A The bat

There are three species - the long-tailed bat, the lesser short-tailed bat, and greater short-tailed bat - although the last of these was seen in 1967 and is thought to be extinct. The long-tailed bat is found throughout New Zealand. The lesser short-tailed bat is endangered.

A The cacao (or cocoa) bean

The process is quite convoluted: after picking, the beans are left to ferment for about eight days. They are then dried, roasted, and ground. Cocoa butter is then added before the mixture is conched, tempered and formed. The most important part of the process follows: eating.

A Kristin Shepard

This is one of those 'you-had-to-be-there' questions. In the final scene of the third season finale, J.R. is shot. Speculation ensued, but viewers had to wait until the start of the next season to find out if J.R. survived, and who shot him. He declined to press charges because Shepard, J.R.'s sister in-law and mistress, played by Mary Crosby, claimed she was pregnant with his child.

If you didn't watch the series at the time and were thinking of binge-watching it now, we apologise for the spoiler.

A New Zealand

The UK (Great Britain & Northern Ireland) has a land area of 241,930 sq km, while New Zealand is 267,710 sq km. There is 60,817 sq m for each person in New Zealand, compared to just 3,795 sq m in the UK. (source: bymap.org)

A Don McLean

The song is about the artist Vincent Van Gogh, his mental illness and his paintings.

A Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Released on December 21, 1937, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves went on to become a classic. Some well-known songs from the film include 'Heigh-Ho (it's off to work we go)', 'Some Day My Prince Will Come', and 'Whistle While You Work'. Bambi was released in 1942, Dumbo in 1941 and Pinocchio in 1940.

The film was re-released in 1944, 1952, 1958, 1967, 1975, 1983, 1987 and 1993.

A Thorstein Veblen

Veblen was an American economist and sociologist, and used the term in his book The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899). Conspicuous consumption means to buy things that are more expensive and bigger than required, so as to display your wealth. An over-sized car or house, much bigger than actually you need, is a classic example.

Jean-Baptiste Say is known for the law of markets.

Karl Marx was the author of The Communist Manifesto.

John Keynes wrote The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.

All four shaped 20th century thinking in politics, economics and sociology, among other things.

A 46

Human cells have 23 pairs of chromosomes. 22 of these are known as autosomes, and one is the sex chromosome. You may have learnt in biology lessons that females have two X chromosomes, while males have one X one Y chromosome. Gender is much more complex.

A A sentence with all the letters of the alphabet at least once.

Also known as a holoalphabetic sentence, the most well-known example is:

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Another relevant example (for keen quizzers!) is:

My ex pub quiz crowd gave joyful thanks.

A perfect pangram uses each letter only once.

This page has a list of hundreds of pangrams.

A Graphite

It is actually a mixture of graphite and clay powder. Pencils come in grades from 9H (very hard) to 9B (very soft).

The only cases of lead poisoning came from the lead-based paint use on the outside of the pencils - it was consumed through chewing the end. Ghastly habit.