Super quiz

BEGINNER (1 pt each)

➊

How many pawns does each player start with in a standard game of chess?

➋

What kind of minor medical problems can be treated with patent medicines such as Difflam, DuroTuss and Robitussin?

➌

What is the nickname of the New Zealand men’s basketball team?

INTERMEDIATE (2 pts each)

➍

Which of these films did not star James Dean — Rebel Without a Cause, The Wild One or

Giant?

➎

Which former New Zealand cricket captain had the nickname ‘‘Hogan’’?

➏

Which of these African countries has no coastline: Mauritania, Senegal or Mali?

➐

Which Latin term meaning ‘‘does not follow’’ is used to describe a phrase which seems out of place compared to the words which precede it?

EXPERT (3 pts each)

➑

Which Dunedin park was once known as ‘‘The triangle’’?

➒

Which surname was shared by one of the founders of the Act New Zealand political party and the Social Credit political movement worldwide?

➓

Which legendary German character is the subject of plays by Marlowe and Goethe, and operas by Gounod and Busoni?