7 populated New Zealand Islands

1. Stewart Island
2. Chatham Island
3. Great Barrier Island
4. D'Urville Island
5. Waiheke Island
6. Raoul Island
7. Kawau Island

7 abstract expressionist painters

1. Jackson Pollock
2. Mark Rothko
3. Hans Burkhardt
4. Mark Tobey
5. Willem De Kooning
6. Barnett Newman
7. Franz Kline

7 auction houses

1. Christie's
2. Sotherby's
3. Bonham's
4. Bloomsbury Auctions
5. Stockholms Auktionsverk
6. Phillips de Pury & Company
7. Dorotheum

7 "James May" shirts from Joe Browns

1. Ibiza Town Shirt
2. Funky Floral Crinkle Shirt
3. Retro Floral Shirt
4. Ultimate Summer Party Shirt
5. The Awesome Night Out Shirt
6. Easy Living Shirt
7. Vintage Surfer Shirt

7 presenters of Top Gear Australia

1. Shane Jacobson
2. Steve Pizzati
3. Ewen Page
4. Warren Brown (Series 1-2)
5. Charlie Cox (Series 1)
6. James Morrison (Series 2)
7. The Stig

7 answers we got right in this week's University Challenge

1. Chicken Pox
2. Cobalt
3. Beethoven
4. Alligator
5. Pollard
6. Singapore
7. 21

7 classifications of close encounters

1. 1st - A sighting of one or more unidentified flying objects
2. 2nd - An observation of an UFO and associated physical effects. e.g. Interference with TV or radio reception
3. 3rd - An observation of animate beings observed in association with a UFO sighting
4. 4th - Human obduction by a UFO or its occupants
5. 5th - Bilateral contact events produced through the conscious, voluntary and proactive human-initiated or cooperative communication with extraterrestrial intelligence
6. 6th - UFO incidents that cause direct injury or death
7. 7th - Mating between a human being and extraterrestrial that produces a human-alien hybrid