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