Otago Daily Times

Super quiz

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BEGINNER (1pt each)

The Valley of the Kings is a famous archaeolog­ical site in which country?

The Battle of Chunuk Bair was part of which major campaign during World War 1?

The popular Pacific island sport of kilikiti is a variant of which sport widely played in New Zealand?

INTERMEDIA­TE (2pt each)

From which country does the cheese Emmenthal originate?

For what is the name of 18thcentur­y Englishman Lancelot ‘‘Capability’’ Brown remembered?

Which classic television comedy series' central character was the clumsy and inept Frank Spencer?

Which poet’s best known work is the 1922 poem The Waste Land?

EXPERT (3pt each)

Which very light chemical element, normally found as a gas, takes its name from the name of the ancient Greek sun god? ➒

Danyon Loader won his two Olympic gold medals in the 200m and 400m of which swimming discipline — butterfly, freestyle, breaststro­ke or backstroke? ➓

The term scuba (as in scuba diving) is an acronym — what do the letters of scuba stand for?

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