Various Facts About New Zealand Quiz

Answer: 26km

It is approximately 26 kilometres directly across Cook Strait, and currently the record for the youngest person to swim across is held by an 11 year old boy, who crossed it in February 2005.

Answer: All of the these statements are true

New Zealand was the first western democracy to allow women to vote in 1893, Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand climbed Mt. Everest in 1953 and yes, bungee jumping was indeed commercialised in New Zealand after a form of the activity was developed in Vanuatu.

Answer: Golden Ferns

The Silver Ferns is the New Zealand netball team, the All Blacks is the nation's rugby team and the All Whites is New Zealand's soccer team. A lot of team names have 'black' or 'white' in them, such as the Black Sox, the NZ world champion softball team and the White Ferns, the New Zealand women's cricket team. The Golden Ferns is just made up.

Answer: 120 km

New Zealand is surrounded by the ocean, so there is nowhere that is more than 128 km away from the ocean. New Zealand has many famous beaches, such as 90-Mile Beach and Tahunanui Beach (in Nelson).

Answer: 12

The earthquake was around magnitude 8 on the Richter scale, and was felt over 940,000 sq km. The Wairarapa Fault, where the earthquake originated, moved 12 metres, which was twice the number of metres of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

Answer: Robert Muldoon

Robert Muldoon made this famous quote in the early 1980s, referring to the growing number of New Zealanders who went to Australia. Quite amusing really, Robert Muldoon was a former Prime Minister of New Zealand.

Answer: Peter Jackson

This one should have been easy, Peter Jackson made the three 'Lord Of The Rings' films. They were hugely successful, with one of the films earning 11 Oscars. The films were "The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring", "The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers" and lastly "The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King". Neither Mel Gibson nor Steven Spielberg is from New Zealand, and Andrew Adamson was involved in co-directing Shrek II.

Answer: Rugby - the numbers represent how many teams are in the competition

The Super 12 (which became the Super 14) is an international provincial rugby competition, with teams from South Africa, Australia and New Zealand playing. The numbers 12 and 14 represent how many teams play in the competition; 2006 saw two more teams added. Past winners of the competition include the Canterbury Crusaders and Auckland Blues.

Answer: Danyon Loader

Danyon Loader was an Olympic swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 1992 Olympics and two gold medals in the 1996 Olympics. The other three are indeed New Zealand authors.

Answer: A Greenpeace ship sunk by the French secret service

The "Rainbow Warrior" was a ship belonging to Greenpeace, an international group that was protesting against various things, such as nuclear testing. Just before midnight on 10th July 1985 while the ship was in Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, two explosives were detonated on the Rainbow Warrior, sinking the ship and killing one person, the photographer (Fernando Pereira) on board the ship. Eventually police tracked down the men involved, and it was found out that they were acting under orders of the French Military.

It is regarded as the first terrorist attack by another country in New Zealand waters, and the ship was unable to be repaired, so it is now used as an artificial reef.