Statistics for World Capital Quiz - Wellington

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clue	answer	% Correct
NZ's previous capital, until 1865	Auckland	100%
Nearest world capital	Canberra	100%
Wellington is named after Arthur Wellesley, the...	{Duke} of Wellington	71%
Its Wellington-born director, who won an Oscar for it	Peter Jackson	71%
The world's most ____ capital [think weather]	windy	67%
The city's university, named after a sovereign	{Victoria} University	63%
The nickname of Parliament's executive wing (pictured)	The {Beehive}	58%
The inter-island ferry crosses this gap between North and South Islands	{Cook} Strait	54%
... and travels to this South Island town	Picton	46%
Company that produced special effects for Lord of the Rings	{Weta} Workshop	46%
National museum	Te {Papa}	38%
Wellingtonians Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, better known as...	{Flight} of the {Conchords}	33%
One of NZ's most influential authors, who died from TB in 1923 aged 34	Katherine {Mansfield}	25%
Wellington's harbour...	Port {Nicholson}	25%
... with this island in the middle, formerly a quarantine station	{Somes} Island	25%
Nickname of Wellington Regional Stadium (aka Sky Stadium)	The {Cake} {Tin}	25%
Wellington's Maori name	Te {Whanganui}-a-Tara	21%
In which English county is Wellington?	Somerset	13%