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 (Spaced Out Aotearoa Day 6). 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.
- Name the colours of the rainbow that don’t prominently feature on any of the national flags of Europe?
- When was the company TED, which publishes lectures and talks by prominent people, founded? 1984, 1994 or 2004?
- Hilary Mantel wrote which 2009 Booker Prize winning novel?
- James Holden is a character in which series of novels by James S. A. Corey an ongoing TV series by the same name?
- Moment magnitude is a scale to measure which natural phenomena?
- Which government Ministry has the Te Reo name Te Manatū Waka?
- What doe the acronym in the name of the Crown research institute GNS Science stand for?
- Wellington Free Ambulance is funded by the Ministry of Health, ACC and what?
- What is the English name for Rakiura?
- Before her solo career, Gwen Stefani fronted which rock/ska band?
Answers for 19 May 2020
- Violet (or purple). And pink, although there is a tiny pink lion on the shield of the flag of Spain.
- 1984
- Wolf Hall
- The Expanse
- Earthquakes
- The Ministry of Transport
- Geological and Nuclear Sciences (yes, Geological and Nuclear Sciences Science)
- Donations - go donate!
- Stewart Island
- No Doubt
