New Zealand - Quick Quiz
New Zealand is a country of great beauty and a great life style. 

With more than 400 golf courses, New Zealand has more golf courses per capita than any other country in the world.

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Q 1)  What is the name of the wine producing region in the north of the South Island?  Clue:- the name starts with the letter ‘M’
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Marlborough.
Q 2)  In February 2011 a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck a major city causing extensive damage.  What city?  __________ 
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Christchurch

Did you know?:-  New Zealand was the first country in the world to allow universal suffrage, allowing women to vote in 1893
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Q 3:-  Where is the ZQN airport code ? _________
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Queenstown
Q 4:-  What city is the capital of New Zealand, sometimes called the windy city ? ___________?
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Wellington
Did you know?​:-  in 2006, the Queen, the Governor-General, the PM, the Speaker
of the house of Representatives and the Chief Justice were all women,  Making it
the first country (up to that date) where all the highest positions in the land were
simultaneously held by women
Q 5:-  Traditionally, Māori cooked in a pit under the ground in ovens called __________  What? ​
 
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Hangi.
Q 6:-   This town is known for bubbling mud pools, shooting geysers and natural hot springs
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Rotorua
Did you know?​:- The first referee in the world to use a whistle to halt a game was William Atack of Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1884
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Q 7:-  Situated on the North Island, this destination is known for its extensive underground cave systems where thousands of glow-worms light up the Glowworm Caves.
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Waitomo
Q 8:- This fiord in the southwest of New Zealand’s South Island. It’s known for towering Mitre Peak, plus rainforests and waterfalls like Stirling and Bowen falls, which plummet down its sheer sides. The fiord is home to fur seal colonies, penguins and dolphins..

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Milford Sound
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Did you know? :- There are no snakes in New Zealand
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Q9:- This track has been described as New Zealands most popular walk.  The walk ends in Milford Sound and starts near the head of a lake in what town?
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Te Anau
Q 10:- What is New Zealands highest peak??
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Mount Cook
Did you know?:- There are more Scottish piping bands per capita in New Zealand than in Scotland
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Q 11:- Australasia’s only castle, Larnach Castle, can be found in which city on the South Island
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Dunedin
Q 12:-  This is the place on the North Island where the first Polynesian canoes landed, Captain Cook made his first landfall and Maori and European first encountered each other.
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Eastland
Did you know?:-  New Zealand is one of the three countries in the world that has two official national anthems of equal standing.  The first is God Save the Queen and the other is God Defend New Zealand.
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Q 13:-  This bay is home to New Zealand's only active marine volcano, White Island.  What is the name of the bay 

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Bay of Plenty
Q 14:-    If you wanted to visit the amazing Hobbit-sized village created for the movies, what region on the North Island would you have to visit?
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Hamilton - Waikato
Did you know?:-  Gisborne is the first city in the world to see the sunrise because it is only 496.3 kilometers away from the International Date Line.  The Gisborne airport has train tracks running across the middle of the runway. Quite often, trains and planes have to stop until one moves out of the way
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Q 15:-  ​What is the name of the largest lake in New Zealand?  It was formed by a volcano, which last erupted in 181 AD.
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Lake Taupo

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