1. What does the “A” stand for in the acronym Aukus?
  2. Which US city is known as the Athens of the South: Nashville, Atlanta or Tulsa?
  3. In which century did bubonic plague, aka the Black Death, devastate Europe: the ninth, the 12th or the 14th?
  4. The Māori warrior chief Titokowaru was active in which New Zealand region?
  5. Who or what is depicted in pictures and sculptures known as pieta?
  6. The bacterium that causes tetanus is found where: in soil, contaminated food or water?
  7. What word can follow Swiss, spring and Eskimo?
  8. What historical figure was played by Joaquin Phoenix in an epic movie made in 2023?
  9. Which New Zealand city is named after a port in the English county of Devon?
  10. What is pelota?

 














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ANSWERS: 1. Australia; 2. Nashville; 3. The 14th; 4. Taranaki; 5. The Virgin Mary holding the body of Christ; 6. In soil; 7. Roll; 8. Napoleon Bonaparte; 9. New Plymouth; 10. A sport.