New Zealand Listener – June 08, 2019

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  1. What is the name of the pet
    cat at 10 Downing St?
    ❑Larry
    ❑Gladstone
    ❑Paddington
    ❑Palmerston

  2. The wire cage over a
    champagne cork is known as
    a what?
    ❑Jabot
    ❑Dongle
    ❑Aglet
    ❑Muselet

  3. In Māori mythology, what is
    Ranginui the god of?
    ❑Sky
    ❑Sea
    ❑War
    ❑Forest

  4. Which was invented first, the
    flute or the wheel?
    ❑Flute
    ❑Wheel
    5. Whose last words were, “I’m
    bored with it all”?
    ❑Kurt Cobain
    ❑Winston Churchill
    ❑Ray Charles
    ❑George HW Bush
    6. In 2004, which country
    issued a set of guitar-shaped
    coins?
    ❑US
    ❑Portugal
    ❑Albania
    ❑Somalia
    7. Gravity travels at the speed
    of what?
    ❑Light
    ❑Sound
    ❑Electricity
    8. What was the first sport to
    have a world championship?
    ❑Football
    ❑Javelin
    ❑Wrestling
    ❑Billiards
    9. What is the name of Donald
    Duck’s lucky cousin?
    ❑Gladstone Gander
    ❑Scrooge McDuck
    ❑Daisy Duck
    ❑Mickey Mouse
    10. Which Elton John hit
    spent 14 weeks at No 1 on the
    Billboard charts?
    ❑Your Song
    ❑Candle in the Wind
    ❑Crocodile Rock
    ❑Don’t Go Breaking My Heart


Answers on
page 62.

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by LAUREN
BUCKERIDGE

Quick


Questions


draw from the history of alco-


hol prohibition is that once


the genie is out of the bottle,


the best you can hope to do is


manage its worst effects.


One of the effects of can-


nabis concerns the presence


of harmful substances in


black-market drugs. Another


is the opportunity it gives


to criminals. Both of these


are familiar from the days of


alcohol prohibition. Proper


and carefully framed laws are


the best way to reduce these


problems.


Selwyn Boorman
(Waikanae)


TRAM TO NOWHERE MUCH


Jane Clifton (Politics, June



  1. imagines a political satire


producer saying, “Oh, come


ooon. What city in the world


runs a train to somewhere near


an airport?” Melbourne has a


tram that does just that.


Steve Benson


(Lower Hutt)

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