1. What British-based multinational pharmaceutical company had its origins in a Manawatu dairy factory?
  2. Crows Nest, Bronte and Leichardt are suburbs of what city?
  3. Complete the title of a 1977 Top 10 hit song by Mary McGregor: “Torn Between Two …”
  4. In the children’s novel and movie My Friend Flicka, who or what was Flicka?
  5. What is the meaning of the phrase “inter alia”: in confidence, among other things or on the contrary?
  6. Which town is furthest from the sea: Taumarunui, Cromwell or Taupo?
  7. What first name is shared by a Christian pop singer with the surname Grant, a cricketer with the surname Satterthwaite and a former cabinet minister with the surname Adams?
  8. In the First World War, what was distinctive about New Zealand’s Pioneer Battalion?
  9. Perk, as in “the perks of the job”, is an abbreviation of what word?
  10. In Walt Disney comics, what was the name of the masked gang that constantly tried to rob Scrooge McDuck of his millions?

 
















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ANSWERS: 1. GlaxoSmithKlein; 2. Sydney; 3. Lovers; 4. A horse; 5. Among other things; 6. Cromwell; 7. Amy; 8. It was entirely Maori; 9. Perquisite; 10. The Beagle Boys.