1. If you crossed the US from New York to Los Angeles, how many standard time zones would you pass through?
  2. What American singer was virtually unknown before her death from cancer in 1996 but sold 10 million records posthumously?
  3. What does “quotidian” mean: commonplace, elitist or far-fetched?
  4. Before 2004, what was New Zealand’s court of final appeal?
  5. What Lebanon-based political organisation has a name that translates as the Party of God?
  6. Pat Rafter represented Australia in what sport?
  7. The Edith Cavell Bridge, named in honour of a British nurse who was executed during the First World War, crosses what Otago river?
  8. According to The World Factbook, which Northern European country has the world’s second-longest coastline?
  9. Which Asian Commonwealth country has a provincial system of government?
  10. According to a 2017 survey of NZ pilots, which is the most challenging airport/aerodrome to land at: Queenstown, Milford Sound or Wellington?

 













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ANSWERS: 1. Four (Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific); 2. Eva Cassidy; 3. Commonplace; 4. The Privy Council in Britain; 5. Hezbollah; 6. Tennis; 7. The Shotover; 8. Norway; 9. Pakistan; 10. Milford Sound.