Super quiz

BEGINNER (1 pt each)

➊ In which industry historically connected with Otago might one use a sluice box or a cradle?

➋ What was the name of the ‘‘paranoid android’’ in Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books?

➌ Which New Zealand prime minister was buried in his home town, Waimate, in 1974?

INTERMEDIATE (2 pts each)

➍ What was the royal dynasty of the last tsars of Imperial Russia?

➎ Which surname is shared by an Oscarwinning American actor named William and an Oscarnominated English actor named John?

➏ Who was director of the FBI for nearly 40 years from its founding in 1935 until his death in 1972?

➐ Who was the lead singer of 1990s Britpop band Pulp?

EXPERT (3 pts each)

➑ What is the unusual record held by a 300mhigh hill 30km south of Waipukurau in the Hawke’s Bay region?

➒ What kind of fruit are flame crests, white ladies and golden taturas?

➓ Which famous scientific hoax took its name from that of a Sussex village where ‘‘discoveries’’ were made between 1908 and 1915?

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