Kiwi+Kids++Quiz

KIWI KIDS QUIZ Answer these questions to earn 10 points each. Only one person can answer each question. New questions will be posted when the older ones have been answered correctly. If your answer is deleted, this means that your answer is incorrect and you will need to do more thinking and researching. Have fun learning about New Zealand.

Kiwi Quiz:

Term Three: Brainteasers

** There are 3 gentlemen in a meeting: Mr. Yellow, Mr. Green and Mr. violet. They are wearing yellow,green and violet ties. Mr. Yellow says: "Did you notice that the color of our ties are different from our names?" The person who is wearing the green tie says, "Yes, you are right!" **

** Do you know who is wearing what color tie? ** Mr Yellow:Violet Mr Green:Yellow (Sophia) Mr Violet:Green

Term Two

Week 6:

1. What type of plant has koru-shaped shoots?

The fern. (Andrew) 2. What is the golden Shears Championship?

2. A competition about shearing sheep. (Andrew) 3. What proportion of the seats in Parlia.ment is decided by the party's share of the overall party vote? UK won its first county council //seats// in 2009 and two //seats// in the European //Parliament//

//(Freyana)//
4. Which NZ actress became the youngest person to be nominated in the Oscar's Best Actress category for her performance in 'Whale Rider'? She also starred in 'The Nativity Story'. Keisha Castle-Hughes (Sophia)

5. What do these plants have in common: gorse, ragwort, thistle, blackberry, privet and wild ginger?
 * Keisha Castle-Hughes(Andrew) **

They are all invasive weeds.(Andrew) 6. Th highest point in the North Island is at the top of a volcano. What is the name of this volcano?

Mt ruapehu. (Andrew) 3. Which flightless nocturnal parrot is one of NZ's rarest birds?

The Kakapo <span style="background-color: #ec73ec; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">4. Where is NZ's oldest church? <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% navy; color: #00b050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 21px;">In Russell

Week 4:

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1. True or false: moose were introduced to the South Is in 1900

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% teal; color: yellow; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">True <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">2. Who was the Plunket Society formed to help?

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% teal; color: yellow; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Mothers and children. (Formed in 1907, it was named after its patron Lady Plunket, wife of the Governor of NZ & mother of eight). <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">3. What was introduced in 1982 to curb inflation in NZ?

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% teal; color: yellow; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">A 12-month wage, price and rent freeze. <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">4. Which 2 athletes won gold medals at the 1960 Olympics?

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% teal; color: yellow; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Sir peter george snell and Murray halberg (Andrew) 10 TR <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">5. What does Aotearoa mean?

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% teal; color: yellow; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Land of the long white cloud (in moari) (Andrew) 10 TR <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">6. What was the name given to women in the late 19th & early 20th centuries who were involved in the campaign to give women the right to vote? <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% teal; color: yellow; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Suffragettes (Andrew) 5 TR <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">7. Approximately how long is Ninety Mile Beach?

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% teal; color: yellow; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">55 Miles <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">8. Who preached the first Christian sermon in NZ? <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% teal; color: yellow; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Samuel Marsden (Andrew) 10 TR

Week 2:

<span style="background-color: #3a0909; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1. What mammals commonly become stranded on NZ beaches? Dolphins & Whales (Andrew) 10TR <span style="background-color: #3a0909; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2. True or false: in 1863 the New Zealand Settlements Act was passed, allowing confiscation of land from Maori after the NZ wars? True (Andrew) 10 TR <span style="background-color: #3a0909; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3. Which was the first international airport in NZ? Christchurch International Airport <span style="background-color: #3a0909; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">4. Which were the two major Maori land disputes in the 1970s? Raglan and Bastion Point

Holiday Quiz:

<span style="background-color: #ce5050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">1. Which kakapo, the male or female, performs the courtship ritual involving a loud booming call and elaborate wing display? The male (Sophia) 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #ce5050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">2. What does tapu mean? Sacred or forbidden (Sophia) 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #ce5050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">3. What is the most popular participation sport for men in NZ? 26% Golf Mikayla 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #ce5050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">4. What race did runner Murray Halberg set a world record for in 1960? Three Miles

<span style="background-color: #ce5050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">5. Which of these NZ towns has never been the home of the NZ Government? Invercargill

<span style="background-color: #ce5050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">6. Which small north Wairarapa rural town has become a symbol of rural NZ? Ekehahuna (Eketahuna means to run aground on a sand bank.

<span style="background-color: #ce5050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">7. What does APEC stand for? Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Sophia) 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #ce5050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">8. Which archipelago of about 10 islands, named Rekohu in Maori, is approximately 800km east of Christchurch? The Chatham Islands and Pitt Island (Sophia) 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #ce5050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">9. Rainbow and brown are both species of what type of fish? Trout

<span style="background-color: #ce5050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">10. What national holiday is celebrated on the 6th of February? Waitangi Day (Sophia) 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #ce5050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">11. Led by PM 'King Dick' Seddon, which area did NZ expand into in the early 1900s, forming its own 'empire'?

The Pacific (NZ took control of the Cook Islands & Niue in 1901, Western Samoa in 1914 & Tokelau in 1925.

<span style="background-color: #ce5050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">12. Which 3 mountain tops were presented to the nation as a national park by Te Heuheu Tukino IV in 1887? Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu (Sophia) 10 TR

Term One

<span style="background-color: #800000; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Week 11

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1. What is Margaret Mahy famous for? She is famous for her books that she wrote (Raymond) 5 TR She is famous for children's books (Freyana) 5 TR

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2. What is a kina? //**Evechinus chloroticus(scientific name) or sea urchin (**//**//Raymond)//** 10 TR Or sea egg

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3. Who led the 1868 prison escape from the Chatham Islands, seizing a schooner & sailing with 300 followers to Gisborne? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">Te Kooti <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',Georgia,'New Century Schoolbook',serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;">Rikirangi (Raymond) 10 TR<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',Georgia,'New Century Schoolbook',serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;"> He escaped 2 years after being deported to the Chatham Is without trial.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">4. What was the first marine mammal in the world to be protected by an Act of State?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">The first marine mammals to be protected were whales and dolphins (Freyana) 5 TR <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Answer: Pelorus Jack (Cook Strait's dolphin - protected in 1904)

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">5. What is the main animal farmed in NZ for milk & meat? cows (Raymond) The main farmed animal in NZ is the Herd Bull (Freyana) <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">6. What was the period in the 1930s called, when there was a high unemployment & poverty? **Great Depression (raymond)** <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">7. Which Auckland pioneer was present at the founding of the city in 1840, involved in many business activities in Auckland & gifted a park to the city? Sir John Logan Campbell (The 'Father of Auckland')

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">8. What was the first known export from the South Island?

Greenstone (By the 15th century South Island Maori were exporting greenstone to other parts of NZ)

<span style="background-color: #800000; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Week 10

<span style="background-color: #800080; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">1. Kate Sheppard wanted women to have the right to do what?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Kate Shepphard wanted women to have the right to vote. (Sophia) 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #800080; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">2. What team won the gold medal for netball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">NZ(Jarod) 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #800080; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">3. Which is NZ's least urbanised region? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Northland(Jarod) 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #800080; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">4. What was the first vehicle designed and mass-produced in NZ? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">The Trekka (A jeep-style farm vehicle, first produced in 1966)

<span style="background-color: #800000; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Week 9:

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 160%;">1. What is the name for traditional Maori performing arts or a group that performs them? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">kapa haka Larissa 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 160%;">2. What attracted Chinese immigrants to NZ from the late 1860s? A gold rush near Dunedin Andrew 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 160%;">3. NZer Glenn Turner was a famous player of which sport? Cricket Andrew 10 TR <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 160%;">4. What is the name of NZ's most famous pacer & the first racehorse in the world to earn a million dollars?
 * Cardigan Bay Andrew 10 TR**

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 160%;">5. Which one of these was not a famous rugby player: Michael Jones, Ben Lummis, Tana Umaga, Colin Meads? Ben Lummis Sophia 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 160%;">6. Which NZ city is one of the few cities in the world to have harbours on two separate bodies of water? Auckland Andrew 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 160%;">7. Which NZ location was once known as the 'Hell-hole of the Pacific? Russel Andrew 10 TR <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 160%;">8. What was the NAFTA agreement signed with Australia in 1965? It was a agreement about new zealands and Australias trade Andrew 5 TR Answer: The NZ Australia Free Trade Agreement.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">9. What is NZ's only surviving native owl? Morepork (Freyana) 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">10. What is the only known wingless bird? Moa

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">11. In 2005, what did the Prime Minister, Governor-General, Chief Justice, Attorney General, Speaker of the House of Representatives & head of NZ's largest listed company have in common? They were all women

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">12. What was the major site for defence guns Auckland during World War 2? North Head (Devonport)

<span style="background-color: #800000; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Week 8:

1. What is the name of the strait between the North and South Islands? Cook strait Andrew 10 TR 2. What is the most northern point of mainland NZ? Surville Cliffs 3. In what year did Abel Tasman discover Nz? 1642. Andrew 10 TR 4. What is the longest sandspit in Nz? Farewell spit Andrew 10 TR <span style="background-color: #800000; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Week 7:

1. What are the winter months in NZ? June,July,August Andrew 10 TR 2. What is the highest mountain in Australasia? Mount Cook Sophia 10 TR 3. What name did Captain Cook give to the bay where he first set foot on NZ but was unable to gain many of the provisions he needed? Poverty **Bay Andrew 10 TR** 4. Which Crown entity was established in 1994 & is the main arts development organisation in NZ? Creative New Zealand Sophia 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #800000; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Week 6:

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">1. Which sport do the All Blacks play? Rugby Andrew 10 TR <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">2. Before sailing to NZ, Captain Cook was in Tahiti observing what event? the infrequent passage of Venus across the face of the sun. Andrew 10 TR <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">3. What important employment legislation was introduced in 2000? Employment Relations Act 2000. Andrew 10 TR <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">4. What is ERMA in NZ? Environmental risk management authority Andrew 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">5. Which one of these is not a native tree: Kauri, miro, totara, pine, or rimu? pine Andrew 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">6. What is the most important economic crop in NZ? Grass (It forms the basis for the livestock industry in NZ which generates much export income)

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">7. What is the area of NZ in square kilometres? 268680 Andrew 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">8. At which mine did an explosion & fire kill 67 people in 1896?

Brunner mine Andrew 5 TR <span style="background-color: #800000; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Week 5:

<span style="background-color: #fff900; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">1. What is the national bird of NZ? Kiwi Freyana 10TR

<span style="background-color: #fff900; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">2. How many Oscars did 'Return of the King' win in 2004?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">It won all 11 Oscars it was up for: Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Art Direction, Costume Design, Score, Sound, Visual Effects, Makeup and Original Song. Mikayla 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #fff900; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">3. Where were NZ troops sent in 1999 as part of an Australian-led United Nations peace-keeping force? East Timor

<span style="background-color: #fff900; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">4. In 1881, when 1600 armed militia surrounded the unarmed dissidents of Parihaka, what was the assault force met with? Children (A welcoming party of about 200 singing and dancing children who offered them food).

<span style="background-color: #800000; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Week 4:

<span style="background-color: #404040; color: #00ff00; font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: 160%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">1. What is Maori for red?

Whero Andrew 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #404040; color: #00ff00; font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: 160%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">2. Kiwifruit vines were first brought to NZ in 1906 from which country?

China Andrew 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #404040; color: #00ff00; font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: 160%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">3. What is NZ's most common bird of prey?

Harrier

<span style="background-color: #404040; color: #00ff00; font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: 160%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">4. Who was the famous European artist & Major, a dashing hero of the NZ wars, known for

<span style="background-color: #404040; color: #00ff00; font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: 160%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">his fearlessness& ability to survive near misses?

Gustavus von Tempsky ( jasmine ) 10 TR

<span style="background-color: #800000; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Week 3:

1. Which people signed the Treaty of Waitangi on behalf of Maori Tribes? Answer: Chiefs or Rangatira <span style="background-color: #1e0e0e; color: #fff900; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">2. What organisation oversees historical buildings in NZ? New Zealand Historic Places Trust, ( Jasmine ) 10 TR <span style="background-color: #1e0e0e; color: #fff900; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">3. Who was the leader of the Labour Government elected in 1972? Answer: Norman Kirk <span style="background-color: #1e0e0e; color: #fff900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">4. Thomas Bracken is best known for writing the lyrics of which song? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">National Anthem (Freyana) 10 T