Super quiz

BEGINNER (1 pt each)

➊

Which Pacific island nation was suspended from the Commonwealth between 2006 and 2014 after a series of military coups?

➋

With which American city is the name of notorious gangster Al Capone most closely associated?

➌

Which species of penguin is named after a New Zealand location?

INTERMEDIATE (2 pts each)

➍

What were the two settler ships which brought the first European colonists to Otago?

➎

Of which fictional character is Abraham van Helsing the traditional foe?

➏

Which actor created and starred in bizarre 1960s television series The Prisoner?

➐

Which Japanese food seasoning made from rice, barley and soy fermented with salt is also widely used as the basis for soup?

EXPERT (3 pts each)

➑

Old atlases often showed the British Empire in red. Which colour was usually used for French territories?

➒

Which two New Zealand hit singles of the 1980s — both sung in Maori — had titles that were anagrams of each other?

➓

Vaduz is the capital of which tiny European nation?