Chin up, I’m sure you’re not the only player who’ll phone a friend to get through this quiz. Think of it as a golden opportunity.
1. The French and what other nation sent colonists to New Zealand in the 1830s?
2. What is a Thompson seedless?
3. At which Winter Olympics was a women’s team in bobsleigh introduced?
Photo: Atakan Divitlioglu.
4. Who was the Roman god of the underworld?
5. What do Green Day, the Beverley Sisters, Ace of Base, Atomic Kitten, Blink-182, Cream, Depeche Mode, Destiny’s Child and the Dixie Chicks have in common?
6. What does the C in ANZAC stand for?
7. A farrier is associated with which type of animal?
8. The film title is My Own …… Idaho?
9. A conchologist is someone who studies what?
10. ‘Where the deer and the antelope play’ is from which American folk song?
11. World War I flying ace Baron von Richthofen, the Red Baron, was credited with how many “kills” before he himself was killed?
12. A famous opera by Rossini is about the barber of where?
13. What was the name of the step that ran under the bottom of the doors on early motor cars?
14. The autonomous region of Catalunya is in which country?
15. What type of creature is a katydid?
16. The active ingredient in baking soda is sodium…..?
17. Wax on wax off is a classic line from which film?
18. Which Australian state or territory does not contain the letter A in its name?
19. Which ancient city was famous for its library and lighthouses?
20. Is it butterflies or moths that rest with their wings folded upright?
Bonus question: A Cambridge University undergraduates meeting on 16 January 1955 started the development of the modern internationally competitive game of what? Answer in Quiz 21.
Photo: Cristian Tecu.
Answers: 1.Great Britain 2.Grape 3.2002 4.Pluto 5.They are all trios 6.Corps 7.Horse 8.Private 9.Shells 10.Home on the Range 11.80 kills 12.Seville 13.Running board 14.Spain 15.Insect 16.Bicarbonate 17.The Karate Kid 18.Northern Territory 19.Alexabdria 20.Butterflies
Bonus question answer (from Quiz 19): The country’s banner where two teams entered in the 1904 Olympics in the same sport was Canada The sport was lacrosse. One of the Canadian teams consisted entirely of Mohawk nation players.
