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New Zealand Multiple Choice

Test your New Zealand general knowledge in this multi-choice quiz.
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Last updated: January 28, 2019
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1. Which European first sighted New Zealand, in 1642?
Abel Tasman
Vasco da Gama
James Cook
Ferdinand Magellan
2. What was the name of the South Island until 1907?
Kings Land
Lower Island
New East Wales
Middle Island
3. The world's first commercial bungy jump site was established near which tourist town?
Queenstown
Rotorua
Nelson
Auckland
4. The All Blacks rugby team's usually play in an all black uniform. What is their alternate playing strip?
Purple and white
Blue and white
All white
Black and white
5. What sport do the All Whites represent New Zealand at?
Football
Softball
Cricket
Basketball
6. Which city is the most westerly?
Wellington
Dunedin
Christchurch
Auckland
7. Which is the largest New Zealand city with a Maori name?
Tauranga
Rotorua
Whanganui
Whangarei
8. Who was New Zealand's first female prime minister?
Silvia Cartwright
Jenny Shipley
Jacinda Ardern
Helen Clark
9. Ernest Rutherford, the father of nuclear physics, appears on what banknote?
$100
$20
$10
$50
10. In what year did New Zealand's currency change from pounds, shillings and pence to dollars and cents?
1967
1972
1977
1982
11. In what year did New Zealand become the first country in the world to give women the vote?
1923
1913
1893
1903
12. New Zealand athletes competed in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics as a part of what team?
Australasia
Southern British Colonies
British Antipodes
Great Britain
13. New Zealand's major newspaper is the New Zealand...
Press
Herald
Dominion
Daily-Times
Based in Auckland. Wellington's Dominion-Post has a circulation 20% lower.
14. Which North Island mountain played the role of Mount Doom in the Lord of The Rings movies?
Ruapehu
Ngauruhoe
Taranaki
Pirongia
15. Who composed the Drysdale Overture in 1937, and the Aotearoa Overture in 1940?
Douglas Lilburn
Gillian Whitehead
Gareth Farr
John Psathas
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