CRU Sunday Funday Quz - 27/03

Samoa recently went into lockdown due its first community case. When was the first community case detected?

• Thursday 17th March 2020

• Thursday 17th March 2021

• Thursday 17th March 2022

• Thursday 17th March 2023

How many African countries make up the African continent

• 1

• 12

• 54

• 28

Which trailblazing New Zealander features on the $50 banknote?

• Sir Edmund Hillary

• Sir Apirana Ngata

• Ernest Rutherford

• Kate Sheppard

How many islands make up Hawai'i?

• 8

• 16

• 83

• 137

What did Captain Cook name the Hawaiian islands?

• Paradise islands

• Savage islands

• Sandwich islands

• Volcano islands

What is the rarest blood type?

• O

• A

• B

• AB-negative

How many types of native bees (ngaro huruhuru) are there in NZ? 

• 18

• 28

• 38

• 48

According to the nursery rhyme, how many days old was the peas porridge in the pot?

• 3

• 6

• 9

• 12

What does Matariki mark the celebrations of?

• Winter Solstace

• Moon and Star Festival

• Maori New Year

True or False: Australia is wider than the moon.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The moon sits at 3400 kms diameter, Australia's diameter from east to west is almost 4000km