Otago Daily Times

Best of super quiz

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1. Which film star and musician got his big acting break as the title character in 1990s sitcom The Fresh Prince of BelAir?

2. What name beginning with C is used for the alphabet used in Russia and some other eastern European countries?

3. In the comic strip Peanuts, what breed of dog is Snoopy?

4. In which country did former All Black Keith Murdoch live as a recluse after being sent home in disgrace from a rugby tour of Britain?

5. What is measured using an anemometer?

6. Was singer Rihanna born in Puerto Rico, New York, or Barbados?

7. Was the United Nations establishe­d in 1945, 1951 or 1957?

8. What was the first name of the designer and engineer Eiffel, after whom the Eiffel Tower is named?

9. Which classic Rolling Stones song starts with the words ‘‘I see a red door . . .’’

10. What natural disaster occurred in New Zealand on June 10, 1886?

11. In which city was New Zealand’s first legal casino establishe­d?

12. Which noted 20thcentur­y comedienne was married to Desi Arnaz?

13. Which notable natural feature lies between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario?

14. What is the name of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s fiance?

15. In the Thomas the Tank Engine stories, what colour is Henry?

16. What does it mean to say that a police or emergency vehicle is using ‘‘blues and twos’’?

17. What is the predominan­t flavour of the liqueur amaretto?

18. Which small Southeast Asian nation has a lion with a fish’s tail as its national emblem?

19. How many claws does a cat normally have?

20. Who was lead singer of 1990s English band Pulp?

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