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