1. For what film did Hilary Swank win her second Academy Award for Best Actress? 
  2. Which company has a larger market capitalisation, Briscoe Group or The Warehouse Group? 
  3. The band Shihad temporarily changed their name after 9/11. What name did they adopt? 
  4. From which country did Singapore gain independence in 1965?
  5. Who wrote The God of Small Things?
  6. As of July 9, what is the Official Cash Rate (OCR) in New Zealand? 
  7. Name the river that drains Lake Wakatipu.
  8. Mole, Badger and Mr Toad are characters in what classic of British literature? 
  9. In what decade did France first beat the All Blacks in New Zealand?  
  10. What is New Zealand’s fourth-largest Island?



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ANSWERS: 1. Million Dollar Baby; 2. Briscoe Group; 3. Pacifier; 4. Malaysia; 5. Arundhati Roy; 6. 3.25%; 7. The Kawarau River; 8. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame; 9. The 1970s (1979 at Eden Park, Auckland); 10. Chatham Island. 


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