Otago Daily Times

Super quiz

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BEGINNER (1 pt each)

In Coleridge’s poem, what kind of creature was shot by the Ancient Mariner, bringing bad luck to him and his shipmates?

How many squares are there on a chessboard?

What is usually added to a slice of bread to make the children’s party food ‘‘Fairy bread’’?

INTERMEDIA­TE (2 pts each)

What is the former name of Vietnam’s largest city, Ho Chi Minh City? ➎

In which sport is Australia represente­d internatio­nally by the Opals?

Which town 200km southwest of Dublin was immortalis­ed in a popular World War1era marching song?

Of which country is Dili the capital?

EXPERT (3 pts each)

Which of these snowboardr­elated discipline­s is not a Winter Olympics event: Halfpipe, snowboard cross or snowskatin­g?

Only three Shakespear­e plays feature women’s names in the title. Romeo and Juliet and Troilus and Cressida are two of them — what is the third?

The name of which Christchur­ch suburb is that of an African country spelt backwards?

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