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World Capital Quiz - Wellington

What facts do you know about New Zealand's capital city?
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Nearest world capital
Canberra
NZ's previous capital, until 1865
Auckland
The nickname of Parliament's executive wing (pictured)
The Beehive
Nickname of Wellington Regional Stadium (aka Sky Stadium)
The Cake Tin
Wellington's Maori name
Te Whanganui-a-Tara
The world's most ____ capital [think weather]
windy
The inter-island ferry crosses this gap between North and South Islands
Cook Strait
... and travels to this South Island town
Picton
The city's university, named after a sovereign
Victoria University
Wellington's harbour...
Port Nicholson
... with this island in the middle, formerly a quarantine station
Somes Island
Wellington is named after Arthur Wellesley, the...
Duke of Wellington
In which English county is Wellington?
Somerset
National museum
Te Papa
Company that produced special effects for Lord of the Rings
Weta Workshop
Its Wellington-born director, who won an Oscar for it
Peter Jackson
Wellingtonians Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, better known as...
Flight of the Conchords
One of NZ's most influential authors, who died from TB in 1923 aged 34
Katherine Mansfield
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