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• Published date: 27 March 2024
• Publication title: Daily Post, The (Rotorua, New Zealand)

2Aged 45, who holds the record as the oldest player to score a touchdown in a NFL game

3Middle of the World monument is located in what country?

4Who was US President on the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation?

5In what ocean would you find Point Nemo — one of the most remote areas on Earth?

6Areology is the study of which planet?

7What rank is directly above Captain in the New Zealand Army?

8In the cartoon/anime Dragon Ball Z, what was the name of Goku’s son?

9A spelunker is someone who enjoys exploring what?

10What does the CC stand for in emails?

History1513 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sights present-day Florida.

1625 Charles I accedes to the English throne upon the death of James I.

1883 Two English Salvation Army officers arrive at Port Chalmers to establish a NZ branch of the Christian evangelical movement founded in the slums of London’s East End in 1865.

1940 Peter Fraser becomes Prime Minister of NZ after the death of his predecessor Michael Joeseph Savage from cancer

1964 Alaska is hit by a magnitude 9.2 earthquake and tsunamis that together claim about 130 lives.

1973 The Godfather the Academy Award for best picture but star Marlon Brando refuses to accept his Oscar for best actor, instead sending in his place actor and activist Sacheen Littlefeather, who speaks out about the depiction of Native...