Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • New Zealand Listener

    Brain trainer

    Dec 29, 2019 4 minutes
    by Paul Thomas

    1. In how many events did our first female Olympic gold medallist, Yvette Williams, who died in April aged 89, hold national track and field titles?

    A. 2
    B. 4
    C. 6
    D. 8

    2. What did Mourad Boudjellal, then-owner of French rugby club Toulon, ask highly paid star signing Julian Savea to do to address his underwhelming form?

    Go on a crash diet. Undertake extra training with a personal conditioning coach. Stop changing his hair style every few weeks. Submit to DNA testing to establish whether the Julian Savea playing for Toulon was the same Julian Savea who, as an

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from New Zealand Listener

    New Zealand Listener1 min read
    Friday May 10
    Ruby is a bright but out-of-place scholarship student at Maxton Hall private school, trying to slip through unnoticed to her dream of studying at Oxford. But when she becomes witness to a secret, she attracts the unwanted attention of millionaire hei
    New Zealand Listener1 min read
    10 Quick Questions
    ❑ Madonna ❑ Taylor Swift ❑ Blondie ❑ Lady Gaga ❑ Paris ❑ Lyon ❑ Orléans ❑ Montreal ❑ Julius Caesar ❑ Hamlet ❑ Cymbeline ❑ Romeo and Juliet ❑ Beatrice ❑ Eugenie ❑ Charlotte ❑ Louisa ❑ Animals ❑ Trains ❑ Plants ❑ Microbiology ❑ Oste
    New Zealand Listener5 min read
    Good For A Laugh
    Alice Snedden could be considered Larry David to Rose Matafeo’s Jerry Seinfeld. After a five-year stand-up hiatus, the collaborator on Matafeo’s excellent romcom Starstruck steps back into the spotlight with Highly Credible. Hoping to take home the

    Related Books & Audiobooks