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Christmas Day in New Zealand is during what season?
What is Summer? The holiday comes just after the summer solstice.
What is the largest city in France?
What is Paris? Marseille is the second largest. Lyon is the third.
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What is Ball?
The ’80s were a time for female leaders, including Corazon Aquino, who became the first woman president of this Southeast Asian island nation
What is the Philippines?
Danielle Steel is an author most noted for her bestsellers in this genre.
What is romance? Her first novel, Going Home, was published in 1973.
Pipi, scallop, and pāua are three kinds of what animal and important food source?
What is Shellfish? Known as kai moana, seafood is an important part of the Māori diet on this island nation.
What is the only planet not named for a mythological figure?
What is Earth? The other planets are named for Greek and Roman gods and goddesses. The word earth means “the ground.”
What is Alberta?
A 1986 disaster saw the explosion of this nuclear power plant in the Ukraine.
What is Chernobyl? The explosion caused widespread damage, with radioactive particles reaching as far away as Sweden.
Her novel The Handmaid’s Tale has been made into a popular modern TV series.
Who is Margaret Atwood? Her other titles include 1989’s Cat’s Eye and a recent novel, The Testaments, from 2019.
Known for his role in Gladiator, what actor was born in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand?
Who is Russell Crowe? Crowe has lived most of his life in Australia and has won an Oscar, a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globes, and a SAG award.
Alphabetically, what country follows Iceland?
What is India? India is made up of 28 states and eight union territories.
This is Canada's second most populous city in the country.
What is Montreal?
In 1982, it became illegal worldwide to hunt these large marine mammals.
What are whales? The International Whaling Commission put an indefinite moratorium on commercial whaling to protect the animals.
This famous English writer wrote her first book at 6 years old and later based the character of Hermione Granger on her 11-year-old self. Her famous books on the "world of wizardry" gained her worldwide notoriety.
Who is JK Rowling? JK Rowling wrote the Harry Potter book series.
Which New Zealand city is known as the “City of Sails” and is home to famous beaches and the Sky Tower?
What is Auckland? Located on the North Island, Auckland’s Sky Tower is a popular landmark, featuring a café, restaurant, and observation deck
What type of ancient Greek art involves assembling decorative tiles to create images?
What is a Mosaic? Coloured glass, stone, and other materials are assembled to create patterns or images.
This female heroine of the War of 1812 was honoured by Canada Post on a $0.42 stamp in 1992?
Who is Laura Secord?
In 1985, this Soviet leader introduced two concepts to revive the economy: glasnost, or “openness,” and perestroika, or “restructuring.”
Who is Gorbachev? These movements yielded few improvements or results.
This female author penned "Sense and Sensibility" and "Pride and Prejudice".
Who is Jane Austen? Austen was a writer who focused on plots which explored the dependence of women on marriage, or women who were in the pursuit of economic security.
About how many islands comprise New Zealand: 20, 150, or 700?
What is 700? New Zealand is comprised of two large islands and hundreds of small islands. Most of these small islands are close to the main islands.
FM stands for “frequency modulation” on a radio. What does the abbreviation AM stand for?
What is Amplitude modulation? AM radio waves have a lower frequency than FM radio waves.
Ponderosa, Lodgepole, and Whitebark are all species of what tree?
What are Pine trees?
A famous tune of 1985, “We Are the World” helped raise funds to fight famine and poverty in this African nation.
What is Ethiopia? The song was organized by Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, and Quincy Jones and features many famous voices.
This American writer was best known for her 1960 novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Who is Harper Lee?