1. Where, and in which decade, was New Zealand’s first motorway opened?
  2. In a music industry survey, which Australian song was rated the greatest of all time: Friday on My Mind (the Easybeats), Eagle Rock (Daddy Cool) or Beds are Burning (Midnight Oil)?
  3. In what classic 1939 film does the title character appear towards the end and for only a short time?
  4. Quiksilver, an American-owned brand of surf-inspired apparel, originated in what country?
  5. Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins is the MP for what electorate?
  6. In Alan Paton’s best-selling 1948 novel Cry, the Beloved Country, what country was he writing about?
  7. How many US states have names that end in the letter i?
  8. What did the initials of the Invercargill-based New Zealand bank SBS originally stand for?
  9. What are the two main religions in Japan?
  10. The traditional English ballad Scarborough Fair, a hit for Simon and Garfunkel in 1968, mentions what four herbs?

 













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ANSWERS: 1. Wellington in the 1950s; 2. Friday on my Mind; 3. The Wizard of Oz; 4. Australia; 5. Remutaka; 6. South Africa; 7. Three – Hawaii, Mississippi, and Missouri; 8. Southland Building Society; 9. Buddhism and Shinto; 10. Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

* This has been updated to correct the answer to question seven.