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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?
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Abel Tasman
James Cook
2. What was the name of the South Island until 1907?
Kings Land
Lower Island
Middle Island
New East Wales
3. The world's first commercial bungy jump site was established near which tourist town?
Queenstown
Nelson
Auckland
Rotorua
4. The All Blacks rugby team's usually play in an all black uniform. What is their alternate playing strip?
All white
Purple and white
Blue and white
Black and white
5. What sport do the All Whites represent New Zealand at?
Cricket
Football
Softball
Basketball
6. Which city is the most westerly?
Christchurch
Auckland
Dunedin
Wellington
7. Which is the largest New Zealand city with a Maori name?
Tauranga
Whanganui
Whangarei
Rotorua
8. Who was New Zealand's first female prime minister?
Helen Clark
Jenny Shipley
Silvia Cartwright
Jacinda Ardern
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?
1977
1967
1982
1972
11. In what year did New Zealand become the first country in the world to give women the vote?
1913
1893
1903
1923
12. New Zealand athletes competed in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics as a part of what team?
British Antipodes
Great Britain
Australasia
Southern British Colonies
13. New Zealand's major newspaper is the New Zealand...
Dominion
Herald
Daily-Times
Press
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?
Taranaki
Ruapehu
Pirongia
Ngauruhoe
15. Who composed the Drysdale Overture in 1937, and the Aotearoa Overture in 1940?
Douglas Lilburn
Gareth Farr
Gillian Whitehead
John Psathas
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