1. Colour television was launched in New Zealand in time for what major event?
  2. What popular brand of mechanical excavator took its name from a wild member of the cat family?
  3. Cars in China drive on which side of the road?
  4. What singer and songwriter married a man named Chuck Mitchell in Michigan in 1965?
  5. What former Cabinet minister is the mayor of the Wairarapa town of Carterton?
  6. What Italian vegetable soup is traditionally served with a generous quantity of grated parmesan cheese?
  7. Which columnist is older: Joe Bennett or Steve Braunias?
  8. What Hollywood actress was John Hinckley hoping to impress when he shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981?
  9. What type of event attracts an estimated 80,000 visitors to the small Welsh town of Hay-on-Wye?
  10. What modern small performance car bears the name of father-and-son English racing car designers from the 1950s and 60s?

 














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ANSWERS: 1. The Christchurch Commonwealth Games (1974); 2. Bobcat; 3. The right; 4. Joni Mitchell; 5. Ron Mark; 6. Minestrone; 7. Joe Bennett; 8. Jodie Foster; 9. A book festival; 10. The Mini Cooper.