1. Actress Melanie Lynskey, musician Midge Marsden and journalist Paddy Gower grew up in which city?
  2. In which decade was George Orwell’s Animal Farm published?
  3. Esther Williams, a star from the Golden Age of Hollywood, played roles that drew on her expertise in what sport?
  4. According to a 1975 hit song by the Carpenters, what was the only game in town?
  5. Which was the only British territory occupied by Germany during World War II?
  6. On a map of Australia, what word precedes Arthur, Douglas and Hedland?
  7. What American hip-hop group has a name inspired by a 1983 Chinese martial arts film?
  8. Which two New York boroughs are linked by the Brooklyn Bridge?
  9. What cult British TV comedy series of the 1980s took its name from a 1962 Cliff Richard hit song that was also the title of a movie starring the singer?
  10.  Cirques and arêtes are formed by what geological process?


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ANSWERS: 1. New Plymouth; 2. The 1940s; 3. Swimming; 4. Solitaire; 5. The Channel Islands; 6. Port; 7. Wu-Tang Clan; 8. Brooklyn and Manhattan; 9. The Young Ones; 10. Glaciers.