I’m writ­ing ques­tions for a work Quiz Night that we’re going to be hav­ing tomor­row, and decid­ed that it would be good to have a ‘Courte­nay Place and its sur­round­ings’ round, giv­en the loca­tion of this par­tic­u­lar branch of the Welling­ton­ista. How well will you do at answer­ing these ques­tions in the com­ments, with­out googling, look­ing out the win­dow or read­ing the pre­vi­ous com­ments? I’m guess­ing pret­ty well… (oh, and if any work­mates are read­ing this — don’t cheat! Wait until tomor­row!)

1. What is the name of the restau­rant which is in a build­ing built in 1876 that used to be a funer­al home?

2. Name the own­ers of Boulot. Bonus point for a log­i­cal rea­son­ing of which one is hot­ter.

3. How much did Tri­pod cost ratepay­ers, not includ­ing the cost of mov­ing the trol­ley bus wires?

4. What did the Embassy cin­e­ma used to be called?

5. How much would you pay for ten lattes at A) Ora B) Pan­doro? Bonus point for any inclu­sions.

6. What is this Courte­nay Place char­ac­ter’s real name? Bonus ques­tion — What is the name of the polit­i­cal par­ty he rep­re­sents?


7. What’s the old­est the­atre in Courte­nay Place? Bonus ques­tion — which year was it estab­lished?

8. Who is con­sid­ered the “MP for Courte­nay Place”?

9. Where is this clock?


10. Who owns J&M; Fast Food, and what is one oth­er thing that they are famous for?