- If you drove along the waterfront from downtown Auckland to St Heliers, what road would you be on?
- Which type of pastry is used to make eclairs and profiteroles: filo, puff or choux?
- Which is the only American state whose name ends with the letter H?
- What character has been played in films by Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney and Christian Bale?
- Who was Hadrian, who had a famous wall named after him?
- Who was the subject of the songs Empty Garden (by Elton John), All Those Years Ago (by George Harrison) and The Immigrant (by Neil Sedaka)?
- In what indoor sport do players stand behind a line called the oche?
- The ancient inhabitants of Laconia, in Greece, were noted for what: their good looks, their terse way of speaking or their rebellious attitude?
- What insects migrate 4000 kilometres from Canada to central Mexico?
- What was the surname of a celebrated American satirist with the first names Patrick Jake, who died last month?
Please scroll down for the answers:
ANSWERS: 1. Tamaki Drive; 2. Choux; 3. Utah; 4. Batman; 5. A Roman emperor; 6. John Lennon; 7. Darts; 8. Their terse way of speaking (as in laconic); 9. Monarch butterflies; 10. O’Rourke (he was known as P J O’Rourke).