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Interesting NZ facts

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

National Reserves Make Up 30 Percent Of The Country 

a)

True

b)

False

2.

New Zealand Has A Hill With The World’s Longest Name 

a)

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahi

b)

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

3.

Wellington Is The Most Southerly Capital In The World

a)

True

b)

False

4.

New Zealand Pioneered Women’s Suffrage. This means that...

a)

New Zealand women organised to gain the right to travel by train.

b)

New Zealand women organised to gain the right to fair pay.

c)

New Zealand women organised to gain the right to vote.

d)

New Zealand women organised to gain the right to as many children as she wanted.

5.

Dunedin Has The World’s Steepest Residential Street

a)

False

b)

True, Baldwin St.

c)

True, St Baldwin St

d)

False, Australia.

6.

Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films were filmed in New Zealand. This leads many book and film enthusiasts to fly down to the country. Tourism related to the movies creates 33 million dollars of revenue every year.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

There Are Three National Languages

a)

English and Maori

b)

English, Maori and Sign language

8.

The Blue Lake Has The Clearest Water In The World.

This lake is in what region /rohe?

a)

Nelson

b)

Canterbury

c)

Waikato

d)

Auckland

9.

New Zealand has more golf courses per capita than anywhere else in the world.

a)

False

b)

True

10.

The first commercial bungee jump was made by AJ Hackett on the Kawarau Bridge in Queenstown back in ____.

a)

1970

b)

1978

c)

1980

d)

1988

11.

There is a law that states every high school in New Zealand may hold one pound of uranium and one pound of thorium, for conducting nuclear experiments. But, they will be fined $________should there be a nuclear explosion.

a)

$500,000

b)

$700,000

c)

$1,000,000

d)

$1,200,000

12.

Bats are the only native land mammals in the country.

The rest were introduced by Maori and European.

a)

False

b)

True

13.

Aotearoa has the highest animal to humans ratio in the world at 5%.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

No matter where you are in New Zealand, you’ll never be more than ___ km from the seaside.

a)

120km

b)

128km

c)

134km

d)

142km

15.

NZ has the 2nd tallest Man-made Structure in the Southern Hemisphere

a)

True

b)

False

16.

On the 2001 New Zealand census, 53,715 people listed their religion as “Jedi.” 

That was more than the amount of _________ and ______ in the country.

a)

Jewish and Christian

b)

Catholic and Protestants

c)

Buddists and Hindus

d)

Sikhism and Muslim

17.

In 1990, New Zealand became the first country in the modern world to appoint an Official National Wizard. He resides in...

a)

Auckland

b)

Christchurch

c)

Wellington

d)

Dunedin

18.

About one-third of the country is protected national parks. Which example is not a national park.

a)

Fiordland

b)

Abel Tasman

c)

Tongariro

d)

Marlborough

19.

The first inhabited island to receive the sun is Pitt Island, which is part of New Zealand’s Chatham Islands. But the first mainland city to welcome the sun is ________.

a)

Gisborne

b)

Blenheim

c)

Nelson

d)

Christchurch

20.

In 2008, TripAdvisor ranked Milford Sound as the number one travel destination in the world, according to an international survey.

a)

False

b)

True