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SubText08 Quiz - Non-Fiction: being history, general knowledge and things like that

Question One: How well do you know your Dewey part one. You're standing next to books that say 641.5 on the spine. Which of these titles are you likely to find among them?

Help! I Need to Mash a Potato!
The Birds and the Bees
Malcolm X : A Retrospective
Fun with Origami

Question Two: Who was the last National Prime Minister of New Zealand?

Jim Bolger
Jenny Shipley
Norman Kirk
Robert Muldoon

Question Three: What started World War One?

Germany invading Poland
The breaking of the Treaty of Versailles
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
The Russian Revolution

Question Four: How well do you know your Dewey part two. Someone tells you "meet me in the 800s". What could you conclude about them?

They're into time travel
They enjoy a spot of croquet on the weekends
They're worried about the effects of global warming on the annual precipitation in Wellington
They're a poet - and they know it

Question Five: Shintoism originated in which country?

China
Korea
Japan
Tibet

Question Six: NCEA was phased into New Zealand secondary schools starting in which year?

2002
2007
1894
It feels like it's been around forever

Question Seven: What are you doing when you parboil something?

You're cooking it in water that's nearly boiling
You're torturing the poor thing!
You're boiling it until it's partially cooked
You're boiling it for the same amount of time it takes to soft-boil an egg

Question Eight: There are two major political parties in the United States, the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. They both have animals as mascots. Those animals are the

Elephant and buffalo
Elephant and donkey
Buffalo and moose
Rattlesnake and cougar

Question Nine: The original Treaty of Waitangi documents are held where?

The Auckland Museum
Te Papa in Wellington
Archives New Zealand in Wellington
Rare books room in the Wellington City Library

Question Ten: Which of these sports has never been contested in the modern Olympics?

Lacrosse
Golf
Netball
Croquet

Question Eleven: Which of these English Monarchs was the last Plantagenet King?

Richard III
George VIII
Emperor Palpatine
William the Conqueror

Question Twelve: What is the official language of New Zealand's nearest neighbour?

English
Fijian
French
Tongan

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