Statistics for New Zealand History

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Second, and more famed explorer to discover New Zealand	Captain James Cook	97%
First human beings to settle in New Zealand	Maori	97%
First European to discover New Zealand	Abel Tasman	88%
Nationality of the above	Netherlands	88%
City devastated by earthquakes in 2011 and 2012	Christchurch	86%
Treaty famously signed in the year 1840	Treaty of Waitangi	71%
Country of the above	Turkey	67%
In which year did Anzac famously happen?	1915	66%
Location of the above	Gallipoli	66%
Where did the above supposedly come from?	Polynesia	64%
Who supposedly pulled the North Island out of the sea with his legendary fishing hook	Maui	62%
Region devastated by earthquakes in 1931	Hawke's Bay	57%
Which two regions was gold discoverd in in the year 1861	Otago/West Coast	57%
At this time, which was New Zealand's largest town	Dunedin	50%
Year in which the Auckland Sky Tower was built	1994	48%
Year the above discovered New Zealand	1769	45%
Starting year of the New Zealand wars	1845	43%
Ending year of the New Zealand wars	1872	36%
What was the first internationally fought war that New Zealand participated in?	Boer War	34%
What was New Zealand the first to do in 1893?	Give Women the right to vote	16%
New Zealand's first governor	William Hobson	16%
Northland town famous for logging	Dargaville	14%