1. Across the world, approximately how many different languages are spoken: 3,000, 5,000 or 7,000?
  2. What flower is represented by the yellow worn by Australian sports teams?
  3. By inserting an extra letter, what word meaning drab can be changed to one meaning a small rowboat?
  4. What word can precede rice, wine and wedding?
  5. What historic rock and roll song featured in the 1955 film The Blackboard Jungle?
  6. Where in New Zealand is Pukekura Park?
  7. What is meant by the German world weltschmerz: anger, satisfaction or melancholy?
  8. What was notable about the Old Testament biblical character Methuselah?
  9. What fictional character was involved in a life-and-death struggle at Switzerland’s Reichenbach Falls?
  10. In telecommunications, what do the initials ISP stand for?

 













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ANSWERS: 1. 7000; 2. The wattle; 3. Dingy/dinghy; 4. White; 5. Rock Around the Clock; 6. New Plymouth; 7. Melancholy; 8. His great age; 9. Sherlock Holmes; 10. Internet service provider.