1. Which New Zealand prime minister was a former professor of law at the University of Iowa?
  2. On a map of Australia, what word precedes Kembla, Douglas and Augusta?
  3. What famous singer and actress attended high school in Brooklyn, New York, with Neil Diamond and chess prodigy Bobby Fischer?
  4. In British politics, who is Sadiq Khan?
  5. In a classic novel that was made into an Oscar-winning film, what was the surname of the doctor whom Lara Antipova was in love with?
  6. Which female name is most commonly featured in song titles: Susie, Maria or Mary?
  7. What former All Black captain has the first names Wayne Thomas?
  8. What mountain of significance in New Zealand history took its name from a figure in Greek mythology who personified darkness?
  9. What singer has a band called the Bad Seeds?
  10. The American entrepreneur J Willard Marriott founded a company that is now the world’s largest operator of what?
















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ANSWERS: 1. Sir Geoffrey Palmer; 2. Port; 3. Barbra Streisand; 4. Mayor of London; 5. Zhivago; 6. Mary; 7. Buck Shelford; 8. Mt Erebus; 9. Nick Cave; 10. Hotels.
● Question 3 has been corrected: Bobby Fischer, not Gary Fischer, was the chess prodigy.