| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The Polynesian people settled in the New Zealand between 1250-1300 and developed a distinctive culture. Who did they become? | Māori | 93%
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| What famous film trilogy was mainly filmed in New Zealand between 1999-2003? | The Lord of the Rings | 93%
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| Who, a first in world history, gained the right to vote in New Zealand in 1893? | Women | 93%
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| Who was the first European explorer to reach New Zealand in 1642? | Abel Tasman | 87%
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| Which New Zealand city was devastated by an earthquake in 2011? | Christchurch | 87%
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| What mountain climber, alongside Tenzing Norgay, became the first to have reached the summit of Mount Everest? | Edmund Hillary | 87%
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| Which captain circumnavigated and mapped New Zealand for the first time in 1769? | James Cook | 87%
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| What type of gigantic flightless bird was hunted to extinction around 1400 AD? | Moa | 87%
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| What political parties has dominated New Zealand politics since the independence? | Labour | 73%
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| The population of what animal reached a peak of 70 million in 1982? | Sheep | 73%
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| To what organization did the ship "Rainbow Warrior" belong, that protested nuclear testing and was sunk by French operatives in the Port of Auckland? | Greenpeace | 67%
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| Who was the director of the above throughout the triology? | Peter Jackson | 67%
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| In what sport is Jonah Lomu considered the world's first global superstar of? | Rugby union | 67%
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| What South Island city was named after Edinburgh and has the nation's oldest university? | Dunedin | 60%
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| Who was the prime minister of New Zealand between 2017–2023? | Jacinda Ardern | 53%
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| What New Zealand actor won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2001? | Russell Crowe | 53%
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| What was discovered in Central Otago in 1861? | Gold | 47%
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| What Polynesian god has supposedly pulled the North Island out of the sea with his legendary fishing hook? | Māui | 47%
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| What treaty was signed in 1840 in the Bay of Islands and was the first attempt from the British to establish colonies in New Zealand? | Treaty of {Waitangi} | 47%
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| What political parties has dominated New Zealand politics since the independence? | National | 40%
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| The Oruanui eruption of what volcano was the most recent supereruption in the world? | {Taupo} Volcano | 40%
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| What New Zealand physicist came to be known as the father of nuclear physics? | Ernest Rutherford | 33%
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