1. What was significant about the death of New Zealander Tommy Solomon in 1933?
2. Julia Deans was the lead singer in what New Zealand band?
3. Who served as the US Secretary of State for the first four years of Barack Obama’s presidency?
4. Does a pekapeka have wings, leaves or fins?
5. What was unusual about the New Zealand daily newspaper The Southern Cross, which was published between 1946 and 1951?
6. Toxoplasmosis is an infection most commonly caused by contact with what?
7. By inserting an extra letter, what famous photographic company’s name can be changed to that of a species of bear?
8. Who recorded a best-selling debut album titled The Divine Miss M?
9. How many of the three films in the Godfather series starred Al Pacino as Michael Corleone?
10. “Something wicked this way comes” is a line from what play by Shakespeare?
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ANSWERS: 1. He was believed to be the last full-blooded Moriori; 2. Fur Patrol; 3. Hillary Clinton; 4. Wings (it’s a native bat); 5. It was published by the Labour Party; 6. Cats; 7. Kodak/Kodiak; 8. Bette Midler; 9. All three; 10. Macbeth.
