News Quiz

1. Which country achieved the Space Race first of successfully landing the Luna IX spacecraft on the Moon on this day in 1966?

2. Which actress (pictured below) who celebrates her 63rd birthday today was born Patsy Ann McClenny and was famed for her roles in Falcon Crest, Hotel, Simon & Simon,

Magnum, P.I. and The Love Boat? 3. According to scientists writing in

Nature Communications last week, what are responsible for the deaths of between 1.4 and 3.7 billion birds and 6.9-20.7 billion mammals annually in the US.

4. Ex All Whites skipper Ryan Nelsen played his last match for which English premiership team last week (a creditable 0-0 draw against Man City after which he received a standing ovation and a guard of honour from his teammates) before jetting off to Canada to coach in the MLS?

5. Police in Putaruru became an internet sensation last week after giving a lift to a) a naked jogger; b) a broken down Richie McCaw or, c) a stolen alpaca?

6. Ex under-20 World Cup-winning All Black and Maori All Blacks winger Sean Maitland was due to debut for which country in the Six Nations tournament this weekend?

7. What film – due to be released in New Zealand on Thursday – starring Halle Berry, Emma Stone, Kate Winslet, Naomi Watts and Hugh Jackman has been almost universally slated by reviewers as the worst movie of all time, ‘‘deadly dull, unfunny, offensive, and stultifyingly clumsy’’ and ‘‘The

Citizen Kane of awful’’? 8. Convicted rapist Mike Tyson has won his ‘‘dream role’’ on which US television show: Law & Order: SVU;

COPS or Modern Family? 9. Which European monarch abdicated last week, giving up her role to her son Willem Alexander? 10. Who did Senator John Kerry succeed last week as US

secretary of state?

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