Super quiz

BEGINNER (1pt each)

➊ Which short word can refer to composite board made from thin layers of wood or to the number of strands in a woollen thread?

➋ Are hors d’oeuvres served at the beginning of a meal, at the end of the meal, or as a between meal snack?

➌ With which creative field is the name of New Zealander Rita Angus most associated?

INTERMEDIATE (2pts each)

➍ Who recently stood down as chief executive of Amazon.com?

➎ What name beginning with M is often given to the third round of a golf tournament, owing to frequent scoreboard changes on that day?

➏ Is the geographical region known as the Taiga composed mainly of desert scrubland, coniferous forest, or tropical jungle?

➐ What was the main colour of New Zealand’s $2 notes, removed from circulation in the 1990s?

EXPERT (3pts each)

➑ Which religious movement was founded by Maori prophet Te Kooti in the 1860s?

➒ Which folk song about transportation of criminals is named for a stretch of water 8km south of Sydney city centre?

➓ Which jeweller created intricately decorated and nearpriceless Easter eggs for the Russian royal family between 1885 and 1917?