1. Who is the oldest living former prime minister of New Zealand? 
  2. What was the specialist event of Australian runner Cathy Freeman, who lit the Olympic flame and won a gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000? 
  3. The extinct flightless bird called the dodo lived on what island? 
  4. What was Donald Trump’s nickname – inspired by an Elton John song – for North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un? 
  5. What is the meaning of the word noisome: loud, evil-smelling or discourteous? 
  6. What word preceded “Dreamin’” and “Girls” in the titles of 1960s hit songs? 
  7. Complete the following line from a famous poem by Rupert Brooke: “There is some corner of a foreign field that is for ever ... ” 
  8. What is the term for the female equivalent of a peacock? 
  9. By changing one letter, what word meaning a rank in the army can be altered to one meaning a member of the ape family? 
  10. What country has a parliament called the Duma?


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ANSWERS: 1. Jim Bolger; 2. The 400 metres; 3. Mauritius; 4. Little Rocket Man; 5. Evil-smelling; 6. California; 7. England; 8. Peahen; 9. Private/primate; 10. Russia.