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Aotearoa is back in various levels of lockdown. Auckland is at Level 3, and the rest of the country is at Level 2. For now. So let’s rip once again so people have something to look forward to while they’re stuck at home. Here’s today’s (Aotearoa Fights Back Day 15). All previous quizzes can be found here.

1. Which New Zealand islands are further south, Auckland Islands, Campbells Islands or Antipodes Islands?
2. Who was the longest serving Russian Prime Minister under President Boris Yeltsin?
3. In Harry Potter, What is the full name of Hogwarts’?
4. Which chemical element has the symbol Au?
5. What nationality was Pablo Picasso?
6. In the Simpsons, who voices Principal Skinner, Otto and Mr Burns, among other characters?
7. In which years was David Shearer the leader of the Opposition? 2009-2011, 2011-2013 or 2013-2015
8. What generation are you if you were born in 1930?
9. What is the name of the “surprise” Taylor Swift album released at the end of July?
10. Which Polish French scientist is the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two sciences (Physics and Chemistry)?

Answers for 26 Aug 2020

1. Campbell Islands
2. Vladmir Putin
3. Hogwarts’ School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
4. Gold
5. Spanish
6. Harry Shearer
7. 2011-2013
8. The Silent Generation
9. Folklore
10. Marie Curie

Aotearoa is back in various levels of lockdown. Auckland is at Level 3, and the rest of the country is at Level 2. For now. So let’s rip once again so people have something to look forward to while they’re stuck at home. Here’s today’s (Aotearoa Fights Back Day 14). All previous quizzes can be found here.

1. In Star Trek, what small furry creatures were once considered mortal enemies of the Klingon Empire?
2. Which is further north, Havelock or Palmerston?
3. Phobos is a moon of which planet?
4. The Wimbledon Tennis Championship has been cancelled this year, but when was the last time it was cancelled? 1917, 1945 or 1953?
5. On which continent are the Atlas Mountains?
6. Approximately how many yards are there in 18 metres?
7. What acid is responsible for the burning pain when your muscles don’t have quite enough oxygen?
8. Which painting do the Italians call La Gioconda and the French call La Joconde?
9. Which country has the 2-letter code CH?
10. What is the stage name of Katheryn Hudson?

Answers for 25 Aug 2020

1. Tribbles
2. Havelock. Havelock North is also further north
   than Palmerston North
3. Mars
4. 1945

5. Africa
   

6. 20
   

7. Lactic acid
   

8. The Mona Lisa
   

9. Switzerland
   

10. Katy Perry

Aotearoa is back in various levels of lockdown. Auckland is at Level 3, and the rest of the country is at Level 2. For now. So let’s rip once again so people have something to look forward to while they’re stuck at home. Here’s today’s (Aotearoa Fights Back Day 13). All previous quizzes can be found here.

1. Which day of the week is Rāapa in Māori, mercredi in French and suiyōbi in Japanese?
2. Who played bass guitar in the 1990s band Nirvana?
3. Which British celebrity was the narrator of the first two seasons of the children’s TV show Thomas the Tank Engine?
4. Where in the Solar System is the dwarf planet Ceres?
5. What southern US city has the same name as a city on the Nile in Egypt?
6. What age followed the Bronze Age?
7. What is the most common blood type? A, AB or O?
8. The Valkyries were the handmaidens of which god in Norse mythology?
9. What instrument does Bill Clinton play?
10. What colour is the Earth’s mantle? Orange, green or white?

Answers for 24 Aug 2020

1. Wednesday
2. Krist Novoselic
3. Richard Starkey AKA Ringo Starr
4. In the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
5. Memphis
6. Iron Age
7. O
8. Odin
9. Saxophone
10. Green - do a google for peridotite, it’s beautiful.