1. What popular New Zealand writer was the author of ‘Mustn’t Grumble: An Accidental Return to England’ and ‘From There to Here: A Memoir’? 
  2. What famous TV soap opera character had the first names John Ross? 
  3. What word can mean a branch railway line, a ridge descending from a hill or a growth on a bone? 
  4. Would you dance, eat or wear a tarantella? 
  5. What branch of mathematics is defined as the relationships between angles and ratios of lengths? 
  6. Complete the following line from a poem by John Keats: “A thing of beauty is a …” 
  7. After Nigeria, which country is the second most populous in Africa? 
  8. Robert Underdunk Terwilliger Jr, a recurring character in ‘The Simpsons’, is better known by what nickname? 
  9. What word can precede tide, prawn and cobra? 
  10. Is sostenuto a cooking technique, a way of playing music or a sexual fetish? 


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ANSWERS: 1. Joe Bennett; 2. J R Ewing in Dallas; 3. Spur; 4. Dance it; 5. Trigonometry; 6. Joy forever; 7. Ethiopia; 8. Sideshow Bob; 9. King; 10. A way of playing music.