Super quiz

BEGINNER (1 pt each)

➊ From which part of the world do we get the words chocolate, guacamole and avocado?

➋ Which Irish rock singer was the driving force behind the 1985 Live Aid concerts for African famine relief?

➌ Is an ocelot a species of wild cat, wild dog, or antelope?

INTERMEDIATE (2 pts each)

➍ Of which indoor sport was Eric Bristow fivetime world champion?

➎ Which American state’s main cities include Carson City Reno, and

Las Vegas?

➏ In the Christian calendar, what name is given to the day after

Shrove Tuesday, 46 days before Easter

Sunday?

➐ What name is given to the cycle of four classical Wagner operas including Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried

and Gotterdammerung?

EXPERT (3 pts each)

➑ Who was New Zealand’s longestserving premier or prime minister, holding office for a little over 13 years?

➒ Which Italian city is home to Michelangelo’s statue of the biblical character David?

➓ Which Otago lake has a southerndialect Maori name meaning

‘‘Spreading water’’?