1. After America and the Soviet Union, which country was the next to acquire nuclear weapons: China, France or Britain?
  2. Pat Lam of Tauranga has won multiple national prizes for what?
  3. In a novel by Charles Dickens, what was the surname of a title character with the first name Barnaby?
  4. What word starting with “c” means goods that have been smuggled?
  5. Which film was NOT directed by George Lucas: Mad Max, American Graffiti or Star Wars?
  6. Which species of elephant has bigger ears – the Asian or the African?
  7. In which decade did Frank Sinatra release his first record album and star in his first film?
  8. What fictional town is the setting for The Simpsons?
  9. What three-word Latin phrase translates as “person not welcome” and is applied to diplomats who have been expelled?
  10.  What word can precede loss, end and heat?


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ANSWERS: 1. Britain; 2. Pies; 3. Rudge; 4. Contraband; 5. Mad Max; 6. The African; 7. The 1940s; 8. Springfield; 9. Persona non grata; 10. Dead.