• If you would still like a go at this latest challenge, scroll down to  December 14.

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

• Answers below.

 

 

1    Who turned up on the eighth day of Christmas? (8 Maids a Milking)

 

2    In which Italian city does the palio horse race take place? (Siena)

 

3    Which rugby teams contest the Nelson Mandela Challenge Plate? (Springboks (South Africa) and Wallabies (Australia))

4   

Bill English led the National Party when it lost the election in 1999, 2002 or 2005? (2002)

 

5    What was the theme song for the film An Officer and a Gentleman? (Up Where We Belong)

 

6    On which lake is the town of Kuratau located? (Taupo)

 

7    Which location is the lowest point on the Earth’s land? (The Dead Sea)

 

8    What type of meat is prosciutto? (ham)

 

9    The diet of the possum is predominantly vegetation. True of false? (True)

 

10  What in the art world is a triptych? (A painting with three segments)