1. What two-word Latin phrase did Queen Elizabeth II famously use to describe the year 1992?
  2. If you asked for biru in a Japanese restaurant, what would you be served?
  3. In what British TV comedy series did the main character drive a yellow Reliant Regal delivery van?
  4. What word can precede war, rights and defence?
  5. Which NZ national park has a Maori name that it shares with a mountain and a river?
  6. In classical music, what frequently misused Italian word means a passage gradually increasing in loudness or approaching a climax?
  7. What American singer and celebrity had a pet chimpanzee named Bubbles?
  8. The Hotel Chelsea, a celebrated haunt of writers, musicians and artists, is in what Northern Hemisphere city?
  9. What New Zealand city took its name from the Gaelic name for Edinburgh?
  10. What song from The Muppet Movie won the Academy Award for best song in 1979?














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ANSWERS: 1. Annus horribilis; 2. Beer; 3. Only Fools and Horses; 4. Civil; 5. Tongariro; 6. Crescendo; 7. Michael Jackson; 8. New York; 9. Dunedin; 10. The Rainbow Connection.