1. What NZ energy company shares its name with a planet and an ancient Roman god?
  2. What leading Hollywood actor once worked as a carpenter for director Francis Ford Coppola?
  3. What breed of dog was Beethoven in the 1992 film of that name?
  4. What is the term for the air space inside a bottle of wine: vendange, cuvee or ullage?
  5. What English racecourse stages a famous race called the Derby?
  6. Te Waikoropupu Springs, NZ’s largest freshwater springs, are close to what town?
  7. “Varmint” is an American variant of what English word?
  8. Where would you hear the terms Kelly’s Eye, Dancing Queen, Two Little Ducks and Two Fat Ladies?
  9. What singer and songwriter recorded a best-selling 1969 album called Nashville Skyline?
  10.  Where would you find a benthic zone: high in the mountains, deep in the sea or in outer space?






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ANSWERS: 1. Mercury; 2. Harrison Ford; 3. A St Bernard; 4. Ullage; 5. Epsom; 6. Takaka; 7. Vermin; 8. In bingo/housie; 9. Bob Dylan; 10. Deep in the sea.