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	91%
R	Sport played by All Blacks	Rugby union	90%
K	National animal	Kiwi	88%
E	Mountain New Zealander Edmund Hillary climbed first	Everest	78%
U	Country of birth of more than 250,000 New Zealand residents	United Kingdom	75%
L	Singer of "Royals"	Lorde	69%
Z	Dutch province for which New Zealand is named	Zeeland	68%
C	Actor of "Gladiator"	Crowe	60%
J	Most famous movie director	Jackson	55%
I	Stewart, D'Urville, Waiheke e.g.	Island	53%
S	Major range of the South Island	Southern Alps	49%
Q	Skiing resort town in South Island	Queenstown	47%
P	Oceanian sub-region it is part of	Polynesia	46%
Y	What New Zealanders refer to the popular table vegetable, oca	Yam	43%
H	Principal city of Waikato region	Hamilton	42%
T	Largest lake	Taupo	38%
N	Self-governing state	Niue	34%
O	Dunedin is its administrative seat	Otago	32%
F	National park of Milford Sound	Fiordland	31%
G	National anthem	{God} {Defend} New Zealand	31%
V	Prominent hill in the below	Victoria	26%
D	What New Zealanders refer to the Tasman Sea as	Ditch	24%
B	Peninsula south of Christchurch	Banks	20%