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 37). 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.
- Robert Fitzroy captained HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin’s famous expedition, but he also held which governmental office in New Zealand?
- John Pemberton invented what popular drink to substitute his addiction to morphine?
- Covering 55 acres, the Centennial Exhibition buildings were built to celebrate New Zealand’s centennial in which Wellington suburb?
- Canadian-New Zealander Anna Paquin starred in which vampire-themed TV series?
- Speaking of Anna Paquin, for what movie did she earn the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award at age 11?
- What is Sagittarius A*?
- Which has a bigger population, Oamaru, Timaru or Waiouru?
- Who are the four horsemen of the apocalypse?
- Your smartphone uses what type of battery?
- Is a pallasite an animal, plant or rock?
Answers for 1 May 2020
- He was the second Governor General of NZ
- Coca Cola
- Lyall Bay - it was enormous, look it up!
- True Blood
- The Piano
- The super-massive black hole at the core of the Milky Way galaxy
- Timaru (28,300, Oamaru 13,150, Waiouru 760)
- Death, Famine, War, and Conquest
- Lithium-Ion
- Rock - it’s a type of meteorite and they’re absolutely beautiful
