Super quiz

BEGINNER (1 pt each)

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Which was the first New Zealand city to host the Commonwealth Games (then called the British Empire Games), in 1950?

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Which of these African countries does not have a star on its flag: Ghana, Somalia or Tanzania?

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Which vintage television series’s theme tune began with the lyrics ‘‘A horse is a horse, of course, of course’’?

INTERMEDIATE (2 pts each)

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What unusual delay is sometimes encountered by traffic on Centre Rd, 500m south of the junction with Highway 86 on the Taieri Plain?

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Which island, New Zealand’s eighth largest, lies close to the northern tip of the Marlborough Sounds, 40km north of Picton?

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Which 1989 romcom popularised the phrase: ‘‘I’ll have what she’s having’’?

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In metalworking, is annealing used to make metal more weather resistant, softer and more workable, or more electrically conductive?

EXPERT (3 pts each)

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In which year was the Pike River Coal mine disaster?

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The name of which famous European entertainment venue can be translated into English as ‘‘the crazy shepherdess’’?

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Which African insect is regarded as a pest mainly because it transmits the parasites which cause African sleeping sickness?