Week One
1. What is the world's fastest team sport?
2. What birds said "Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle" in a poem by Denis Glover?
3. Which TV series featured officers Jon Baker and Frank "Ponch" Poncherello?
4. What type of aircraft is Igor Sikorsky most famous for?
5. "Friday night and the lights are low..." are lyrics from which Abba song?
6. Which is New Zealand's second-highest mountain?
7. What is the face-concealing veil worn by many Muslim women?
8. What dish consists of a rolled mutton flap filled with a savoury stuffing and roasted?
9. In France, what is Le Figaro?
10. Who was first to reach the South Pole?

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Week Two
1. Tuscany is in which European country?
2. Which New Zealander became a top space scientist in the US, involved in the
launching of Explorer 1, the first successful US satellite, and others?
3. What is the French form of the name Peter?
4. Are butterflies more colourful in warmer or cooler countries?
5. What was the name of the ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean?
6. What well-known food item did Sir Edmund Hillary take on both
his Himalayan and Antarctic expeditions?
7. Which Rupert Brooke sonnet begins "If I should die, think only this of me..."?
8. Into which sea does the Danube River flow?
9. What is the letter V if A is Alpha and B is Bravo?
10. Which is New Zealand's longest road tunnel?

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Week Three
1. Nola and Jan, the wives of two Auckland entrepreneurs, provided
the name for which cleaning product?
2. How many best actor Oscars did Sean Connery get for his portrayal of James Bond?
3. Which Irvine Welsh novel is about Scottish heroin addicts?
4. What is the capital city of Iceland?
5. Which New Zealander won the 24-hour Le Mans in 1966 and Daytona in 1967?
6. Which TV comedy series was set in Walmington-on-Sea?
7. The Marquis of Queensberry is remembered for his influence on boxing, and for his
involvement in the imprisonment of which playwright?
8. What is the crime of killing one's brother?
9. What colour is Noddy's hat?
10. Which cavalry commander made a last stand at Little Bighorn?