Go Green! Trivia Quiz

Answer: I'm not as naive as I look.

I've known and used this saying all my life thanks to my grandmother. As cabbages are green and to be "green" is to be unknowing, or naive, it is the same as saying "I'm not as gullible as I look".

Answer: Sun protection factor

In the 1940s, Benjamin Green cooked up his sunblock concoction on his kitchen stove and tested it on his own bald head. It wasn't the smooth white cream we know, but a thick red jelly that had to be applied very thickly for it to work. His sunscreen became the basis for starting Coppertone® Suntan Cream.

Answer: Scooter

"The Muppets" creator Jim Henson died unexpectedly in 1990 of Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome. Two memorials took place--in London and New York. The New York memorial ended with Richard Hunt singing "Just One Person" alone. As each verse progressed, stagehand Scooter brought Muppet performers and their characters on to the stage.

Answer: Rainbow Warrior

A photographer drowned and most of the agents escaped from New Zealand. The ship was re-floated for a forensic investigation.

At first, France denied any involvement and most of the agents had fled New Zealand. Two days later, New Zealand police arrested two French agents who were charged with murder and willful damage. They pleaded guilty to the lighter charge of manslaughter and were sentenced to ten years imprisonment (of which they served two).

There was an international outcry and the French government was made to admit authorisation of the bombing, rather than insisting that the agents were only there to spy on Greenpeace. The French Defense Minister resigned, the leader of France's Intelligence was fired, and the government paid $13 million to New Zealand to apologise.

The remains of the Rainbow Warrior are on display on the Dargaville Maritime Museum.

Answer: Limousine

Australian band The Badloves began in 1990, created three successful albums and embarked on sold-out tours. They split up in 1997 to pursue other things. They reformed in 2008 and started touring, and their fans were mighty glad they did!

The song in question is entitled "Green Limousine".

Answer: Boston Red Sox

The Red Sox have a furry green monster called Wally as their mascot in honour of the huge wall. Get it? WALL-y. The wall was originally made out of wood.

Answer: wind

The company Ecotricity developed the Greenbird and referred to as "part aeroplane, part sailboat, part Formula One car". The solid sail design of such crafts as the Greenbird produce speeds three to five times greater than the real wind speed, depending on how smooth the surface is.

The Greenbird got its name from Donald Campbell who set many speed records in his life. He died in 1967 while attempting a water speed record in his craft the Bluebird.

Answer: Jim Carrey

Carrey's portrayal as The Riddler was so good that he was nominated for the MTV Award for "Best Villain" alongside Tommy Lee Jones who played Two-Face.

Does Jim Carrey like playing green villains? He was also the grouchy Grinch on "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas"!

Answer: Chicago River

The Chicago River was originally turned green on accident by plumbers who used fluorescein dye to trace pollutants in the river. Fluorescein is dangerous to the inhabitants of the river, so a secret safe product has always been used thereafter.

Answer: Reservoir Dogs

"Reservoir Dogs" wasn't hugely publicised at the time of release in 1992 and was not a big money-earner. It later became a cult movie and was made even more popular with the release of "Pulp Fiction" in 1994.