New Zealand Pub Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A quiz clue mentions the Avon Ōtākaro River, the Canterbury Plains and a city traditionally nicknamed the Garden City. Which city is the answer?
Dunedin
Hamilton
Christchurch
Napier
2. A wildlife guide describes a nocturnal, flightless bird with nostrils near the tip of its long bill. Which New Zealand bird is it?
Takahē
Kiwi
Kākāpō
Weka
3. A geologist links many New Zealand earthquakes to the country's position on a tectonic boundary. Which two major plates meet there?
Antarctic and Pacific plates
Nazca and Australian plates
Pacific and Australian plates
African and Antarctic plates
4. Which milestone in voting rights did New Zealand achieve in 1893?
It introduced compulsory voting for every adult citizen
It became the first self-governing country where women could vote in parliamentary elections
It lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
It introduced proportional representation for general elections
5. What does the celebration of Matariki mark in New Zealand?
The Māori New Year, associated with the rising of the Matariki star cluster
The start of the parliamentary year
The anniversary of New Zealand becoming a dominion
The opening of the summer sailing season
6. What is the capital city of New Zealand?
Dunedin
Auckland
Christchurch
Wellington
7. A passenger takes the main inter-island ferry route across Cook Strait. Which two ports does the journey connect?
Auckland and Tauranga
Wellington and Picton
Nelson and New Plymouth
Napier and Gisborne
8. You are handed a gold-coloured New Zealand coin bearing an image of a kiwi. What is its denomination?
10 cents
1 dollar
2 dollars
50 cents
9. A visitor wants to see geothermal features and visit Te Puia in a North Island city beside a lake. Where should they go?
Taupō
Tauranga
Rotorua
Queenstown
10. At which place was the Treaty of Waitangi first signed in 1840?
Waitangi
Russell
Wellington
Akaroa
11. Which extinct group of giant flightless birds was native to New Zealand?
Huia
Kōkako
Moa
Takahē
12. Which achievement made New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay internationally famous in 1953?
Making the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest
Making the first solo flight across the Pacific Ocean
Completing the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand
Completing the first journey to the South Pole
13. On which main island would a traveller find most of the Southern Alps?
South Island
Rakiura Stewart Island
Chatham Island
North Island
14. Which nickname belongs to New Zealand's men's national rugby union team?
Black Caps
White Ferns
Tall Blacks
All Blacks
15. Which description best matches the traditional Māori cooking method known as a hāngī?
Boiling food in a large metal cauldron
Smoking food on an open wooden rack
Marinating raw food in citrus juice
Cooking food with heated stones in a covered earth oven
16. A stargazer wants to identify the constellation represented by four red stars on New Zealand's national flag. What should they look for?
Matariki, or the Pleiades
Orion
Scorpius
The Southern Cross