10 quiz questions to kick off your week – Scroll to the bottom for the answers
  1. Which NZ director won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the 2019 film Jojo Rabbit?

  2. What is the name of the dried strips of meat popular in South Africa?

  3. Who is the only British Prime Minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature?

  4. In Rugby League, what is the annual three-game series between Queensland and New South Wales called?

  5. What does the Latin phrase “Carpe diem” mean in English?

  6. Matiu Walters is the lead singer of which popular NZ band?

  7. Which vegetable is used to make Sauerkraut?

  8. What is the term for a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being consumed?

  9. Which US President was in office during the American Civil War?

  10. What is the name of the fictional wizarding prison guarded by Dementors in the Harry Potter series?

Answers:

  1. Taika Waititi

  2. Biltong

  3. Winston Churchill

  4. State of Origin

  5. “Seize the day”

  6. Six60

  7. Cabbage

  8. Catalyst

  9. Abraham Lincoln

  10. Azkaban