Super quiz

BEGINNER (1 pt)

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In which country did judo originate?

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Who is the president of Russia?

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Is pango the Maori word for green, blue or black?

INTERMEDIATE (2 pts)

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Who was British prime minister from 1979 to 1990?

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Awardwinning 2005 film Walk the Line was a biopic of which American musician?

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Which country’s land area largely consists of the flood plain and delta of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers?

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Which Pacific island nation recently caused alarm in Canberra and Wellington by signing a security pact with China?

EXPERT (3 pts)

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Which famous literary character ‘‘stoppeth one of three’’ guests on the way to a wedding reception?

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Which former Otago rugby player scored reputedly the world's fastest test try, 10 seconds into a match for Scotland in 1999?

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Which two European countries became separate independent nations in 1905, after having been united for 91 years?