Super quiz

BEGINNER (1 pt each)

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New Zealand’s longest road bridge goes across which Canterbury river?

➋

Which car manufacturing magnate is often credited with the invention of the assemblyline process of mass production?

➌

Which of these colours does not appear on the faces of a standard Rubik’s cube: green, orange, white or violet?

INTERMEDIATE (2 pts each)

➍

Which actor’s films included

Alien, The Elephant Man and

1984?

➎

Two NBA basketball teams are based in Los Angeles. One is the LA Lakers; what is the other?

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Which legendary comics writer, creator of such characters as Spiderman and The XMen, died recently at the age of 95?

➐

What is the name of the dancing dog that performs with

Answers:

The Wiggles?

EXPERT (3 pts each)

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The first New Zealander to win an Olympic gold medal was swimmer Malcolm Champion in 1912. What team was he representing?

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Which work by Tchaikovsky has sections called ‘‘Miniature Overture’’, ‘‘Waltz of the Flowers’’ and ‘‘The Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies’’?

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The name of which everyday item is derived from the production of similar items in 16thcentury Germany using silver mined in Joachimsthal?