Science
What is the commonly used value and unit of gravity on Earth? (3 significant figures)
9.81ms-2
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
This traditional oil painting technique involves applying thin, transparent layers of paint to create depth and luminosity.
Pulley
This pop star is known for hits like Shake It Off and Blank Space.
Taylor Swift
This Māori word means “a place to rest” and is often used to describe designated camping areas along tramping routes.
Whare Puni
How many domains of life are there?
3, Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
Which Spanish artist painted The Persistence of Memory ?
Salvador Dalí
This component stores electrical energy and can release it quickly in a circuit — it’s often used in flash cameras.
Capacitor
He’s called the “King of Pop” and is known for songs like Thriller and Billie Jean.
Michael Jackson
The Milford Track starts at this fiord town, known as the "Gateway to Fiordland."
What is Te Anau?
What is a data structure that contains a number of variables that are accessed through computed indices commonly called?
an Array
This common type of footwear shares its name with a type of snake.
Boots
This joint, often used in cabinet-making, involves one piece fitting into a hole cut into another and is known for its strength.
Morton and Tenon joint
This viral song by South Korean artist Psy became the first YouTube video to hit 1 billion views.
Gangnam Style
This rugged mountain range is home to the highest peak in the country, Aoraki/Mount Cook.
Southern Alps
The opposite of centrifugal motion is called
Centripetal motion
What term refers to a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and often a different spelling, like bare and bear.
This process joins two pieces of metal by melting and fusing them, often using a filler rod and high heat.
Welding
In music theory, this term refers to the distance between two notes, such as a fifth or an octave.
an Interval
This historic trail, one of New Zealand’s oldest tramping routes, connects the west and east coasts of the South Island over the Haast Pass.
What is the Old Haast Track?
What is the name for the experiment carried out in 1911, which resulted in the discovery of the nucleus of an atom?
Rutherford's experiment
This traditional oil painting technique involves applying thin, transparent layers of paint to create depth and luminosity.
Glazing
This engine component opens and closes to let fuel and air in, and exhaust out, timed precisely by the camshaft.
Valve
This scale has five notes per octave and is often used in traditional Chinese, African, and blues music.
a Pentatonic scale
This challenging, multi-day tramping route crosses the volcanic plateau and passes through active geothermal areas, including the famed Whakapapa and Mangatepopo sections.
Tongariro Northern Circuit