2/04/2011

New Zealand Trivia

In commemoration of Waitangi Day, also known as New Zealnd Day, it’s time test your knowledge of this South Pacific country with the trivia questions below.

1) What is the name of New Zealand’s indigenous people?
2) What is the indigenous name of New Zealand?
3) When did New Zealand officialy form part of the British Commonwealth?
4) When did New Zeand gain its own constitution?
5) What is its capital?
6) What is its largest city?
7) What is the nickname for New Zealanders?
8) What is the nicknmae of its nacional rugby team?
9) Which New Zealander was the first person to reach the peak of Mt Everest?

The answers are in the comments below.

1 comment:

Adam Yerman said...

ANSWERS: 1) the Maori, 2) Aotearoa, which means “land of the long white cloud”, 3) On Ferbruary 6th, 1840, with the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. 4) December 13th, 1986, 5) Wellington, 6) Auckland, 7) Kiwis, named after the flightless birds endemic to New Zealand, 8) The All Blacks, 9) Sir Edmund Hillary