RNZ Quiz: Can you name all seven dwarfs?
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Q 1 Name all seven dwarfs from Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs film
A Dopey, Grumpy, Doc, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, Happy
The original story by The Brothers Grimm did not name the dwarfs. They were first named in a 1912 play as Blick, Flick, Glick, Snick, Plick, Whick, Quee.
The name "Snow White" is a trademark of Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Q 2 The element Mercury is liquid at room temperature (24°C). What other element is liquid at this temperature?
Q 3 Which person has NOT hosted Checkpoint on RNZ National?
A Geoff Robinson
At least not that anyone here can recall!
Q 4 What year was Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven first released?
A 1971
It was released on the album Led Zeppelin IV in November 1971, although the song itself was not released as a single until 1972.
Here is Jimmy Page talking about how the song was written:
And here is a live version of the song:
Q 5 Sometimes the same word can have two contradictory meanings. What is this called?
A Contronym
The term contronym was first coined in 1962 and describes a word that has two contradictory meanings.
Examples are:
Seed. You can seed a lawn (add seeds), or seed a tomato (remove them).
Fast. You can run very fast or colours can be fast.
Peer. A person of the nobility, or someone who is your equal.
Q 6 Te Reo Māori has 5 vowels, but how many consonants?
A 10
According to maorilanguage.net:
Five vowels: a, e, i, o, u
Ten consonants: h, k, m, n, ng, p, r, t, w, wh
Two of the consonants are digraphs - two letters that combine to form one sounds.
Q 7 How many moons does Mars have?
Q 8 Which of the following vessels was NOT captained by James Cook.
A Pembroke
Cook sailed twice on the Pembroke as Master, first under Captain J. Simcoe (1757/59), and then under J.Wheelock (1759). The Captain Cook Society has lots of information about the ships Cook sailed on.
Q 9 The classic black and white football is made of how many discrete panels?
A 32
The ball was based on a design by Buckminster Fuller and first used in the 1970 World Cup. It is made up of 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons. There is also a molecule, the buckyball, that has the same geometric configuration.
Q 10 Roses come in many colours, but is there a black rose?
A Yes
Black Roses grow in only on place in the world - the village of Halfeti in Turkey.
