Canvas: Summer quiz
Test your brains with the Canvas summer quiz.
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Back in the summer of 1995-96, who had a hit with a song about “Cruisin' down the freeway in the hot, hot sun”?
OMC
Dave Dobbyn
Bic Runga
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A big event for car lovers, the annual Beach Hop is held in what seaside town?
Whangamatā
Mt Maunganui
Whitianga
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How many people are there in a beach volleyball team?
Five
Two
Four
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“Togs, togs, togs, undies … if you can’t see the water, you’re in underpants” – a great ad, but for what product?
Jockey underwear
Water safety
Tip Top’s Trumpet
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Where in New Zealand is the Surf Highway?
East Cape
West Coast of the South Island
Taranaki
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Tinline campsite, Torrent Bay, Tōtaranui campsite, Tonga Island, Cleopatra’s Pool – what national park are you visiting?
Whanganui
Nelson Lakes
Abel Tasman
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What is the location for Waiheke Island’s annual Sealegs amphibians race?
Palm Beach
Oneroa Beach
Onetangi beach
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According to the late Eddie Cochran (and The Who, The Flying Lizards, The Black Keys and dozens more) what ain’t there no cure for?
The summertime love
The summertime feeling
The summertime blues
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The Grom Series is for young competitors in what sport?
Surfing
Wind surfing
Sailing
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Summer Bay is the setting for what apparently-endless TV series?
Neighbours
Days of our Lives
Home and Away
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Where are you if your road trip takes you to Nins Bin?
Oamaru
Westport
Kaikōura
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What summer essential did Morris Yock trademark in 1957?
Stubbies
The Chilly Bin
Jandals
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Summerhill is a suburb of what New Zealand city?
Hamilton
Palmerston North
Whanganui
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What song was a 1991 hit for DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince?
Summertime
Summer Madness
Summer Babe
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In what city can you cool off with a visit to Rush Munro’s Ice Cream Gardens?
Hastings
Napier
Havelock North
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What are Murderers, Kumara Patch and Mangamaunu?
Surf breaks
Rock climbs
Tramping trails
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Who got his first real guitar and “Played it 'til my fingers bled / Was the summer of '69”?
Bryan Adams
John Mellencamp
Ryan Adams
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What town are you in if your road trip takes you to the “Greenshell Mussel Capital of the World”?
Havelock
Nelson
Coromandel
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Sometimes seen on Northland beaches, the rare tara iti is also known by what name?
The fairy tern
Little blue penguin
Godwit
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The famous Tip Top Trumpet ad features Rachel Hunter riding in what kind of car?
A VW Beetle convertible
A VW Golf convertible
A VW Kombi van
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In January, you can watch sailors compete for the Tauranga Cup, in what kind of boats?
P-Class dinghies
Lasers
Surf boats
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You need to take care in summer when what scale reaches the “extreme” level of 11-plus?
The UV index
The Southern Oscillation
The Heat Index
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Metrosideros excelsa is a summer icon - more commonly known by what name?
Pōhutukawa
Flax
Mānuka
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If you’re walking the Pouakai Crossing this summer, what national park are you in?
Egmont
Whanganui
Tongariro
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What NZ summer favourite owes its flavour largely to its high level of methoxypyrazines?
Sauvignon blanc
Icecream
Strawberries
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The Burt Munro Challenge is held each summer in and around what city?
Invercargill
Palmerston North
Timaru
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What phrase completes the names of all these movies: I Know What You … ; I Still Know What You … ; and I’ll Always Know What You … ?
… Did Last Summer
… Saw Last Summer
… Were Last Summer
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Often seen from the beach, the tākapu is also known by what name?
The gannet
Common dolphin
Orca
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Fuggle, Green Bullet, Orbit or Waimea can add a certain something to what summer treat?
Beer
Icecream
White wine
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A performance of what play has become a Christmas Day tradition on Takapuna Beach?
Handel’s Messiah
A Christmas Carol
The End of the Golden Weather
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