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New Zealand Animals Trivia

New Zealand Animals Trivia Quizzes

For quizzes about a mixture of animals from the country down under which isn't Australia. You're quite likely to find some Kiwis here.

3 quizzes and 30 trivia questions.

The Beautiful Animals of New Zealand

Photo Quiz

10 Qns

New Zealand is the home of many animals, often with unusual names. Take a trip through the islands of this southern hemisphere nation.

Average, 10 Qns, dcpddc478, Mar 08 25

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The Birds of The Nevis Highwire Platform

Photo Quiz

10 Qns

A place you want to visit when you go to New Zealand is the bungee jumping capital, the Nevis Highwire Platform. While you are there all these birds are liable to be around. Keep your eyes open!

Average, 10 Qns, dcpddc478, Aug 07 18

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Creatures of Wonder - New Zealand

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Heavyweight parrots, whopping big insects, small dolphins, devils of the night and some groovy survival stories. Come and meet some of the more unique creatures of New Zealand.

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New Zealand Animals Trivia Questions

1. The world's heaviest parrot is also the world's only flightless parrot. Can you name this parrot?

From Quiz Creatures of Wonder - New Zealand

Answer: kakapo

The kakapo runs fast and climbs trees by using its beak as a third leg. The kakariki is a native parakeet. The kaka is a ruddy brown parrot, which does fly. The katipo is a poisonous spider.

2. Disease and predation reduced this bird to a single breeding pair known as "Old Blue" and "Old Yellow". They now have more than 250 descendants. Can you name this bird?

From Quiz Creatures of Wonder - New Zealand

Answer: black robin

Black robins are only found on the Chatham Islands of New Zealand. If you ever get the chance to see a documentary about how the Chatham Islands Black Robin was saved, do watch it.

3. Pekapeka are the only native non-marine mammals in New Zealand. They are a type of what?

From Quiz Creatures of Wonder - New Zealand

Answer: bat

The Maori name for bat is "pekapeka". Our only endemic bats are the long-tailed (Chalinolobus)and the short-tailed (Mystacina).

4. For many years tuataras have not been found (outside of captivity) on the main North or South Islands. What is the main reason for this?

From Quiz Creatures of Wonder - New Zealand

Answer: Introduced predators ate their eggs and young.

The tuatara is one of the world's oldest living reptiles. They walked with the dinosaurs some 200 million years ago. All of their relations in the order Sphenodontia died out about 60 million years ago.

5. Known as "Devils of the Night" weta have been around unchanged for over 160 million years. Over 100 species of weta are endemic to New Zealand. What is a weta?

From Quiz Creatures of Wonder - New Zealand

Answer: A crawling insect, which may be rat -sized.

Wetas may look horrendous but they are harmless. Until it was rediscovered in 1962, the Mahoenui giant weta was believed extinct on the main islands.

6. New Zealand has two varieties of royal albatross. The Northern royal albatross breeds on the Chatham Islands and on Taiaroa Head, Otago. The Southern royal albatross breeds only on Auckland Island and one other island. Can you name that island?

From Quiz Creatures of Wonder - New Zealand

Answer: Campbell Island

The royal albatross has a wingspan of up to 3.3 metres enabling it to fly around 190,000 kilometres a year. About 85 per cent of its life is spent at sea. The Northern royal albatross is an endangered species.

7. New Zealand has many varieties of skink. Two of the rarest are the grand skink and the Otago skink. What is a skink?

From Quiz Creatures of Wonder - New Zealand

Answer: A type of lizard.

The grand skink and the Otago skink live in Otago in the South Island. They can grow to 300mm in length.

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