Five-minute quiz

1. What was the common theme of the movies Full Metal Jacket, The Deer Hunter and Born on the Fourth of July?

2. What native bird won Forest and Bird’s 2018 Bird of the Year contest?

3. What singer and songwriter dueted with the Spanish tenor Placido Domingo on the 1982 hit song Perhaps Love?

4. What country had a powerful class of landed nobility known as Junkers?

5. What tree comes in multiple species including blue, ghost, red and snow?

6. What word preceded Sister, Darlin’, Children and Lies in the titles of hit songs?

7. The Siege of Yorktown was the final conflict in what 18th century war?

8. What surname was shared by two American presidents, a champion heavyweight boxer and an 18 th century English lexicographer?

9. Kevin Braswell coaches what New Zealand sports team?

10. What day of the week did American actress Susan Ker Weld adopt as her professional name? 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