Super quiz
BEGINNER (1 pt each)
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In Coleridge’s poem, what kind of creature was shot by the Ancient Mariner, bringing bad luck to him and his shipmates?
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How many squares are there on a chessboard?
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What is usually added to a slice of bread to make the children’s party food ‘‘Fairy bread’’?
INTERMEDIATE (2 pts each)
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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?
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Which town 200km southwest of Dublin was immortalised in a popular World War1era marching song?
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Of which country is Dili the capital?
EXPERT (3 pts each)
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Which of these snowboardrelated disciplines is not a Winter Olympics event: Halfpipe, snowboard cross or snowskating?
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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?
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The name of which Christchurch suburb is that of an African country spelt backwards?