My old man’s a quiz man, he wears a quiz man’s hat. 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 Season 3, Episode 16). All previous quizzes can be found here.
- Released in 1994, Smash was the first successful album of which band?
- Balaclavas are named after a town in which country?
- What is the most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere?
- What was the first name of Admiral Nelson, who is commemorated with Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar square?
- The Māori name for Wellington is Pōneke and what other name?
- In which year did Edmond Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summit Everest?
- What are the colours of the Danish flag?
- Complete these Beatles lyrics: “Lady Madonna, children at your feet…”
- Happy Valley is the learners slope on which New Zealand ski field?
- Giant, Avanti and Cannondale are all brands of what?
Answers for 02 September 2021
- The Offspring
- Ukraine / Crimea
- Nitrogen
- Horatio
- Te Whanganui-a-Tara
- 1953
- Red and white
- “Wonder how you manage to make ends meet”
- Whakapapa
- Bicycles
