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