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Knowledgeathon Class Quiz
Round 1 Te Reo
Question 1
What does Tangata Whenua mean?
Question 2
What is Maori for Family Tree?
Question 3
What is Rewena Paraoa?
Question 4
What is the Maori word for school?
Question 5
What is Maori for performing arts?
Question 6
What is the Maori word for flax?
Question 7
What place in Auckland means hot water?
Question 8
What is the Maori name for New Zealand’s highest
mountain?
Question 9
What is the Maori word for bird?
Question 10
What is the formal Maori name for Auckland?
Round 1 Te ReoAnswers
Question 1
What does Tangata Whenua mean?
People of the land
Question 2
What is Maori for Family Tree?
Whakapapa
Question 3
What is Rewena Paraoa?
Maori Potato Bread
Question 4
What is the Maori word for school?
Kura
Question 5
What is Maori for performing arts?
Kapa Haka
Question 6
What is the Maori word for flax?
Harakeke
Question 7
What place in Auckland means hot water?
Waiwera
Question 8
What is the Maori name for New Zealand’s highest
mountain?
Aoraki
Question 9
What is the Maori word for bird?
Manu
Question 10
What is the formal Maori name for Auckland?
Tamaki Makaurau
Round 2 Sport
Question 1
What is the nickname of our national netball team?
Question 2
When did the All Blacks last win the Rugby World Cup?
Question 3
When did Denny Hulme win the World F1
championship?
Question 4
Who is the current coach of the NZ Warriors NRL team?
Question 5
What is the official name of the New Zealand under 23
football team?
Question 6
Who has won a Gold, Silver and Bronze Olympic medal
in Windsurfing?
Question 7
Susan Devoy won four world titles in which sport?
Question 8
In what event did Yvette Williams win gold at the
1952 Olympics?
Question 9
Which Olympics did Jack Lovelock win gold?
Question 10
Alison Shanks represents NZ in which sport?
Round 2 SportAnswers
Question 1
What is the nickname of our national netball team?
Silver Ferns
Question 2
When did the All Blacks last win the Rugby World Cup?
2011
Question 3
When did Denny Hulme win the World F1
championship?
1967
Question 4
Who is the current coach of the NZ Warriors NRL team?
Brian McClennan
Question 5
What is the official name of the New Zealand under 23
football team?
Olywhites
Question 6
Who has won a Gold, Silver and Bronze Olympic medal
in Windsurfing?
Barbara Kendall
Question 7
Susan Devoy won four world titles in which sport?
Squash
Question 8
In what event did Yvette Williams win gold at the
1952 Olympics?
Long Jump
Question 9
Which Olympics did Jack Lovelock win gold?
1936
Question 10
Alison Shanks represents NZ in which sport?
Cycling
Round 3 Geography
Question 1
Which is the largest city in the South Island?
Question 2
What country is Gallipoli in?
Question 3
What is the name of Auckland’s western
harbour?
Question 4
What is the deepest lake in New Zealand?
Question 5
What is the name of New Zealand’s longest river?
Question 6
What is the name of the sea between Australia and New
Zealand?
Question 7
What is the famous large object you see when you
drive into Ohakune?
Question 8
What is the name of the first city in NZ to see the
sun?
Question 9
What is the name of the tallest of the mountains of the volcanic plateau in NZ?
Question 10
What are the Remarkables?
Round 3 Geography
Answers
Question 1
Which is the largest city in the South Island?
Christchurch
Question 2
What country is Gallipoli in?
Turkey
Question 3
What is the name of Auckland’s western
harbour?
Manukau
Question 4
What is the deepest lake in New Zealand?
Lake Hauroko
Question 5
What is the name of New Zealand’s longest river?
Waikato
Question 6
What is the name of the sea between Australia and New
Zealand?
Tasman Sea
Question 7
What is the famous large object you see when you
drive into Ohakune?
Carrot
Question 8
What is the name of the first city in NZ to see the
sun?Gisborne
Question 9
What is the name of the tallest of the mountains of the volcanic plateau in NZ?
Ruapehu
Question 10
What are the Remarkables?
A mountain range
Round 4 History
Question 1
When did New Zealand start celebrating Maori
Language week?
Question 2
What year did the Napier Earthquake take place?
Question 3
In 1953 NZ’s worst ever train crash took place
where?
Question 4
Which is the oldest university in New Zealand?
Question 5
What year was the Treaty of Waitangi signed?
Question 6
What year did Tenzing and Hillary conquer Mt.
Everest?
Question 7
Who wrote the words to ‘God Defend New Zealand’?
Question 8
What date is ANZAC Day?
Question 9
Who was NZ’s first Governor General?
Question 10
What was the name of the first Maori Chief to sign the
Treaty of Waitangi?
Round 4 HistoryAnswers
Question 1
When did New Zealand start celebrating Maori
Language week?
1975
Question 2
What year did the Napier Earthquake take place?
1931
Question 3
In 1953 NZ’s worst ever train crash took place
where?
Tangiwai
Question 4
Which is the oldest university in New Zealand?
Otago
Question 5
What year was the Treaty of Waitangi signed?
1840
Question 6
What year did Tenzing and Hillary conquer Mt.
Everest?
1953
Question 7
Who wrote the words to ‘God Defend New Zealand’?
Thomas Bracken
Question 8
What date is ANZAC Day?
25 April
Question 9
Who was NZ’s first Governor General?
Sir Paul Reeves
Question 10
What was the name of the first Maori Chief to sign the
Treaty of Waitangi?
Hone Heke
Round 5 Pot Luck
Question 1
Who was the Pavlova named after?
Question 2
Who was the New Zealander who won an
Oscar for his song in the Muppets Movie?
Question 3
What is the constellation on the New Zealand flag?
Question 4
Which New Zealand native tree has yellow flowers?
Question 5
In what year was New Zealand the first country to
give women the vote?
Question 6
Which harbour in Auckland has a name that means
sparkling waters?
Question 7
Earlier this year, bio-security experts found what
Australian pest in Auckland?
Question 8
What number is rima tekau?
Question 9
Which New Zealander took bungy jumping to the
world?
Question 10
Which famous Maori politician is featured on the
NZ $50 note?
Round 5 Pot Luck
Answers
Question 1
Who was the Pavlova named after?
Anna Pavlova
Question 2
Who was the New Zealander who won an
Oscar for his song in the Muppets Movie?
Brett McKenzie
Question 3
What is the constellation on the New Zealand flag?
Southern Cross
Question 4
Which New Zealand native tree has yellow flowers?
Kowhai
Question 5
In what year was New Zealand the first country to
give women the vote?
1893
Question 6
Which harbour in Auckland has a name that means
sparkling waters?
Waitemata
Question 7
Earlier this year, bio-security experts found what
Australian pest in Auckland?
Queensland Fruit Fly
Question 8
What number is rima tekau?
Fifty
Question 9
Which New Zealander took bungy jumping to the
world?A.J. Hackett
Question 10
Which famous Maori politician is featured on the
NZ $50 note?
Sir Apirana Ngata