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See question 19 The 20 question special to mark the century, can still be attempted by scrolling down to December 13.
- Remember that no correspondence, computers or cell phones may be entered into!
- Answers below.
The two official languages of Canada are English and ______ (French)
- Today taonga means treasure. What did it mean in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi? (property)
- Who was New Zealand’s prime minister when World War Two broke out? (Michael Joseph Savage)
- Jacinda Ardern was born in Hamilton, Te Awamutu or Morrinsville? (Hamilton)
Mesas and buttes are landforms found in what type of landscape? (arid/desert)
- The possum is a protected species in Australia. True or false? (True)
- Which artist, in concert with Pablo Picasso, developed the style called Cubism? (Georges Braque)
- Which element has the symbol Pb? (lead)
What does a cooper make? (barrels)
- Which American state has the abbreviation MS? (Mississippi)
- The Kiel Canal links which two seas? (Baltic and North Seas)
- When used in English what does pièce de résistance mean? (the most important feature/item)
- What are Andalus, Papyrus, Batang and Elephant? (fonts)
Which city was the capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War? (Richmond)
- Where on the body would you find the AC joint? ( the shoulder)
- In the Perry Como song which plays on the pronunciation of American states, what did Delaware? ( a brand New Jersey)
- How many moons does Saturn have? (53 named / 62 in total)
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Molesworth: an unnecessary and costly poisoning operation Who arrived at customs in America and is reputed to have said I have nothing to declare but my genius? (Oscar Wilde)
- In which farming area in the South Island was there a recent 1080 drop which killed hundreds of deer? (Molesworth)
- Who wrote the controversial novel Portnoy’s Complaint? (Philip Roth)