10 quiz questions to kick off your week – Scroll to the bottom for the answers
  1. What is the second largest planet in our Solar System?
  2. Which fruit is used in a traditional French Tarte Tatin dessert?
  3. A cartographer produces what type of document?
  4. Which two universities compete in a rowing race on the Thames river, known as “The Boat Race”?
  5. What NZ town is famous for it’s steampunk festival and limestone buildings?
  6. What was the nickname of German WWI pilot Manfred von Richthofen?
  7. What type of machine was Isaac Singer granted a patent for in 1851?
  8. The fictional building Nakatomi Plaza is the setting for what 1988 movie starring Bruce Willis?
  9. What former football player was nicknamed “Golden Balls”?
  10. An entomologist studies what type of organisms?

Answers:

  1. Saturn
  2. Apples
  3. Maps
  4. Cambridge University and Oxford University
  5. Ōamaru
  6. The Red Baron
  7. Sewing machine
  8. Die Hard
  9. David Beckham
  10. Insects