1. In what classic film does much of the story unfold in Rick’s Café Américain?
  2. What country has a government security agency known as ASIO?
  3. Former prime minister John Key, writer Eleanor Catton and singer Hayley Westenra all attended what Christchurch high school?
  4. Which of the following is not a stringed instrument: the zither, the marimba or the dulcimer?
  5. By changing one letter, what word meaning a blurred mark on a document can be altered to one meaning muddy sediment?
  6. What NZ rugby knight has the first names Bryan George?
  7. What large spider, originally introduced from Australia, takes its New Zealand name from the Auckland suburb where it was first detected?
  8. What form of motorsport involves a passenger known as a swinger?
  9. What was the first name of the 19th-century German composer Mendelssohn?
  10. What British female pop star of the 1960s made an acclaimed 1979 comeback album called “Broken English”?

 












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ANSWERS: 1. Casablanca; 2. Australia; 3. Burnside High School; 4. The marimba; 5. Smudge/sludge; 6. Sir Bryan Williams; 7. The Avondale spider (aka the huntsman); 8. Motorcycle sidecar racing; 9. Felix; 10. Marianne Faithfull.