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 30). There’s a meta puzzle too, see if you can piece it together from the 3rd to the 22nd of April. All previous quizzes can be found here.
- How many countries have a lion as their national animal? 4, 13 or 22
- Which is bigger, Iceland, Ireland (the island) or the North Island?
- The TV show Bosch is based on a series of books by which author?
- Is a brown dwarf more or less massive than the sun (which is a yellow dwarf)?
- The days of the work week in French are lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi and vendredi. What are they named after?
- Who directed the 2009 film Moon?
- Sonic the Hedgehog is the mascot character of which Japanese video game developer?
- Which author wrote the Foundation series of science fiction books?
- Which dinosaur has a latin name meaning King Tyrant Lizard?
- Atoms are made of Protons and Neutrons at the core, which is orbited by what?
Answers for 24 April 2020
- 13 - please don’t make me list them out
- North Island (113,729 km², Iceland 103,001 km², Ireland 84,421 km²)
- Michael Connelly
- Less
- The planets and the moon - Lundi - the moon, Mardi - Mars, Mercredi - Mercury, Jeudi - Jupiter, Vendredi - Venus.
- Duncan Jones
- Sega
- Isaac Asimov
- Tyrannosaurus Rex
- Electrons
