Super quiz

BEGINNER (1 pt each)

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In which sport did Onny Parun represent New Zealand?

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Is kahikatea also known as red, white, or black pine?

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What country was at one time called New Holland?

INTERMEDIATE (2 pts each)

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The Phar Lap Raceway is a horseracing track in which New Zealand city?

➎

What is the more common name of the usually minor medical complaint epistaxis?

➏

Which country gained independence from Pakistan in 1971 after a civil war?

➐

Who collaborated with Andrew LloydWebber to write

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and

Jesus Christ Superstar?

EXPERT (3 pts each)

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What is the minimum age at which one may legally own a firearm in New Zealand?

➒

How did American athletes Tommie Smith and John

Carlos spark outrage when they were presented with medals at the 1968 Olympics?

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Which military term, also in more general use, originally came from a World War 2 German abbreviation for ‘‘aircraft defence cannon’’?

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