Statistics for New Zealand A-Z

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	Clue	Answer	% Correct
C	First European to land in NZ, in 1769	James {Cook}	95%
K	Flightless bird, symbol of NZ	Kiwi	95%
W	Capital city since 1865	Wellington	94%
G	National anthem: ___ Defend NZ	God	89%
J	Oscar-winning film director	Peter {Jackson}	85%
S	34,000,000 of these live here	Sheep	82%
U	National sport: Rugby _____	Union	82%
T	Sea on its west coast	Tasman	81%
L	2014 Grammy award-winning singer	Lorde	78%
M	Inuit is to Canada as ___ is to NZ	Maori	76%
E	Person who appears on all coinage	Elizabeth II	74%
B	Parliament building nickname	Beehive	72%
Q	Tourist (and skiing) destination	Queenstown	72%
X	Public holiday, observed Dec 25	Xmas	72%
A	NZ's indigenous name, meaning Land of the Long White Cloud	Aotearoa	71%
N	Ships with these weapons were banned in 1987	Nuclear	65%
R	The sport NZ has won the most Olympic medals in	Rowing	65%
Z	Dutch province New Zealand was named after	Zeeland	65%
F	Akaroa was settled by, and claimed for, this country in 1839	France	64%
V	Auckland is built on 50 of these	Volcanoes	62%
H	Leading power generation source	Hydro power	58%
P	Maori term for a white person	Pakeha	58%
I	Frozen liquid snack on a stick	Ice block	53%
D	The role Mount Ngaruhoe played in Lord of the Rings	Mount {Doom}	42%
O	Steampunk capital of NZ; in South Island; pop 13,000	Oamaru	32%
Y	5-time Commonwealth games gold medallist, a NZ record	Val {Young}	13%