1. Renaud Lavillenie holds the men’s world record of 6.16m at which athletics event?
2. The national anthem of New Zealand, God Defend New Zealand, has lyrics in which two languages?
3. In India the king of spices is black pepper, but what is the queen of spices?
4. Who plays the character Black Widow in the 2019 film Avengers: Endgame?
5. By what name is the Italian poet Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri better known?
6. What word can mean to depart hastily, be part of a pair of trousers, or an insect?
7. The IONIQ is a hybrid vehicle made by which car manufacturer?
8. In what month does the spring equinox occur in the southern hemisphere?
9. What foodstuff can be found by putting together the chemical symbols for Scandium, Oxygen and Neon?
10. Which actress died on 14 September 1982 following a car accident outside the French commune of La Turbie?

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QUIZ ANSWERS

1. Pole Vault
2. Maori and English
3. Cardamom
4. Scarlett Johansson
5. Dante
6. Fly
7. Hyundai
8. September
9. Scone
10. Grace Kelly (Princess Grace of Monaco)

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