Quick Quiz, May 23rd
Limulus amebocyte lysate, a substance used in endotoxin testing, is derived from the blood of what creature?
Box jellyfish
Tree frog
Horseshoe crab
Blue-ringed octopus
What was the first music video to be played on MTV?
Let's Dance – David Bowie
Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles
Jump – Van Halen
Hello – Lionel Richie
Invented by Ernest Hemingway, Death in the Afternoon is a cocktail made by mixing champagne with what spirit?
Vodka
Gin
Absinthe
Whiskey
NZ teenagers Olivia Selemaia and Mollie King recently claimed five medals between the two of them at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships. Where was this event held?
Greece
Spain
Peru
New Zealand
Winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, James by Percival Everett is a re-imagining of which classic novel?
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
To Kill a Mockingbird
Which Hanna-Barbera cartoon character hosted his own 11-season Coast to Coast talk show?
Yogi Bear
Birdman
Space Ghost
Dick Dastardly
The Spanish word 'autoexplicativo' translates to what in English?
Self-explanatory
Mindless swearing
Dumb down
Fast car
What coloured smoke emerging from the Sistine Chapel signifies the appointment of a new pope?
Black
White
Green
Purple
Which NZ author has just released their latest novel, titled The Book of Guilt?
Eleanor Catton
Catherine Chidgey
Fiona Kidman
Witi Ihimaera
How many current pay equity claims were wiped from the books when the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025 passed?
3
13
23
33
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