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 10). 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.
- The French nursery rhyme Alouette (gentille alouette) is concerned with doing what to a bird?
- In computing, what does the acronym CPU stand for?
- Which region goes further north, Marlborough, Tasman or Greater Wellington?
- Basketballer Magic Johnson played for which American West Coast team?
- In the cartoon The Flintstones, who was Betty’s husband?
- How old is Donald Trump, 71, 73, 75 or 77?
- What is the collective noun for a group of wild cats?
- In terms of calories per kilometre, which is more efficient; walking, bicycling or skateboarding?
- Who was Prime Minister before Jacinda Ardern?
- Who hosts TVNZ’s political show Q&A?
Answers for 25 May 2020
- Plucking its feathers (Je te plumerai means “I will pluck your feathers” in French)
- Central Processing Unit
- Tasman - Farewell Spit is further north than Ōtaki and Stephens Island
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Barney
- 73
- A destruction
- Bicycling (~26 Cal/km, walking ~52, skating ~35)
- Bill English
- Jack Tame
