March is Pride month here in Dunedin and we’re celebrating with a rainbow of events. In anticipation, we’ve put together this quiz celebrating LGBTQIA+ people in literature, pop culture, and beyond.

There are 2 rounds, with a total of 20 points up for grabs.(Once you've completed the quiz you can check your answers here).

Reading the Rainbow

1. Malinda Lo is the author of which YA novel that won a Stonewall Book Award in 2022?

2. Kerewin is the asexual and aromantic main character of an award-winning novel by which New Zealand author?

3. Which Black, queer, and trans author wrote the YA hit Felix Ever After?

4. Which author’s lesbian novel Carol was originally published under a pseudonym as The Price of Salt?

5. Which award-winning Australian comedian’s memoir is titled Ten Steps to Nanette?

6. Which gay romance novel was written in 1913 but wasn't published until 1971 (it later became a film starring Hugh Grant)?

7. Which Booker award winning author’s second novel revolves around the lives of two queer teenagers – one Protestant, one Catholic – in a gritty Glasgow setting?

8. Trans violinist Katrina is the central character of which beautifully funny, strange, and heart-breaking read from author Ryka Aoki?

9. Which queer essayist has released titles including Meaty, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, and Wow, No Thank You?

10. Currently, LGBTQIA+ books are facing a wave of book bans and challenges, especially in the US, but not just there. But what was the most banned book over the past couple of years?

Visibility Matters

1. Trans activist Laverne Cox’s breakout role was in which massively popular Netflix series?

2. Rob Halford is the out and proud lead singer of which long-lived English heavy metal band?

3. In 2009, the world’s first openly LGBT head of government came to power in which country?

4. Currently playing one half of Star Trek’s first openly gay couple, Wilson Cruz was also the first openly gay actor to play an openly gay main character in which 90s American cult classic?

5. New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard was the first trans women to compete at the Olympic Games – what’s her sport?

6. What’s the name of nonbinary/genderqueer artist Sam Smith’s latest studio album, released in 2023?

7. Known for her roles in Independence Day (as a kid), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Duff, and Good Girls, which actress came out as pansexual in 2021?

8. Which Kiwi politician met his partner when they both played rugby for the Krazy Knights, New Zealand’s first gay rugby team?

9. Panorama is the second studio album from which openly lesbian American singer and actress?

10. After coming out in January 2023, who is the first openly gay All Black?