Number 12 for 2026? And you don’t know all the answers? Better eat more vegemite!

1. Bangladesh declared independence from which country on 26 March 1971?
2. Where was the record for the longest professional tennis match broken in 2010 when John Isner and Nicolas Mahut took 11 hours and 5 minutes over a three day period?
3. Mrs Tiggy-Winkle appears in a book by which writer?
4. Which planet is closest to Neptune in size and composition?

5. How many Melbourne Cups did jockey Harry White win in the 1970s?
6. What powers the Hubble telescope?
7. Imran Khan represented his country in which sport?
8. What was the subtitle of Star Wars: Episode One?
9. How many verses are there in the New Zealand national anthem?
10. Natives of Sardinia are known as what?
11. The sparkling wine called cava originated in which country?12. In which country are members of parliament known, not as MPs, but TDs?
13. One couple won the World Figure Skating Championships for Ice Dancing for four successive years 1981-1984. Who were they?
14. What “moon” traditionally follows a wedding?
15. Dancer, singer and actor Gregory Hines is particularly celebrated as a what?
16. The tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere is in which city?
17. French singing legend Edith Piaf was known as the Little what?
18. In which decade was Lyndon B Johnson President of the United States?
19. On which day of the week does the Jewish Sabbath begin?20. What is James Bond’s middle name?

Bonus question: Which country was represented by Hanni Wenzel, who won the women’s giant slalom and slalom at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics in 1980? Answer in Quiz 13.

Answers: 1.Pakistan 2.Wimbledon 3.Beatrix Potter 4.Uranus 5. Four-1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 6.The Sun 7.Cricket 8.The Phantom Menace 9.Five verses 10.Sardinians 11.Spain 12.Ireland “TD” stands for “Teachta Dála” 13.Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean 14.Honey 15.Tap dancer 16.Jakarta 17.Sparrow 18.1960s 19.Friday 20.He doesn’t have one 
Bonus question answer (from Quiz 11): The airline in 2011 that announced that it would charge passengers by their weight was Air New Zealand