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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 9). 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. North Korea, Azerbaijan, Poland and Finland all share what geographic feature?
2. During his short 48 years, Manuel Uribe held what dubious world record?
3. Australian fast food chain Red Rooster primarily makes meals with which meat?
4. Mozzarella is traditionally made from what animal’s milk?
5. Which NASA Space Shuttle was the final one to go into space? Atlantis, Discovery or Endeavour
6. What was the largest empire, in claimed land, in history? British, Mongol or Roman?
7. In which year was the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Tiananmen Square Massacre and the resignation of David Lange as PM for health reasons?
8. Which Japanese game designer created the games Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros and The Legend of Zelda ?
9. Which actor play Howard Hughes in the 2004 film The Aviator ?
10. The songs “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” and “Move Your Body” were hits in 1999 for which Italian Europop group?

Answers for 22 May 2020

1. A border with Russia
2. He was the world’s heaviest man at ~600 kg
3. Chicken
4. Buffalo
5. Atlantis in July 2011
6. British
7. 1989 (the Exxon Valdez is now called Oriental Nicety)
8. Shigeru Miyamoto
9. Leonardo DiCaprio
10. Eiffel 65

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 8). 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. Who was the first emperor Roman Emperor?
2. According to the Holocene or Human era calendar, what year is it? 520, 3020 or 12020?
3. Which region do the Magic represent in the ANZ Premiership national netball competition?
4. Which 2004 non-fiction book by Jon Ronson was later loosely adapted into a 2009 film starring George Clooney?
5. Bundaberg, Queensland has two major drinks producers, both called Bundaberg. One produces ginger beer, what does the other produce?
6. In the Earth’s atmosphere which is higher, the Stratosphere, the Troposphere or the Thermosphere?
7. In which year did New Zealand surpass a population of 2 million? 1953, 1963 or 1973?
8. The Mediterranean island of Corsica, off the coast of Italy, is part of which country?
9. In the night sky, what are the Magellanic Clouds?
10. A 1985 cover of which Marvin Gaye song was performed as a duet between David Bowie and Mick Jagger?

Answers for 21 May 2020

1. Augustus (Julius Caesar was never emperor)
2. 12020 (it’s the current year plus 10,000)
3. Waikato / Bay of Plenty
4. The Men Who Stare at Goats
5. Rum
6. The Thermosphere
7. 1953
8. France
9. Dwarf galaxies, orbiting the Milky Way
10. Dancing in the Street

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 7). 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. V-shaped valleys are normally carved by rivers, what are U-shaped valleys carved by?
2. Who was the captain of the USS enterprise immediately before Captain Kirk?
3. The Lanisters in the Game of Throne books and TV show are said to always what?
4. Which Wellington suburb reaches further north, Mount Victoria, Mapuia or Melrose?
5. How many seperate political parties are currently in New Zealand’s parliament?
6. In which country did Jimi Hendrix die in 1970?
7. In which year did New Zealand introduce $1 and $2 coins to replace the notes of the same value? 1987, 1989, 1991?
8. Speaking of money, which bird features on New Zealand’s $50 bill, a piwakawaka (fantail), a kōkako or a tui?
9. The flags of Malaysia and Liberia are dominated by what pattern?
10. The USA has the largest number of reported Covid-19 case. Which country has the second most? Spain, Italy or Russia?

Answers for 19 May 2020

1. Glaciers
2. Captain Christopher Pike
3. Pay their debts
4. Mount Vic Massive
5. 5 - National, Labour, Greens, NZ First and Act. I’d also accept 6 if you consider Advance New Zealand (Jamie Lee Ross) a party.
6. The UK (London)
7. 1991
8. Kōkako
9. Red and white stripes, like the US Flag
10. Russia

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.

1. Name the colours of the rainbow that don’t prominently feature on any of the national flags of Europe?
2. When was the company TED, which publishes lectures and talks by prominent people, founded? 1984, 1994 or 2004?
3. Hilary Mantel wrote which 2009 Booker Prize winning novel?
4. James Holden is a character in which series of novels by James S. A. Corey an ongoing TV series by the same name?
5. Moment magnitude is a scale to measure which natural phenomena?
6. Which government Ministry has the Te Reo name Te Manatū Waka?
7. What doe the acronym in the name of the Crown research institute GNS Science stand for?
8. Wellington Free Ambulance is funded by the Ministry of Health, ACC and what?
9. What is the English name for Rakiura?
10. Before her solo career, Gwen Stefani fronted which rock/ska band?

Answers for 19 May 2020

1. Violet (or purple). And pink, although there is a tiny pink lion on the shield of the flag of Spain.
2. 1984
3. Wolf Hall
4. The Expanse
5. Earthquakes
6. The Ministry of Transport
7. Geological and Nuclear Sciences (yes, Geological and Nuclear Sciences Science)
8. Donations - go donate!
9. Stewart Island
10. No Doubt

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 5). 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. What are the two colours of the Greek flag?
2. Horatio is a main character in which Shakespearean play?
3. In which year was Wikipedia launched, the iPod released and George W Bush sworn in as US President?
4. What number element of the periodic table is Oganesson, previously known as Ununoctium? 109, 118, 127 or 136?
5. In which year was the Marriage Amendment Bill passed, allowing for marriage between same-sex couples in New Zealand?
6. Bosche and Bafang make electric motors for which type of vehicle?
7. Which is closest to mainland New Zealand? Mainland Australia, New Caledonia or Tonga?
8. In which decade did the TV series Alf air its final episode? 1970s, 1980s or 1990s?
9. Filming is underway for which number Matrix movie, starring Keanu Reeves?
10. Who wrote The Luminaries?

Answers for 17 May 2020

1. White and blue
2. Hamlet
3. 2001
4. 118
5. 2013
6. Electric bikes or e-bikes
7. New Caledonia (about 1,400 km for Cape Reinga, but NZ’s Kermadec islands are much closer to Tonga).
8. 1990s (March 1990)
9. The Matrix 4
10. Eleanor Catton

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 4). 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. It’s a Sunday so today’s quiz has a theme: place of birth.

Which country were each of the following born in?

1. Justin Beiber
2. William Shatner
3. Mel Gibson
4. Anna Paquin
5. Charlize Theron
6. Russell Crowe
7. Keanu Reeves
8. Former Australia PM Tony Abbott
9. New Zealand citizen Peter Thiel
10. Bruce Willis

Answers for 17 May 2020

1. Canada
2. Canada
3. The USA (New York)
4. Canada
5. South Africa
6. New Zealand (Wellington)
7. Lebanon
8. The UK (London)
9. Germany
10. Germany

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 03). 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. What is the name of the island in Island Bay?
2. The Rongotai electorate also includes what eastern region of New Zealand?
3. Which galaxy will our Milky Way collide and merge with in the next 5 billion years?
4. The word jandal is a blend of which two words?
5. Midori is a green liqueur and is the word for green in which language
6. Which French Word War 2 army officer was elected French president in 1958 after rewriting the French constitution?
7. Rugby Sevens was added to the Commonwealth Games in which year? 1994, 1998, 2002 or 2006?
8. 1 million is how many order of magnitude bigger than 1?
9. The Tsar Bomba was the biggest ever what?
10. The novel The Colour of Magic is the first book in which fantasy novel series?

Answers for 16 May 2020

1. Taputeranga
2. The Chatham Islands
3. Andromeda
4. Japanese and sandal
5. Japanese
6. Charles de Gaulle
7. 1998
8. 6 orders of magnitude
9. Hydrogen bomb or nuclear weapon, courtesy of the USSR
10. The Discworld series by Terry Prachett

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 02). 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. What was unusual about the Reliant Robin car?
2. In what year did Wellington Regional Stadium (Now Sky Stadium, nee Westpac Stadium, nee WestpacTrust Stadium) open? 1996, 1998, 2000 or 2002?
3. Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams starred in what 2004 film based on a 1996 novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks?
4. How many protons are there in a molecule of water (one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms)
5. Speaking of water, Something in the Water is a 2010 hit song by which Wellington-born singer songwriter?
6. The flags of Austria, Peru and Singapore all use which two colours?
7. Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, is a special territory of which South American nation?
8. According to legend, which hero pulled the North Island and the Islands of Hawai’i from the ocean?
9. Who was allocated more money in yesterday’s budget; students or race horses?
10. Which NBA team does Michael Jordan own?

Answers for 15 May 2020

1. It had three wheels, to avoid road tax
2. 2000
3. The Notebook
4. 10 - one in each hydrogen atom and 8 in the oxygen
5. Brooke Fraser
6. Red and white
7. Chile
8. Māui
9. Race Horses
10. The Charlotte Hornets

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 01). 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. The last government was the fifth National government. Including the current one, how many Labour governments have there been? 5, 6, 7 or 8?
2. Platypus and echidnas are known as monotremes. What makes them different from other mammals?
3. What is the gas that makes soft drink, beer and champagne bubbly?
4. Which country on the coast of the Mediterranean has the shortest coastline?
5. What Italian term, meaning “to the tooth”, is used to describe pasta that’s cooked so it’s still firm on the inside?
6. How many years were the Beatles active?
7. Who wrote the novel Moby Dick?
8. Mad Max was released in 1979. What was the name of the Mad Max movie released in 2015?
9. What was the name of the short-lived Friends spin-off show starring Matt LeBlanc?
10. In which year are the next Commonwealth Games planned to take place?

Answers for 14 May 2020

1. 6
2. They lay eggs
3. Carbon Dioxide (CO₂)
4. Monaco (~3.8 km) like riding a bike from Houghton Bay to the Spruce Goose in Lyall Bay
5. Al Dente
6. 10 years from 1960–1970
7. Herman Melville
8. Mad Max Fury Road
9. Joey
10. 2022 (in Birmingham, England)

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 49). 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 is bigger, New Zealand or New Zealand’s Ross Dependency in Antartica?
2. What temperature is the triple point of water, where it can exist as liquid, solid or gas (at Earth’s surface pressure)?
3. What is the currency of Turkey?
4. X-Files actress Gillian Anderson was born in which country?
5. According to a Eurythmics song, with whom should you not mess?
6. Which 1980s cartoon featured the villain Skeletor?
7. The flags of India, Ireland and Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) all prominently feature which three colours?
8. Speaking of colour, what colour is the top section of the Beehive, at parliament?
9. Tuatara are the last surviving members of the reptile order Rhynchocephali. When did Rhynchocephali originally appeared; 50 million, 150 million or 250 million years ago?
10. In The Matrix, what was the character Neo’s last name before he became Neo?

Answers for 13 May 2020

1. The Ross Dependency (~450,000 km², NZ is ~268,021 km²)
2. 0º C, or 0.01 ºC
3. The Lira
4. The UK
5. The Missionary Man
6. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
7. Orange White and Green
8. Brown
9. 250 million years ago at the start of the Triassic
10. Anderson. Thomas A. Anderson

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 48). 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. If you set sail directly east from Gisbourne, what country would you end up in?
2. The theme track for album Tubular Bells, by Mike Oldfield, was used on the soundtrack for which 1973 horror film?
3. What is the sixth element of the periodic table?
4. “Madam I’m Adam” is an sentence that’s an example of what sort of sequence?
5. What is the English name of the Greater Wellington city of Te Awakairangi (New Zealand’s 6th most populous)?
6. In which childrens book do the characters have to negotiate obstacles such as long wavey grass, a deep cold river, and a deep dark forest?
7. The TV show Wellington paranormal is a spin off of which Taika Waititi/Jermaine Clement movie?
8. Which of the follow is botanically a nut, rather than a seed: peanuts, cashews, brazil nuts or chesnuts?
9. Which NBA team does Dame Valerie Adams’ brother play for?
10. The movie Blade Runner is based on which Philip K. Dick novel?

Answers for 12 May 2020

1. Chile
2. The Exorcist
3. Carbon
4. A palindrome - it’s the same forward and backwards
5. Lower Hutt
6. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
7. What We Do In The Shadows
8. Chestnut, all the others are seeds.
9. Steven plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder
10. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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 47). 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. What is the name of the scientific hypotheses proposing life forming on one planet and transitioning, naturally, to another?
2. What is the standard plural form of octopus?
3. What is the only sort of meat eaten in a pescatarian diet?
4. Which is further south, Nauru, Niue or Tokelau?
5. An interrobang is the combination of which two punctuation characters?
6. Her last name is Ciccone and she is a 61 year old pop music legend. What is her first name?
7. What as the name of the bar/club that occupied the space on Courtenay Place currently occupied by the Bangalore Polo Club?
8. What is unique about the flag of Nepal?
9. Who authored the 2003 novel We Need to Talk About Kevin?
10. How many of the nine main episodes of Star Wars films did George Lucas direct?

Answers for 11 May 2020

1. Panspermia
2. Octopuses. You could also use octopodes if you really want to pretend you speak Greek. But octopi is not correct.
3. Seafood. Including octopuses.
4. Niue
5. A question mark and exclaimation mark:‽ or !?
6. Madonna
7. Coyote’s
8. It’s the only national flag that’s not rectangular
9. Lionel Shriver
10. 4 - A New Hope and the three prequels.

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 46). 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. Sunday quizzes have a theme. Today’s theme: hello.

The following are the words for “hello” or “hi” in what languages?

1. Ciao
2. Konnichi wa
3. Kia Orana
4. Nǐ hǎo
5. Dia dhuit
6. Chaírete
7. Salve
8. Guten Tag
9. Merhaba
10. Privet

Answers for 10 May 2020

1. Italian
2. Japanese
3. Cook Island Māori, Te reo Ipukarea
4. Chinese Mandarin - 你好
5. Irish Gaelic
6. Greek - Χαίρετε
7. Latin
8. German
9. Turkish
10. Russian - Привет