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New Zealand Multiple Choice

Test your New Zealand general knowledge in this multi-choice quiz.
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Last updated: January 28, 2019
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1. Which European first sighted New Zealand, in 1642?
Vasco da Gama
Abel Tasman
James Cook
Ferdinand Magellan
2. What was the name of the South Island until 1907?
New East Wales
Lower Island
Middle Island
Kings Land
3. The world's first commercial bungy jump site was established near which tourist town?
Rotorua
Auckland
Queenstown
Nelson
4. The All Blacks rugby team's usually play in an all black uniform. What is their alternate playing strip?
Black and white
Purple and white
All white
Blue and white
5. What sport do the All Whites represent New Zealand at?
Football
Softball
Cricket
Basketball
6. Which city is the most westerly?
Dunedin
Wellington
Auckland
Christchurch
7. Which is the largest New Zealand city with a Maori name?
Whangarei
Rotorua
Tauranga
Whanganui
8. Who was New Zealand's first female prime minister?
Silvia Cartwright
Jacinda Ardern
Jenny Shipley
Helen Clark
9. Ernest Rutherford, the father of nuclear physics, appears on what banknote?
$20
$10
$100
$50
10. In what year did New Zealand's currency change from pounds, shillings and pence to dollars and cents?
1977
1967
1972
1982
11. In what year did New Zealand become the first country in the world to give women the vote?
1913
1893
1903
1923
12. New Zealand athletes competed in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics as a part of what team?
Great Britain
British Antipodes
Australasia
Southern British Colonies
13. New Zealand's major newspaper is the New Zealand...
Press
Daily-Times
Dominion
Herald
Based in Auckland. Wellington's Dominion-Post has a circulation 20% lower.
14. Which North Island mountain played the role of Mount Doom in the Lord of The Rings movies?
Ngauruhoe
Pirongia
Ruapehu
Taranaki
15. Who composed the Drysdale Overture in 1937, and the Aotearoa Overture in 1940?
John Psathas
Gareth Farr
Douglas Lilburn
Gillian Whitehead
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