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Answer Stats
Hint Answer % Correct
Director of multiple award-winning films set in Middle Earth Peter Jackson
86%
The first, with sherpa Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest Sir Edmund Hillary
86%
Teenage singer, of 'Royals' fame Lorde
79%
Actor who starred in 'Gladiator' and 'A Beautiful Mind' Russell Crowe
75%
The 'father of nuclear physics', credited with splitting the atom in 1917 Ernest Rutherford
61%
Actor who starred in 'Dead Calm' and 'Jurassic Park' Sam Neill
55%
Former member of the All Blacks; the first true global superstar of rugby union Jonah Lomu
54%
Actress best known for her role as Xena: Warrior Princess Lucy Lawless
52%
Soprano who made her Metropolitan opera debut in 1974 Dame Kiri te Kanawa
48%
Model, formerly married to singer Rod Stewart Rachel Hunter
48%
NZ's most famous women's suffragette who appears on the NZ ten dollar note Katherine Sheppard
47%
Won Best Supporting Actress at age 11, for 'The Piano' (1994) Anna Paquin
43%
Director of 'The Piano', for which she won the Palme d'Or Jane Campion
36%
Former Prime Minister and staunch defender of nuclear-free policy David Lange
34%
Comedian, actor and one half of the musical duo Flight of the Conchords Bret McKenzie/Jemaine Clement
33%
Ex-cricketer, renowned for his fast bowling, and the first to take 400 wickets Sir Richard Hadlee
33%
Motorcycle racer, portrayed by Anthony Hopkins in 'The World's Fastest Indian' Burt Munro
24%
Author who revolutionized the 20th century English short story Katherine Mansfield
19%
First NZ athlete to win Olympic gold, in 1936 (1500 metres) Jack Lovelock
11%
Classical composer who studied with England's Ralph Vaughan Williams Douglas Lilburn
4%
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