Ten Easy Questions (Or Are They?) Quiz

Answer: The Moon

In 1969 the famous line "The Eagle has landed" was broadcast throughout the world. One of the most amazing facts about the Moon landing, is the computing power used by the Space Program was a lot less than the computing power available in the first laptop computers.

Answer: Egypt

The study of The Rosetta Stone has allowed linguists to decipher Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs because the stone contained text written in three different languages, one of which was Ancient Greek. According to Wikipedia the process of decoding the text took around twenty years.

Answer: Krill

Krill are small prawn-like or shrimp-like creatures that mostly feed on plankton. Blue Whales are one of the baleen whales and do not have teeth, instead they have baleen plates that are used to filter out small animals from the sea water. Baleen whales, penguins, squid and seals all feed on krill, making krill an essential part of the food chain in the oceans of the world.

Answer: Water

Many foods are dehydrated or dried to preserve them, because micro-organisms that spoil food need water to multiply. Removing water also makes for easier storage and transportation because such foods are lighter and more compact.

Answer: Sir Edmund Percival Hillary

In 1953 Tenzing and Hillary became the first to reach Mount Everest's summit. Sir Peter James Blake was a winner of the "Whitbread Round the World" yacht race and team leader of the winning America's Cup team. Sir Peter Robert Jackson has made several blockbuster movies. Sir Robert David Muldoon was the Prime Minister of New Zealand from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s. With the exception of Tenzing all are New Zealanders.

Answer: Eat it

Sushi is a Japanese rice dish with raw fish or other seafood (I have only tried the raw fish version, yum). Sushi bars can be found all around the world reflecting the popularity of this type of dish.

Answer: January and February

January and February were added sometime around 700 BC. It is notable that September, October, November and December have Latin prefixes meaning seven (septem), eight (octo), nine (novem) and ten (decem) are now two months out to match their names.

Answer: Green

To be green with envy is a well known idiom, to describe a person that is obviously jealous or envious. Perhaps it is not surprising that humans can distinguish more shades of green than any other colour. This is very useful for plant identification.

Answer: Kookaburra

Kookaburra are endemic to Australia and New Guinea. The Kaka, Kea and Kakapo are all parrots that are endemic to New Zealand. Although all three are related, the Kakapo is flightless unlike the other two.

Answer: Maori and British

Waitangi Day is observed on the sixth of February in New Zealand and is a an official public holiday. Since the signing of the Treaty there have been several disputes relating to the interpretation between English and Maori versions.