10 quiz questions to kick off your week – Scroll to the bottom for the answers

  1. Into which sea does the Nile River flow?
  2. One and a half Litres of Champagne is known as a …?
  3. Which sign of the Zodiac is represented by a set of scales – Aries, Libra or Sagittarius?
  4. Pigs are used to sniff out which delicacy in some parts of France?
  5. What is the term given to a word that can be spelt the same both backwards and forwards? (e.g. kayak, radar, madam)
  6. Which NZ city is nicknamed the ‘Edinburgh of the South’?
  7. In which sport is 180 deemed a perfect score?
  8. What company was originally called ‘Cadabra’ – Netflix, Microsoft or Amazon?
  9. Who is the tallest All Black of all time at 2.06m/6”9’ tall’ – Sam Whitelock, Dominic Bird or Ian Jones?
  10. Which popular autumn fruit is also known as pineapple guava?

Answers:

  1. Mediterranean
  2. Magnum
  3. Libra
  4. Truffles
  5. Palindrome
  6. Dunedin
  7. Darts
  8. Amazon
  9. Dominic Bird
  10. Feijoa