Five-minute quiz

1. What long-standing tradition did the New Zealand Navy finally abolish in 1990?

2. What coastal town north of Auckland got its name because of its supposed similarity to a beachside suburb of Sydney?

3. What country has the lira as its currency?

4. In England, ‘‘hunting’’ means to track down and kill an animal with the assistance of what?

5. In what park would you find a lake known as the Serpentine?

6. Did the term ‘‘printer’s devil’’ refer to a piece of typesetting equipment, an apprentice or an occupational illness?

7. All Blacks captain Kieran Read plays for what provincial side? 8. Who painted a famous artwork entitled The Persistence Of Memory, often referred to as ‘‘Melting Clocks’’?

9. What word can be preceded by fisherman’s, granny or blood?

10. Several places were given the Maori name Kaituna because of the presence of what sought-after food?