2018 SEASON
In Cinemas
MAY 24
A Bigger Picture 2012
& 82 Portraits
and One Still Life 2016
Exempt from classifi cation.
DAVID
HOCKNEY
AT THE
ROYAL
ACADEMY
OF ARTS
MAY 26 2018 LISTENER
- Which newspaper comic
strip inspired the naming
of a type of oversized
sandwich?
❑Garield
❑Hägar the Horrible
❑Blondie
❑The Phantom - What is sold by nearly
all the shops on London’s
Jermyn Street?
❑Flowers
❑Men’s clothing
❑Luxury cars
❑Antiques - According to the adage
known as Sturgeon’s law,
90% of everything is ...
what?
❑Mediocre
❑A waste of time
❑Interesting
❑Crap - Which is the world’s
safest city, according to
the Economist’s Safe Cities
Index?
❑Wellington
❑To k yo
❑Singapore
❑Melbourne- Where might a “ghost
light” be left to illuminate
an empty room?
❑Theatre
❑Museum
❑Bank vault
❑Dungeon - Who famously said on
their deathbed, “Kiss me,
Hardy”?
❑Stan Laurel
❑Julius Caesar
❑Horatio Nelson
❑Elizabeth I - True or false? Some
people don’t have the
gene for smelly armpits.
❑True
❑False
8. Which sitcom is set
in the ictional town of
Walmington-on-Sea?
❑Dad’s Army
❑Fawlty Towers
❑Open All Hours
❑Father Ted
9. What event prompted
major evacuations of some
NZ towns in May 1960?
❑Satellite crash
❑Tsunami
❑Asteroid approach
❑Insect swarms
10. The 2006 ilm The Last
King of Scotland was based
on events concerning
whom?
❑Robert the Bruce
❑Fidel Castro
❑Alex Ferguson
❑Idi Amin
Answers on page 60.(^10) by GABE ATKINSON
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and teaching. To dismiss
the teaching of Christ as
irrelevant is to deny our
history and to reject the
heritage that has contrib-
uted so significantly to
making our wonderful
country the way it is.
Jesus is history’s most
familiar figure. His impact
on the world is immense
and non-accidental.
He has brought inspi-
ration to influence art,
science, government,
medicine and education;
he has taught humans
about dignity, compassion,
forgiveness and hope.
His radical view of the
value of women and of
children remains enshrined
in our society.
Yes, we can write off
Christianity as irrelevant,
but I would ask you to
examine the alternatives.
Barry Thompson
(Warkworth)
The realms of science and
religion are not necessarily
contradictory. Science does
not delineate the scope
of all human knowledge.
Some truths are simply
beyond the scientific
method. “Why are we here
and what is life all about?”
are metaphysical questions
beyond science and prop-
erly in the realm of religion
and philosophy.
David Gibbs
(Beach Haven, Auckland)
WEIGHING INTO WASPS
Rather than genetic
modification as a means of
controlling wasps (“Killers
on the wing”, April 28), it
might be better to find an
equivalent of the varroa
mite that plagues bees.
But as someone who can
remember the expansive
southern beech forest
and tui and bellbird in
the dawn chorus, I would
welcome the demise of the
wasp by whatever means.
Chris Bowen
(Lower Hutt)