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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 (Aotearoa Rāhui Day 34). 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. Where in the world is the nation of Brunei?
2. Who authored the Grant County book series featuring the main character Dr Sara Linton
3. Who starred as the titular character in the movie Donny Darko?
4. Who “won” the 2019 men’s cricket world cup
5. What is the name of the character whose skull Hamlet laments over in the Shakespeare play Hamlet?
6. What is the most abundant chemical element in the universe?
7. Who is the current New Zealand Minister of Conservation?
8. What species is the largest living rodent?
9. What is the national currency in Egypt?
10. How many wives did the British king Henry VIII have in total?

Answers for 28 April 2020

1. South East Asia on the Island of Borneo, almost completely surrounded by Malaysia.
2. Karen Slaughter
3. Jake Gyllenhaal
4. England (by -2 wickets)
5. Yorick
6. Hydrogen
7. Eugenie Sage
8. The Capybara
9. The Egyptian pound
10. Six (Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr)

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 32). 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 Nintendo Entertainment System had how many Super Mario Bros. games released on it in the West?
2. Wave Race is a series of Nintendo games features what water sport?
3. What is the name of the player character in the series The Legend of Zelda
4. Daytona USA is a mid-90s arcade game released by which Japanese game company?
5. What decade was the game Pacman released? 1970s 1980s or 1990s?
6. Final Fantasy 7 was released on the original Playstation. What system was the prior Final Fantasy (Final Fantasy 6 in Japan, Final Fantasy III in the west) originally released on?
7. What was the name of Sega’s last games console?
8. Originally intended to be released on the Mac and PC, what launch title for the original XBox was created by Bungie Studios?
9. The Konami Code is a famous series of button presses first appearing in the games Gradius and Contra. What is it?
10. Starcraft, Warcraft and Diablo are games by which game studio?

Answers for 26 April 2020

1. 3 - Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Jetski Racing
3. Link
4. Sega
5. 1980s (it was released in 1980)
6. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
7. The Dreamcast
8. Halo
9. Up up down down left right left right B A
10. Blizzard

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 25). 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 Netflix series The Crown costs how much per episode to make? $5 million, $8 million or $13 million?
2. Which fruit, popular with New Zealanders, is also known as a pineapple guava?
3. What is the stage name of rapper and NCIS: Los Angeles actor James Todd Smith?
4. The three major types of rock on Earth are metamorphic, igneous and what?
5. What is the third most populous country?
6. In computing, what does tue acronym RAM stand for?
7. Who created The Simpsons?
8. Which came first? Fonterra, the boy band NSYNC or the animated series Family Guy?
9. What is the tallest mountain on the North Island?
10. Which is more endangered? The New Zealand Fairy Tern, the Kakapo or the North Island Kōkako

Answers for 25 April 2020

1. $13 million (I know, right!? Costumes and sets are expensive!)
2. Feijoa
3. LL Cool J - short for “Ladies Love Cool James”
4. Sedimentary
5. The United States of America
6. Random Access Memory
7. Matt Groening
8. NSYNC (1995, Family Guy 1999, Fonterra 2001)
9. Ruapehu
10. Fairy Tern (~40 left, Kakapo ~200, Kōkako isn’t threatened)

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 30). 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. How many countries have a lion as their national animal? 4, 13 or 22
2. Which is bigger, Iceland, Ireland (the island) or the North Island?
3. The TV show Bosch is based on a series of books by which author?
4. Is a brown dwarf more or less massive than the sun (which is a yellow dwarf)?
5. The days of the work week in French are lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi and vendredi. What are they named after?
6. Who directed the 2009 film Moon?
7. Sonic the Hedgehog is the mascot character of which Japanese video game developer?
8. Which author wrote the Foundation series of science fiction books?
9. Which dinosaur has a latin name meaning King Tyrant Lizard?
10. Atoms are made of Protons and Neutrons at the core, which is orbited by what?

Answers for 24 April 2020

1. 13 - please don’t make me list them out
2. North Island (113,729 km², Iceland 103,001 km², Ireland 84,421 km²)
3. Michael Connelly
4. Less
5. The planets and the moon - Lundi - the moon, Mardi - Mars, Mercredi - Mercury, Jeudi - Jupiter, Vendredi - Venus.
6. Duncan Jones
7. Sega
8. Isaac Asimov
9. Tyrannosaurus Rex
10. Electrons

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 29). 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 new electorate of Takanini has been created for the 2020 general election. Where is it?
2. What is the national animal of Ireland?
3. Who wrote great expectations?
4. December 1963 (Oh What a Night) was a song by which band?
5. How many New Zealand Prime Ministers have died in office? 1, 4 or 8?
6. Name the hammer that judges use in court?
7. In what year did Prince, David Bowie, Carey Fisher, George Michael, Alan Rickman, Harper Lee, Nancy Reagan, Muhammad Ali, Gene Wilder, Leonard Cohen, Fidel Castro and Zsa Zsa Gabor die?
8. Which early 1980s cartoon featured the characters Tyg Tiger, Pammy Panda, Digger Mole, Rick Raccoon and Bogey Orangutan?
9. Which millennium of the current era are we in?
10. What is the top level domain name of Switzerland? (New Zealand is .nz)

Answers for 23 April 2020

1. South Auckland
2. The red deer
3. Charles Dickens
4. The Four Seasons
5. 4 - John Balance (1893), Richard Seddon (1906), Michael Joseph Savage (1940) and Norman Kirk (1974)
6. A gavel
7. The wretched year of 2016
8. Shirt Tales
9. 3rd
10. .ch (Confoederatio Helvetica, the Latin name for Switzerland)

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 28). 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 sumo wrestler character in the Street Fighter franchise of video games?
2. In ancient Greek mythology, what kind of creature was Pegasus?
3. What is the name of the RNZAF airforce base half way between Palmerston North and Whanganui?
4. W is the symbol for which chemical element?
5. What kind of animal is the titular character in the Dr Seuss book Horton Hears a Who!?
6. Which country’s flag features a silhouette of a two-headed eagle on a red background?
7. Who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate factory?
8. Who founded the US media company Harpo Productions?
9. Wellington Zoo and the Wellington Hockey Stadium are positioned on which Wellington mountain?
10. What is the top level domain name of Switzerland? (New Zealand is .nz)

Answers for 22 April 2020

1. E. Honda
2. A winged horse
3. Ohakea
4. Tungsten
5. Elephant
6. Albania
7. Roald Dahl
8. Oprah Winfrey (Harpo is Oprah backwards)
9. Albert
10. .ch (Confoederatio Helvetica, the Latin name for Switzerland)

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 27). 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. At almost 11 km, the Challenger Deep is the deepest point in the ocean, and part of what trench?
2. Gympie, Kia Ora, Banana and Scotchy Pocket are all towns or settlements in which Australian state?
3. What colour Wiggle is Emma Watkins?
4. “Hey I just met you and this is crazy, but here’s my number” are the first words of the chorus to which Carly Rae Jepsen song?
5. Sea water contains approximately what concentration of salt? 0.5 %, 2 %, 3.5 %
6. Bill Gates and Paul Allen found which technology company in April 1975?
7. Who is New Zealand’s Chief Justice?
8. It’s the Queen’s actual birthday today. How old is she turning?
9. What was the name of the character played by Woody Harrelson in the TV show Cheers?
10. Who piloted the Bell X-1 experimental aircraft to mach 1 on October 14 1947?

Answers for 21 April 2020

1. Mariana or Marianas Trench
2. Queensland
3. Yellow
4. Call me maybe
5. 3.5 %
6. Microsoft
7. Dame Helen Winkelmann
8. 94
9. Woody (full name Woody Boyd)
10. Chuck Yeager

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 26). 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 brightest star in the sky?
2. Which chemical element has the symbol Hg?
3. Gillette’s range of razors targeted towards women has what brand?
4. “Do you remember, the 21st night of September” are the opening lines of a song by which genre-spanning American band?
5. What British chocolate bar was originally developed to resemble the American Milky Way chocolate bar?
6. What is the name of the Roman version of the ancient Greek god Zeus?
7. Which Petone-based communications company did Australian company Telstra buy in 1999?
8. In Futurama, which planet was renamed “Urectum” because scientists wanted to “end that stupid joke once and for all”?
9. What fictional Californian town is the TV show Veronica Mars set in?
10. What is the name of Mickey Mouse’s dog?

Answers for 20 April 2020

1. Our star, the Sun
2. Mercury
3. Venus
4. Earth, Wind and Fire
5. Mars
6. Jupiter
7. Saturn (officially Saturn Communications)
8. Uranus
9. Neptune
10. Pluto

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 25). 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. Today it’s Sunday, so there’s a theme: Not Marvel.

1. Marvel Comics founder Martin Goodman was booked to be on what, before changing his plans at the last minute, and avoiding almost certain death on 6th May 1937?
2. Sam Rami directed the first three modern Spiderman films, but what other series of films did he direct?
3. Chris Pratt played Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy, but what TV comedy series was he a main character in before Guardians?
4. Thor is from the planet Asgard, but which planet was Superman said to have come from?
5. Alan Moore wrote V for Vendetta for Marvel. What wildly popular limited series did he write for DC?
6. Fantastic Four issue 1 was first published in November 1961, but what groundbreaking novel by Joseph Heller was also published in that month?
7. The Incredible Hulk originally debuted in a fetching shade of grey, but what colour are the cans and bottles of stevia-sweetened Coca Cola, branded as “Coca Cola Life”?
8. Torrent is the daughter of X-Men Wolverine and Storm, but who is the daughter of Debbie Reynolds and mother of Billie Lourd?
9. Baron von Strucker is the arch nemisis of Nick Fury, but who is the arch nemisis of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
10. Black Panther is from the fictional African nation of Wakanda. But how many fully UN recognised, non-fictional nations are there in Africa? 54, 84 or 104?

Answers for 19 April 2020

1. Hindenburg Airship
2. The Evil Dead
3. Parks and Recreation
4. Krypton
5. Watchmen
6. Catch-22
7. Green
8. Carrie Fisher
9. I’d accept Shredder and/or Krang
10. 54 (who are member of the UN, there’s more, but it’s complicated)

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 24). 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 a 2012 novel by Gillian Flynn and the adapted 2014 movie starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike?
2. What colour pill did the character Neo decide to take in the movie The Matrix?
3. The 32 km long, Onyx River is the longest river on which continent?
4. What’s the collective noun for a group of wild cats?
5. What do the flags of Kosovo and Cyprus have in common?
6. Who Directed the movie Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back?
7. The October Revolution, or the Bolshevik Revolution occurred in which year?
8. A Moscow Mule cocktail is made with vodka, lime and what other ingredient?
9. Antibiotics are effective against only what type of infection? Viral, Bacterial or Fungal?
10. Which has the biggest population? Perth in Scotland, Wellington in Sommerset, England or Canterbury in Kent, England?

Answers for 18 April 2020

1. Gone Girl
2. The red pill
3. Antarctica
4. A Destruction
5. They both have maps on them
6. Irvin Kershner
7. 1917
8. Ginger beer
9. Bacterial. Only bacterial.
10. Canterbury (~55,000, Perth ~47,000, Wellington ~15,000)

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 23). 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. Musician Trent Reznor is best known for being the front man of which band?
2. What was the pen name of author and cartoonist Theodor Geisel?
3. What was the name of the computer which helped Jem and the Holograms in the 1980s cartoon series of the same name?
4. Which chemical element has the symbol K?
5. What is Earth’s third largest ocean?
6. Ignoring the one-off 2009 revival, in what year was the final series of Top Town broadcast in New Zealand? (Bonus point: who won that year?)
7. What is the southern most point of the Realm of New Zealand?
8. What point on Earth are you furthest from the planet’s centre? Country is fine. Bonus point for exact location.
9. What were Alta Vista, Lycos and Excite?
10. What was the name of Sega’s last game console?

Answers for 17 April 2020

1. Nine Inch Nails
2. Dr Seuss
3. Synergy
4. Potassium
5. The Indian Ocean (ASIA Pacific is the smallest to biggest - Arctic, Southern, Indian, Atlantic, Pacific)
6. 1990 (and Greymouth)
7. The South Pole (I’ll also accept the Ross Dependency)
8. Chimborazo volcano, in Equador
9. Internet search engines (from the late 90s)
10. The Dreamcast

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 22). 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 time between someone being exposed to a virus and showing symptoms called?
2. What is the stage name of Alecia Beth Moore?
3. Which popular Pixar film won the oscar for ‘Best Animated Feature’ in 2004?
4. What is the largest town on Stewart Island?
5. Who wrote The Odyssey?
6. What movie is rated #1 on the ‘IMDb Top 250’? The Dark night, Pulp Fiction or The Shawshank Redemption?
7. In the 1980s cartoon Transformers, What did the Decepticon leader Megatron transform into?
8. What is the largest suburb by population in the Wellington Region? Karori, Wainuiomata or Johnsonville?
9. In what year did Mount Ruapehu last erupt?
10. Who directed and starred in the movie Dances with Wolves?

Answers for 15 April 2020

1. Incubation Period
2. Pink or P!nk
3. Finding Nemo
4. Oban
5. Homer (of ancient Greece, not Springfield)
6. The Shawshank Redemption
7. A Gun
8. Wainuiomata (~17,000, Karori ~15,000, J’Ville ~10,000)
9. 2007
10. Kevin Costner