Quick Quiz, October 17th
'Parsec' is short for what?
Parabasic second
Parallax second
Parabolic second
Paracentric second
What is considered the world’s oldest writing system?
Akkadian Cuneiform
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Sumerian Cuneiform
Cretan Hieroglyphics
By land mass, which is the largest Greek island?
Crete
Evia
Lesbos
Rhodes
What is the standard rim diameter of a basketball hoop?
41cm
46cm
50cm
54cm
Who wrote Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea?
Robert Louis Stevenson
H.G. Wells
Arthur Conan Doyle
Jules Verne
For what movie did George Clooney win his sole acting Oscar to date?
Syriana
The Descendants
Ocean's Eleven
Michael Clayton
Which of the following is not a synonym of 'gloomy'?
Lugubrious
Tenebrous
Disibrous
Caliginous
What is the national animal of Scotland?
Red deer
Unicorn
Highland cow
Haggis
Under the Government’s new Jobseeker policy, 18 and 19-year-olds will no longer be eligible for Jobseeker benefits if their parents combined pre-tax earnings are above what threshold?
$63,875
$65,529
$67,963
$69,427
Which of these cities was re-designated as a medium seismic hazard zone after the 2022 National Seismic Hazard Model update?
Invercargill
Dunedin
Hamilton
Wellington
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