Herald Kiwiana quiz
Test your brains with the Herald's Kiwiana quiz.
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Where in New Zealand would you be if you were on the Presidential Highway?
Northland
Upper South Island
Southern South Island
Canterbury
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In 1959, Jack Turner came up with a new name for what New Zealand export?
Venison
Crayfish
The tamarillo
Kiwifruit
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In English, what is Waka Kotahi?
The New Zealand Transport Agency
The Inland Revenue Department
New Zealand Post
Radio NZ
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At 3724m, Aoraki / Mt Cook is New Zealand’s tallest mountain. What’s the second-tallest?
Mt Aspiring
Ruapehu
Mt Sefton
Mt Tasman
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Which New Zealand sporting trophy, awarded annually, is named after a suburb of Cairo?
Alexandria Shield
Hanan Shield
Maadi Cup
Zeitoun Cup
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Former PM Sir Geoffrey Palmer once said NZ was “irredeemably pluvial” – meaning what?
It’s very windy
It rains a lot
Earthquakes are common
It’s very rugged
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Which town hosted New Zealand’s first organised game of rugby?
Dunedin
Timaru
Christchurch
Nelson
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When it’s noon in mainland NZ, what time is it on the Chatham Islands?
12.45pm
11am
1pm
Noon
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Alan MacDiarmid achieved something that only two other Kiwis have done. What was it?
Won the Wimbledon singles
Swam Foveaux Strait
Won the Nobel Prize
Won the Booker Prize
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Havelock North is in Hawke’s Bay, but where in New Zealand is Havelock?
Marlborough
Canterbury
Otago
Southland
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Who is the only New Zealand tennis player to have won a grand slam singles title?
Chris Lewis
Anthony Wilding
Onny Parun
Marina Erakovic
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Ōpoho, Corstorphine and Māori Hill — suburbs of which New Zealand city?
Dunedin
Oamaru
Christchurch
New Plymouth
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What is a pīwakawaka?
A cicada
A shining cuckoo
A black-backed gull
A fantail
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Officially, all New Zealand racehorses have their birthday on what date?
July 1
March 30
August 1
June 30
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Kihikihi are hard to miss in summer. What are they?
Sandflies
Cicadas
Mosquitoes
Wasps
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A giant guitar is a landmark in which NZ town?
Gore
Hamilton
Timaru
Martinborough
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Kiwi athlete Jack Lovelock won gold in the 1936 Olympics - in what event?
400m
800m
1500m
2000m
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Matiu is a Wellington landmark, otherwise known as?
Mt Victoria
Oriental Bay
Mt Kaukau
Somes Island
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The Forgotten World Highway runs between Stratford and what other town?
Ohakune
Taumarunui
Hāwera
Awakino
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Whose depiction of a railway station was once voted New Zealand’s most-loved painting?
Colin McCahon
C.F. Goldie
Dick Frizzell
Rita Angus
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Rūaumoko is the Māori god of what?
Earthquakes
War
Agriculture
The underworld
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A quarter-acre section – remember those? – is how many square metres, give or take?
1000
666
500
1200
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Among its myriad attractions, which city claims New Zealand’s only public underground elevator?
Wellington
Oamaru
Dunedin
Whanganui
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The Order of New Zealand is limited to how many ordinary members?
20
25
50
100
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It’s not quite as big as the one in Moscow, but which NZ city has its own Red Square?
Nelson
Tauranga
Westport
Blenheim
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