10 quiz questions to kick off your week – Scroll to the bottom for the answers
  1. What grid-based strategy game involves sinking an opponent’s naval fleet?
  2. Which planet in our solar system has moons named after characters from Shakespeare’s plays?
  3. In what country is New Years Eve called Hogmanay?
  4. What 1960’s TV show featured characters called Agent 86 and Agent 99?
  5. In what year did the Costa Concordia cruise ship capsize off the coast of Italy. 2012, 2014 or 2016?
  6. Which Premier League football club is nicknamed ‘The Red Devils’?
  7. Where would you usually find a ‘spinnaker’?
  8. In 1972, Bobby Fischer became the first American to win the world championship in what game?
  9. What South Island, NZ city has suburbs named Rosedale, Windsor and  Georgetown?
  10. What letter in the alphabet is the only one with more than one syllable?

Answers:

  1. Battleship
  2. Uranus
  3. Scotland
  4. Get Smart
  5. 2012
  6. Manchester United
  7. On a sail boat
  8. Chess
  9. Invercargill
  10. W