Every day of the nation-wide Aotearoa quarantine, I’m posting a quiz as something for people to look forward to. Here’s today’s (Aotearoa Rāhui Day 14). There’s a meta puzzle too, see if you can piece it together from the 3rd to the 22nd of April.
- Alastair Reynolds writes what genre of fiction?
- Why did the Renaissance artists Raphael and Donatello never meet?
- What is the collective noun for a group of cockroaches?
- Who painted The Scream?
- What is the smallest state in the USA by area?
- What are the two most common species of cultivated coffee?
- What was the name of the first Discworld novel, written by Terry Prachett, published in 1983?
- Which came first, The World Trade Organisation or Justin Beiber?
- What is the third element on the periodic table?
- Beer is traditionally brewed with water, yeast and what two other ingredients?
Answers for 7 April 2020
- Science Fiction
- Donatello died before Raphael was born
- Invasion
- Edvard Munch
- Rhode Island - it’s half the size of the Wellington region
- Arabica and Robusta
- The Colour of Magic
- Justin Beiber 1994 (WTO 1995)
- Lithium
- Malted barley and hops
