1. Which minister in the current coalition government was a Labour Party cabinet minister between 2007 and 2008?
  2. NZ broadcaster Jason Pine specialises in what subject?
  3. According to recent research by animal behaviour experts, what wild animals are capable of recognising each other by name?
  4. Which British city had a dockland district known as Tiger Bay?
  5. In Bobbie Gentry’s classic hit song Ode to Billie Joe, what did Mama holler at the back door?
  6. What French word, meaning “evoking pity”, was the title of a Beethoven piano sonata and a Tchaikovsky symphony?
  7. The ancient British queen Boudicca led an uprising against which invaders: Romans, Gauls or Vikings?
  8. What phrase meaning sewing implements can also refer to a tingling skin sensation?
  9. The TV series Father Ted was set on what fictional island?
  10. What is the term for a type of high-quality woollen fabric that originated in the English village of Worstead?















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ANSWERS: 1. Shane Jones; 2. Sport; 3. Elephants; 4. Cardiff; 5. Y’all remember to wipe your feet; 6. Pathetique; 7. Romans; 8. Pins and needles; 9. Craggy Island; 10. Worsted.