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The Whale-rider: New Zealand on Film

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which fantasy film series were filmed in New Zealand by the Kiwi director Peter Jackson?

a)

The Harry Potter films

b)

The Hunger Games Series

c)

The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit series

d)

The Star Wars films

2.

Which live action Disney film was directed by New Zealand Whalerider film director Nikki Caro?

a)

Cruella

b)

Mulan

c)

Dumbo

d)

Cinderella

3.

Which Marvel superhero film was directed by the Maori New Zealander Taika Waititi?

a)

Spiderman No Way Home

b)

Iron Man 3

c)

Thor Raganork

d)

Shang Chi

4.

Maori director Taika Waititi also made the Oscar nominated film Jojo Rabbit. Who is the imaginary friend of the main character?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Benito Mussolini

5.

Maori director Lee Tamahori directed one of which successful action movie series?

a)

Mission Impossible

b)

James Bond

c)

The Fast and the Furious

d)

Transformers

6.

Which well known Hollywood celebrity and star of Gladiator was born in New Zealand?

a)

Tom Cruise

b)

Tom Hanks

c)

Russell Crowe

d)

Robert Downey Jnr

7.

What was unusual about actress Anna Paquin winning the Oscar for best supporting actress in New Zealand director Jane Campion's film The Piano?

a)

She was not from New Zealand

b)

She was only 11 year's old at the time

c)

She was not actually human

d)

She was an animated character

8.

Which popular 3D science fiction film was mostly made in New Zealand?

a)

Transformers

b)

The Matrix

c)

Avatar

d)

Ready Player One

9.

In the Tom Cruise film The Last Samurai, Mt Taranaki in New Zealand was used to stand in for which mountain?

a)

Mount Everest

b)

Mount Kilimanjaro

c)

Mount Fuji

d)

Mount Blanc

10.

The New Zealand actor Sam Neill is probably best known for appearing in which movie series about scary monsters?

a)

A Quiet Place

b)

Jurassic Park/World

c)

King Kong

d)

Godzilla