER (1 point each)

➊ In the comedy series Fawlty Towers, from which city did Manuel come?

➋ Which of these African rivers does not flow into the Atlantic: The Congo, The Niger, or The Zambezi?

➌ What name is given to New Zealand’s largest living kauri, located in Waipoua State Forest, Northland?

INTERMEDIATE (2 points each) ➍ Who wrote Rhapsody in Blue?

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The critically endangered vaquita is the smallest living species of what kind of animal?

➏ With which Southland town is the species Tiostrea chilensis most closely associated?

➐ Which singer released an album in 2009 under the pseudonym ‘‘Sasha Fierce’’?

EXPERT (3 points each)

➑ Which New Zealand writer’s bestknown work is the play The End

of the Golden Weather?

➒ Which notable New Zealand ‘‘cold case’’ mystery concerns the murder of a British hitchhiker at Haast in 1970?

➓ Which vintage actress and television comedienne was married to Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz?

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