1. What popular Hollywood actor is the son of a hitman who served a life sentence for killing a federal judge?
  2. Shipbuilding firm Harland and Wolff is a major employer in which British city?
  3. How old was Lydia Ko when she became the youngest golfer to win an LPGA event?
  4. Which town is furthest south: Queenstown, Alexandra or Cromwell?
  5. Who played a gang leader known as Bill the Butcher in the 2002 film Gangs of New York?
  6. Iron oxide is more commonly known as what?
  7. Name the year in which same-sex marriage was legalised in NZ, Seven Sharp made its debut and Wellington buildings were damaged by a series of powerful earthquakes in Cook Strait.
  8. Where would you see the sequence of letters ASDF?
  9. What were the surnames of the two Englishmen who devised a scoring system for rain-affected one-day cricket matches?
  10. Which former prime minister is older: Helen Clark or Jenny Shipley?

 












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ANSWERS: 1. Woody Harrelson; 2. Belfast; 3. 15; 4. Alexandra; 5. Daniel Day-Lewis; 6. Rust; 7. 2013; 8. On a computer keyboard; 9. Duckworth and Lewis; 10. Helen Clark (by two years).

(News editor's note: A follower of the quiz has pointed out that contrary to a question in Wednesday’s quiz, Belfast is technically not a British city, but part of the United Kingdom. “Britain” refers to the land mass consisting of England, Scotland and Wales. However, some residents of Northern Ireland do call themselves British and the Cambridge dictionary’s definition of British includes Northern Ireland.)