News quiz

1. Jockey Aaron Kuru fell off his horse in a steeplechase at Awapuni but managed to get back on. Where did they finish?

2. What did this illustration, right, by Wellingtonian

Stephen Templer celebrate when it featured on the Google homepage?

3. Who is James Patterson’s co-author in The President is Missing? 4. Which Western nation has become the second in the world to legalise marijuana?

5. What was Angus Gardner’s muchanalysed decision last weekend? 6. Who wore a jacket saying ‘‘I really don’t care, do u?’’ on the way to a facility housing migrant children separated from their parents at the US border?

7. Who are the Sbornaya, currently carrying the hopes of millions of fans, right?

(And bonus question – what is in short supply in their nation following the arrival of hundreds of thousands of visitors?)

8. What are ‘‘nurdles’’, above, causing much annoyance in Wellington after being found on beaches in their thousands?

9. The Fletcher Building board has four new independent directors. How many have construction experience?

10. What was a Victoria University document referring to 25 years ago this month when it said ‘‘Traffic of a purely commercial nature may be unacceptable. This situation may change.’’