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  • 1. What is a Bombay Duck ?
    A. A type of duck
    B. A type of curry
    C. A basketball term
    D. A type of fish
  • 2. In New Zealand what is it illegal to fly in a hot air balloon with ?
    A. A dog
    B. A bicycle
    C. A violin
    D. A rooster
  • 3. If you dug a hole through the center of the Earth from Wellington, New Zealand, in which European country would you emerge ?
    A. Germany
    B. Spain
    C. France
    D. Poland
  • 4. What is the term for a group of owls ?
    A. Blessing
    B. Terror
    C. Confusion
    D. Parliament
  • 5. The average person in the US opens what 13 times per day ?
    A. Front door
    B. A can of soda
    C. Refrigerator
    D. A window
  • 6. What is the length of New Zealand's 90 Mile Beach ?
    A. 90 miles
    B. 77 miles
    C. 90 km
    D. 55 miles
  • 7. What are you afraid of if you are Syngenesophobic ?
    A. Syringes
    B. Genetically modified crops
    C. Relatives
    D. Snakes
  • 8. In the Harry Potter book and film series, Professor Dumbledore's name comes from the Old English word for what creature ?
    A. Bumblebee
    B. Elephant
    C. Owl
    D. Unicorn
  • 9. Which month of the year has the longest daylight hours in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest daylight hours in the Southern Hemisphere ?
    A. January
    B. June
    C. August
    D. September
  • 10. The world's first game of ice hockey was played with a puck made from which material ?
    A. Stone
    B. Ice
    C. Cow manure
    D. Wood
  • 11. What is the term for a group of turkeys ?
    A. Rafter
    B. Gobble
    C. Clutch
    D. Roast
  • 12. Roughly what percentage of people in the world can wiggle their ears ?
    A. 50%
    B. 40%
    C. 30%
    D. 20%
  • 13. Laughing Jackass is another name for which bird ?
    A. Woodpecker
    B. Raven
    C. Cuckoo
    D. Kookaburra
  • 14. If someone is described as a Kiwi, where are they from ?
    A. Australia
    B. UK
    C. New Zealand
    D. Canada
  • 15. What was the first animal sent into Space ?
    A. Rabbit
    B. Chimpanzee
    C. Dog
    D. Rat

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1 D Fish
4 D Parliament
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14. C New Zealand
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8 A bumblebee
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9 B June
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11 Rafter
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ANSWERS
  • 1. What is a Bombay Duck ?
    A. A type of duck
    B. A type of curry
    C. A basketball term
    D. A type of fish
  • 2. In New Zealand what is it illegal to fly in a hot air balloon with ?
    A. A dog
    B. A bicycle
    C. A violin
    D. A rooster
  • 3. If you dug a hole through the center of the Earth from Wellington, New Zealand, in which European country would you emerge ?
    A. Germany
    B. Spain
    C. France
    D. Poland
  • 4. What is the term for a group of owls ?
    A. Blessing
    B. Terror
    C. Confusion
    D. Parliament
  • 5. The average person in the US opens what 13 times per day ?
    A. Front door
    B. A can of soda
    C. Refrigerator
    D. A window
  • 6. What is the length of New Zealand's 90 Mile Beach ?
    A. 90 miles
    B. 77 miles
    C. 90 km
    D. 55 miles
  • 7. What are you afraid of if you are Syngenesophobic ?
    A. Syringes
    B. Genetically modified crops
    C. Relatives
    D. Snakes
  • 8. In the Harry Potter book and film series, Professor Dumbledore's name comes from the Old English word for what creature ?
    A. Bumblebee
    B. Elephant
    C. Owl
    D. Unicorn
  • 9. Which month of the year has the longest daylight hours in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest daylight hours in the Southern Hemisphere ?
    A. January
    B. June
    C. August
    D. September
  • 10. The world's first game of ice hockey was played with a puck made from which material ?
    A. Stone
    B. Ice
    C. Cow manure
    D. Wood
  • 11. What is the term for a group of turkeys ?
    A. Rafter
    B. Gobble
    C. Clutch
    D. Roast
  • 12. Roughly what percentage of people in the world can wiggle their ears ?
    A. 50%
    B. 40%
    C. 30%
    D. 20%
  • 13. Laughing Jackass is another name for which bird ?
    A. Woodpecker
    B. Raven
    C. Cuckoo
    D. Kookaburra
  • 14. If someone is described as a Kiwi, where are they from ?
    A. Australia
    B. UK
    C. New Zealand
    D. Canada
  • 15. What was the first animal sent into Space ?
    A. Rabbit
    B. Chimpanzee
    C. Dog
    D. Rat

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