The Daily Quiz

1. Which New Zealander, born on this day in 1936, has been described as our equivalent of Australia’s Don Bradman or America’s Babe Ruth?

2. What public first did France’s Micheline Bernardini perform in 1946?

3. What title does Justice Helen Winkelmann have in the High Court?

4. Which is the world’s biggest port by tonnage moved — Shanghai or Singapore?

5. Where in Auckland can you find an example of a bascule bridge?

6. Which national leader was recently described as “a total creep”?

7. Who said “Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms” — Captain Blackadder, David Lloyd George, Groucho Marx?

8. Helen Clark was the first woman to become our Prime Minister after a general election — true or false?

9. Which river can be translated as “A place to paddle” — Mekong, Mississippi, Orinoco, Zambesi?

10. The historic Battle of Gate Pa in 1864 was won by the British — true or false?

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