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 38). 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.

1. Which Greek letter is a mathematical constant used, among other things, to calculate the properties of circles?
2. On a standard English language keyboard, what key is directly left of the backspace key?
3. How many Catholic popes were there in total in 1978?
4. Which part of Washington State can only be reached by driving for 40 km through Canada?
5. How many floors does the tallest building in Taipei, Taiwan have?
6. In golf, what does one traditionally yell to warn people on the green that they are hitting the ball?
7. Niall, Liam, Harry, Louis and formerly Zayn are or were members of which British boy band?
8. Speaking of British pop groups, which had hits including “When the Lights Go Out?” and “Everybody Get Up”?
9. In the Star Trek series Voyager and Picard, Jeri Ryan plays a character called Seven of what?
10. What is the only even prime number?

Answers for 2 May 2020

1. Pi (π)
2. Equals and plus
3. 3 - Paul VI, John Paul I (d. 28 Sep), John Paul II
4. Point Roberts
5. One Hundred and One
6. Fore!
7. One Direction
8. Five
9. Nine
10. Two