1. Who was the last NZ prime minister to have served in a war?
  2. What was the nationality of the first non-Italian pope to be elected after a gap of 455 years?
  3. What romantic movie theme from 1965 featured the traditional Russian instrument called a balalaika?
  4. In which NZ city would you find the Walter Nash Stadium?
  5. What was the profession of the 19th-century Englishman Isambard Kingdom Brunel: engineer, doctor or architect?
  6. What word can precede dog, stop or prod?
  7. Which part of Britain has a parliament called Tynwald?
  8. What famous monument stands at one end of the Champs-Élysées?
  9. What word preceded “Onions”, “River” and “Door” in the titles of hits by Booker T and the MGs, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Shakin’ Stevens?
  10. The Southern Highlands are part of which Australian state?













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ANSWERS: 1. Robert Muldoon; 2. Polish (Pope John Paul II, elected in 1978); 3. Lara’s Theme from Doctor Zhivago; 4. Lower Hutt; 5. Engineer; 6. Cattle; 7. The Isle of Man; 8. The Arc de Triomphe; 9. Green; 10. New South Wales.