News quiz

1. Who is Fissure, who made a cracking start in life thanks to some Kiwi ingenuity and sticky tape?

2. Sampson comes to New Zealand next month. Why is this visit controversial?

3. At Halloween, Bran Castle in Eastern Europe will host its first guests for the first time since 1948. Who is the batty occupant who might give them nightmares?

4. A US campaign for gun control advocates a crackdown on which cause of shooting deaths?

5. Which Silver Fern netballer has just ended a remarkable run of 141 consecutive tests?

6. Declared is a book by which New Zealand sportsman?

7. Which Cabinet minister is retiring from politics at the next election?

8. Who stars as Dr Strange in a new movie based on the Marvel character?

9. Which New Zealand city is discouraging begging because it doesn’t want to become like Auckland?

10. Who are the 1980s Kiwi rockers reforming for a reunion tour?