1. Who said: “Auto racing, bull fighting and mountian climbing are the only real sports . . . all others are games.”
2. It’s courir in French, correre in Italian, correr in Spanish, and rere or oma in Maori, what is it in English?
3. What are the capital cities of Namibia and Georgia (the country not the state) ?
4. What the common name for Narcissus?
5. Whose face is on the New Zealand $10 note?
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1. Hemmingway
2. Run
3. Windhoek, Tblisi
4. Daffodil
5. Kate Sheppard
…3(a) and 5 I wouldn’t have known if it was Tuesday’s quiz….
I got 1 but you’re wrong on 4, James. The correct answer is Obama.
Corres rapeti
Corres rapeti
Corres corres corres
Oma conejo
Oma conejo
Oma oma oma
patu patu patu patu
I tangi i te pu kaipamu
Te mea te mea
(1) Earnest Hemingway
(2) Run
(3) Windhoek and Tbilisi
(4) didn’t know he had a common name
(5) Kate Shepherd
1. Pass
2. Pass
3. Windhoek and Pass
4. Clarkism
5. If only I had a $10 note to check.
1. Hemingway ( bullfighting )
2. Pass.
3. Windhoek. Tiblisi.
4. Pass.
5. Kate Shepherd.
I think I’d feel better about my general knowledge if I just ignored this… Of the ones I can have a stab at
2) Oma means run in the song about the rabbit and rere means ‘fly’ as far as I know. So perhaps they both also mean “escape” or “flee”?
4) Daffodil (the ones in our shady garden have finally flowered)
5) Kate Shepherd