Five-minute quiz

1. Name the decade in which New Zealand introduced GST, Ma¯ori became an official language and the children’s TV show What Now? was launched.

2. New Zealander John Britten is famous for designing what?

3. Iceland was ranked No 1 in the 2018 Global Peace Index. What other island nation was in second place?

4. In what city would you catch a train from Penn Station?

5. What would you do with a coracle: paddle it, wear it or drink from it? 6. What type of national event is sponsored in America by the E W Scripps Company?

7. What French liqueur has the same name as a Catholic order of monks?

8. In the 1983 horror film Christine, based on a book by Stephen King, who or what was Christine?

9. Raymond Weil is a luxury brand of what?

10. In the words of a 1972 Michael Jackson hit song, who out-bopped the buzzard and the oriole? Anyone wishing to make a complaint to the New Zealand Media Council should first put it in writing to the editor. If not satisfied with the reply, complainants should then write to The Secretary, New Zealand Media Council, Box 10 879, Wellington, including a clipping of the disputed article and copies of the correspondence. Letters are welcome, but writers must provide their name, address and telephone number as a sign of good faith – pseudonyms are not acceptable. So that as many letters as possible can be published, each letter should be no more than 250 words. We reserve the right to edit letters for length, sense, legal reasons and on grounds of good taste. Please send your letters to: The Editor, The Southland Times, PO Box 805, Invercargill; fax on (03) 214 9905; or email to letters@stl.co.nz