1. Which current cabinet minister is of Cook Island descent?
  2. What hit song by Simon and Garfunkel included the line, “A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest”?
  3. In which decade did New Zealand’s population pass 2 million?
  4. By adding one letter, what word meaning a specialist medical professional can be altered to one meaning a highly valuable species of freshwater fish?
  5. What type of creature is Beatrix Potter’s Mr Jeremy Fisher?
  6. What major South Island river has a name taken from the Gaelic name for Scotland’s River Clyde?
  7. The novels Tara Road, Ulysses and Brooklyn are set in what country?
  8. In the opera Peter Grimes, what is the occupation of the title character: schoolteacher, fisherman or executioner?
  9. In what city would you find the Margaret Mahy Family Playground?
  10. What is the name of the virtual assistant who responds to requests for information from Apple users?

 















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ANSWERS: 1. Police minister Poto Williams; 2. The Boxer; 3. The 1950s; 4. Surgeon/sturgeon; 5. A frog; 6. The Clutha; 7. Ireland; 8. Fisherman; 9. Christchurch; 10. Siri.