NZ Herald summer quiz: January 1
Test your brains with the Herald's summer quiz.
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Which fictional dog supposedly graduated from Dogwarts University?
Scooby Doo
Gromit
Snoopy
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In which country did the LTTE fight a 26-year war?
Sri Lanka
India
Pakistan
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Whitehaven Mansions was home to which famous detective?
Miss Marple
Hercule Poirot
Sherlock Holmes
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Who was photographed naked and pregnant for the cover of the August 1991 Vanity Fair magazine?
Demi Moore
Cindy Crawford
Madonna
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According to the laws of cricket, what items must be 4.31 inches or 10.95cm long?
The bat handle
The stumps
The bails
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Taylor Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce plays for which US football team?
New England Patriots
Kansas City Chiefs
Dallas Cowboys
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In computing, what is the meaning of the acronym GIGO?
Garbage in, garbage out
Good input, good output
General input, general output
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The Reinheitsgebot sets out rules for making what?
Cheese
Beer
Wine
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Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win a best-director Oscar with what movie?
Barbie
The Hurt Locker
Zero Dark Thirty
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What classic begins: “The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play”?
Green Eggs and Ham
The Cat in the Hat
Horton Hears a Who!
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Which two nations are the offspring of the “velvet divorce”?
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia and Montenegro
The Czech Republic and Slovakia
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In golf, a “condor” is how many shots under par?
Three
Four
Five
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What were “… so spicy, made from old English recipe”?
Anzac biscuits
Shortbread
Griffin's Gingernuts
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If your boat is a ketch, how many masts does it have?
Three
One
Two
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What is measured in degrees Brix?
Sugar content
Alcohol content
Acidity
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Which performer answers fans’ questions at theredhandfiles.com?
Bruce Springsteen
Nick Cave
Bob Dylan
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The Pact of Steel was signed by which two countries?
Japan and Italy
France and Germany
Germany and Italy
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Who often speaks of “what can be, unburdened by what has been”?
Joe Biden
Kamala Harris
Barack Obama
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Mr Horse, Powdered Toast Man and Muddy Mudskipper all featured in which 1990s TV series?
The Ren and Stimpy Show
Rocko's Modern Life
Animaniacs
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Who was New Zealand’s longest-serving Labour Party Prime Minister?
David Lange
Helen Clark
Peter Fraser
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