Fun Quiz

North & South

1. Named after a famous British explorer, what is the name of the strait that separates the North and South

Islands of New Zealand? 2. The climax of the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film North By

Northwest takes place at which famous landmark? 3. Which town in Scotland is nicknamed “Queen of the

South”? 4. Which explorer, who was once on the shortlist to replace Sean Connery as James Bond, was the first man to visit both the North and South Poles by foot? 5. Also the title of a 1996 film, what is the name of the most populated city in the US state of North Dakota? 6. Which character is killed off in almost every episode of the first five series of the TV show South Park? 7. Which of the following shares a border with Russia?...

North Korea or South Korea? 8. The Great North Run is a half marathon in which competitors run from which city to which town? 9. The southernmost point of mainland South America is in which country? 10. In which country would you find a road bridge called the Bridge of the Americas that connects North

America and South America?

6. Kenny 7. North Korea 8. Newcastle upon Tyne to South Shields 9. Chile 10. Panama 1. The Cook Strait 2. Mount Rushmore 3. Dumfries 4. Ranulph Fiennes 5. Fargo