1. Split Enz had one No 1 hit in New Zealand. Which was it: I Got You, Six Months in a Leaky Boat or I See Red?
  2. Complete the following line from Shakespeare’s Hamlet: “To thine own self …”
  3. Which was the most popular baby girl’s name in NZ last year: Lily, Olivia or Isla?
  4. What type of pastry is used to make éclairs and profiteroles?
  5. In a 2002 poll conducted by the American magazine TV Guide, who was named the greatest cartoon character of all time: Fred Flintstone, Homer Simpson or Bugs Bunny?
  6. New Zealanders call them gherkins. What are they commonly called in America?
  7. What famous NZ woman is commemorated by a memorial garden in the Wellington suburb of Thorndon?
  8. What is the nationality of film director Baz Luhrmann?
  9. By altering one letter, what word meaning a type of porcelain can be changed to one meaning a cotton fabric used to make men’s pants?
  10. In which American city would you find Georgetown University?


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ANSWERS: 1. I Got You; 2. Be true; 3. Isla; 4. Choux pastry; 5. Bugs Bunny; 6. Pickles; 7. Katherine Mansfield; 8. Australian; 9. China/chino; 10. Washington, DC.