A China.

Originally called the Chinese gooseberry, the name was changed to 'kiwifruit' in 1959 when the fruit was to be exported to the USA. The most common cultivar is the green Hayward.

A The Stradivarius violin

Stradivarius violins are renowned for their high-quality sound, although some have questioned if this is really fact.

Antonio Stradivari also made harps, guitars, violas and cellos, and about 650 of his instruments survive today.

A Louis Braille.

Braille lost his sight in a childhood accident and was inspired by 'night writing' - a system of writing developed so the Napoleonic army could communicate without light or by speaking.

Braille's first alphabet was published in 1824 and the second edition, released in 1837, is the pattern of six dots we have today.

A Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

In 1917 Albert Einstein published a paper that laid down the theoretical foundations for the laser, but one was not built until 1960.

Even in the 60s, as laser technology was developed, it was still considered "a solution looking for a problem". Today they are ubiquitous, used in everything from laser pointers through to surgical instruments and supermarket bar-code scanners.

A Proxima Centauri

Diagram showing the nearest start to earth Photo: NASA

Many people will say Alpha Centauri, when this is actually a star system comprising of Alpha Centauri A, Alpha Centauri B and Proxima Centauri. This third star is a red dwarf that appears to orbit the other two and is only 4.22 light years from earth.

4.22 light years isn't really that 'close'. If we had a ship powered by an Ion thruster drive similar to that used by Deep Space 1 - and could reach it's top speed of 56,000 km/h - it would still take 81,000 years to get there.

That is a shame because in 2012 it was announced that an Earth-sized planet had been observed orbiting Alpha Centauri A.

No one knows what the farthest star is, and 'farthest' depends on how it is observed. The object named SDSS J122952.66+112227.8 is probably the farthest star spectroscopically observed.

You really needed to know that last fact.

A Discovering a previously unknown early human in 1912, 'Piltdown Man'.

He claimed he'd found the skull fragments in a gravel pit at Piltdown. It took 41 years for the find to be fully exposed as a hoax, with parts of the skull being from both an orangutan and a modern human.

A later examination of Dawson's other discoveries found at least 38 were also fakes.

In 2003 the BBC produced an extensive feature on the subject.

A Texas

Formed in 1986, the band Texas is from Glasgow, Scotland. Perhaps not as well known as the other three in our list, their debut album produced the international hit I Don't Want A Lover. The third album White On Blonde sold more than 1.8 millions copies, making it their best-selling album.

Lead singer Sharleen Spiteri embarked on a solo career for a time and in 2015 they embarked on 25th anniversary tour.

An interesting side note is that everyone we tested this question on knew the answer because the band was mentioned in an episode of The Office!

A Keri Hulme

The Bone People won the prize in 1985. The book was turned down by many New Zealand publishers before the Spiral Collective partnered with Hodder & Stoughton to publish it.

A United States

Route 66 was one of the original roads of the US highway system, hence the nickname The Mother Road. It is also known as Will Rogers Highway.

Pixar's movie Cars had the working title Route 66 during production. Pixar animators went on two road trips to do research for the film.

A The Isner-Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships

John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut, but it took 11 hours and 5 minutes over three days to do so.

The game created some logistical issues, with extra shifts of court staff rotated every 75 minutes.

The longest point on competition tennis was in 1984 when 643 shots lasted for 29 minutes.