Statistics for New Zealand A-Z

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	Clue	Answer	% Correct
A	Most populous city	Auckland	97%
W	Capital city	Wellington	94%
M	Name for the indigenous people	Māori	92%
R	Sport played by All Blacks	Rugby union	90%
K	National animal	Kiwi	87%
E	Mountain New Zealander Edmund Hillary climbed first	Everest	79%
U	Country of birth of more than 250,000 New Zealand residents	United Kingdom	77%
L	Singer of "Royals"	Lorde	70%
Z	Dutch province for which New Zealand is named	Zeeland	69%
C	Actor of "Gladiator"	Crowe	63%
J	Most famous movie director	Jackson	54%
I	Stewart, D'Urville, Waiheke e.g.	Island	50%
P	Oceanian sub-region it is part of	Polynesia	49%
S	Major range of the South Island	Southern Alps	46%
Y	What New Zealanders refer to the popular table vegetable, oca	Yam	45%
Q	Skiing resort town in South Island	Queenstown	43%
H	Principal city of Waikato region	Hamilton	40%
N	Self-governing state	Niue	34%
T	Largest lake	Taupo	34%
F	National park of Milford Sound	Fiordland	29%
O	Dunedin is its administrative seat	Otago	28%
G	National anthem	{God} {Defend} New Zealand	27%
V	Prominent hill in the below	Victoria	24%
D	What New Zealanders refer to the Tasman Sea as	Ditch	21%
B	Peninsula south of Christchurch	Banks	17%