1. NZ Labour Party politician Margaret Wilson was the first woman elected to what position?
  2. Netball team the Southern Steel is based in what city?
  3. What female name featured in the title of a 1982 hit song by Dexy’s Midnight Runners?
  4. Cavendish, lady finger and plantain are varieties of what fruit?
  5. What black actress and comedian adopted a Jewish surname despite having no Jewish ancestry?
  6. Physicist Albert Einstein died in which decade?
  7. What 1981 event in London was watched by a global TV audience of 750 million?
  8. What resort town on the south coast of England is famous for its pier?
  9. By inserting an extra letter, what word meaning organic material in the soil can be changed to one meaning a dish made from chickpeas?
  10. What famous book was originally subtitled The Diary of a Young Girl?















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ANSWERS: 1. Speaker of the House; 2. Invercargill; 3. Eileen; 4. Banana; 5. Whoopi Goldberg; 6. The 1950s; 7. The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer; 8. Brighton; 9. Humus/hummus; 10. The Diary of Anne Frank.