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Mamas Timeout Whanau Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was the first known contact between Maori and Pakeha?

a)

1642

b)

1769

c)

1772

d)

1688

2.

Maori Rangatira that found led the exhibition from Hawaiki to Aotearoa?

a)

Maui

b)

Kupe

c)

Hone Heke

d)

Te Kooti

3.

Kirihimete in Aotearoa is in which month?

a)

Hotoke

b)

Raumati

c)

Koanga

d)

Ngahuru

4.

Due to it's shape what is the name of the NZ parliamentary building?

a)

Cake Tin

b)

Bird's Nest

c)

Beehive

d)

Bird Box

5.

In 1990 Aotearoa became the first country in the modern world to appoint:

a)

An official hobbit

b)

A bird as a mascot

c)

A third national language

d)

An official national wizard

6.

What is the missing Mountain?

Ngauruhoe,Tongariro.......

a)

Taranaki

b)

Eden

c)

Ruapehu

d)

Cook

7.

What was the original first ever capital of NZ where whalers would congregate?

a)

Auckland

b)

Wellington

c)

Russell

d)

Christchurch

8.

What city is the art deco capital?

a)

Gisborne

b)

Taupo

c)

Napier

d)

Nelson

9.

Which group sings 'butter' and is a worldwide sensation

a)

EXO

b)

Wanna One

c)

BTS

d)

NCT

10.

Where did NZ send it's army troops in 1999 as part of it's UN peacekeeping efforts?

a)

Papua New Guinea

b)

East Timor

c)

Iraq

d)

Afghanistan

11.

Finish the next 4 words by Stan Walker (only write in lower case, correct spelling and spaces between words)


no tawhiti, no tata, no te whenua (a)  

12.

How many players are there in a rugby team?

a)

20

b)

14

c)

15

d)

13

13.

How many players in a basketball team?

a)

11

b)

7

c)

6

d)

5

14.

How many players in a Rugby League Team?

a)

15

b)

14

c)

13

d)

12

15.

Solve this equation following the order of operations:

7/ (5 x 2 - 6/3) =

(Order of operations follows Bodmas: brackets, then power/roots, then division or multiplication whatever comes first from the left side of the expression, then last subtraction or addition).

a)

2.25

b)

1.5

c)

.875

d)

3

16.

Who wrote the famous 'Maui' series of books...including

How Maui slowed the sun etc.

a)

Peter John

b)

Peter Gossage

c)

Gossip Junior

d)

Gossett Junior

17.

Aotearoa is located in which ocean?

a)

Indian

b)

Arctic

c)

Atlantic

d)

Pacific

18.

What is the name of the man that tried to blow up the Beehive and we celebrate him every November each year.

a)

Guy Little

b)

Guy Falkner

c)

Fawkes Guy

d)

Guy Fawkes

19.

Fill in the next 5 words....Taken from Suzi's world in the 90's


"It's our time kia ora, talofa, it's our time ____ ____ ____ _____ ____

(a)  

20.

What is the name of the chemical element "Y"?

a)

Ytrate

b)

Ynona

c)

Yttrium

d)

Yxium