Statistics for Events in New Zealand 2001-2020

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This quiz has been taken 12 times
The average score is 9 of 20

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year	hint	answer	% Correct
2019	51 midday worshippers are killed by a lone Australian in this city	Christchurch	80%
2017	She becomes New Zealand's third female prime minister	Jacinda Ardern	80%
2004	He wins a best-director Academy Award for The Lord of the Rings	Peter Jackson	70%
2011	New Zealand wins its second Rugby World Cup under this captain	Richie McCaw	70%
2002	This government-owned bank is established	Kiwibank	60%
2015	This woman reaches the number 1 world golf ranking, aged 17	Lydia Ko	60%
2008	The winning party, led by John Key, of the 2008 general election	National	60%
2010	Coming-of-age movie, 3-letters long, about an 11 year-old from the East Coast	Boy	50%
2007	This TV series, starring Jemaine and Bret, premieres in the US	Flight of the Conchords	50%
2009	This Labour politician, later Auckland's mayor, has his first year as Opposition Leader	Phil Goff	50%
2005	This province, which has won the most NPC rugby titles, wins again this year	Auckland	40%
2020	Two referendums are held, one on legalising cannabis, the other on legalising ...	euthanasia	40%
2016	This north Canterbury earthquake closes State Highway 1, and the main railway, for a year	Kaikoura	40%
2014	New Zealand's first cricket test triple century, 302 by Brendon McCullum, is scored here	Wellington	40%
2003	This driver wins the first of his five IndyCar championships	Scott Dixon	30%
2013	This author (pictured) wins the Man Booker prize for her novel The Luminaries	Eleanor Catton	20%
2001	This six-letter percussion group wins the classical category at NZ Music Awards	Strike	10%
2006	This entrepeneur's autobiography, Jump Start, is published	AJ Hackett	0%
2012	11 die when a hot-air balloon crashes near this Wairarapa town	Carterton	0%
2018	NZ wins its 2nd and 3rd medals, ever, at this sports event	Winter Olympics	0%