• If you would still like a go at the latest challenge, scroll down to November 16.

• Remember that no correspondence, computers or cell phones may be entered into!

• Answers below.

 

 

  1    Which town was closest to the epicentre of the recent 7.5 earthquake? (Waiau)

 

2    What is the date for the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump? (20 January 2017)

 

3    In which sport is the Constellation Cup contested? (netball)

 

4    Tapis is a food dish, a decorated tapestry or a Spanish dance?  (a decorated tapestry)

 

5    What was the nationality of jazzman Bix Beiderbecke? (American)

 

6    New Zealand uses about 90% of the world’s supply of 1080 poison. True or false? (True)

 

7    Julia Gillard was Australian prime minister until mid 2013. Name her three successors. (Kevin Rudd, Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull)

 

8    In which part of the body is the AC joint located? (the shoulder)

 

9    What happened on what Franklin Roosevelt called a day which will live in infamy? (the bombing of Pearl Harbor)

 

10  Who played the two leading roles in the 1960 film The Millionairess? (Sophia Loren and Peter Sellars)