Statistics for New Zealand Geography A to Z

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Hint		Answer	% Correct
City named after Edinburgh	D	Dunedin	87%
What destroyed Napier in 1931	E	Earthquake	87%
Flightless bird	K	Kiwi	87%
A strait and a mountain	C	Cook	83%
Sea between Australia and New Zealand	T	Tasman	83%
New Zealand is named after this Dutch province	Z	Zeeland	80%
Extinct species of flightless bird	M	Moa	77%
Plenty, of Islands, Pegasus	B	Bay	73%
Taupō, Taranaki or Mount Ngāuruhoe	V	Volcano	67%
Northernmost region	N	Northland	63%
The Māori name for New Zealand	A	Aotearoa	60%
Southernmost and westernmost city	I	Invercargill	60%
Town on Lake Wakatipu	Q	Queenstown	57%
Why the town of Hokitika was founded	G	Gold	53%
Longest river	W	Waikato	50%
Plant that has become a national symbol	S	Silver fern	43%
57% of the country's electricity	H	Hydroelectric power	37%
Invasive Australian pest	P	Possum	37%
Large bay southeast of Auckland	F	Firth of Thames	3%
First town in the southern hemisphere to have electric lighting	R	Reefton	3%
Southernmost island in the country	J	Jacquemart	0%
Beach and bay north of St Heliers in Auckland	L	Ladies Bay	0%
Rock formation at the top of the Old Man Range	O	Obelisk	0%
River in the Kuhurangi National Park	U	Ugly	0%
Hill in the centre of Kahurangi National Park	X	Xenicus Peak	0%
River in the north of Stewart Island	Y	Yankee	0%