Sports
What is the national sport in New Zealand ?
A) Football
B) Baseball
C) Rugby
Rugby
What is the most dangerous place in New Zealand ?
A) The ground
B) The sea
C) The ground and the sea
D) None
The ground and the sea
Which element isn't a Maori culture's element ?
A) Moko
B) Honji
C) Haka
D) Waiata
Honji ( It is Hongi !)
Who is the Maori ?
A) A Mao's Fanatics
B) The first inhabitants of New Zealand
C) My mom
The first inhabitants of New Zealand
What is the Kiwi ?
A) The Answer B
B) The Answer A
C) A Big Fruit
D) A Little Bird
E) A Big Tree
It's just a little bird
What is the name of the New Zealand Women's rugby team ?
A) All Black Women
B) Women Black
C) Black Ferns
D) Black Kiwi
E) The Not Black
Black Ferns (it means "Fougères noires")
What is the mascot of the country ?
A) The tiger
B) The lion
C) The kiwi
D) The banana
The kiwi
What is the role of the Moko ?
A) For the style
B) To honor the ancient generation
C) For your life and to celebrate achievements
For your life and to celebrate achievements
When NZ became independent ?
A) In 1945
B) It is not independent
C) In 1949
D) In 1947
E) In 1951
In 1947
In NZ, there are no ...
A) Banana
B) Bats
C) Snakes
D) Sheeps
It is snakes, there are banana in NZ
What is the role of the Haka in rugby ?
A) Just for dancing
B) Training before the match
C) Intimidate opponents and challenge them
Intimidate opponents and challenge them
What is the biggest city of New Zealand ?
A) Auckland
B) Cambera
C) Wellington
D) Melbourne
Auckland (With 1.7 millions inhabitants)
In Maori, what is the definition of "Waiata" ?
A) a sword
B) a dance
C) a song
A song
Who is Dame Kiri Te Kanawa ?
A) My mom
B) An opera singer
C) A Rugby's player woman
D) A Prime Minister
An opera singer
How much of NZ is forest?
A) 20%
B) 25%
C) 30%
D) 35%
30%
What kind of sportsman has a moko?
A) Mr Boscher
B) Mike Tyson
C) Muhammad Ali
D) Joe Louis
E) Sugar Ray Leonard
Mike Tyson (But Mr Boscher can beat Mike Tyson)
Why NZ soil is particulary fertile ?
A) It is a Volcanic Zone
B) It is a Agriculture Zone
C) It is my garden
D) It is an Arid Zone
E) It is the Rising Sun Zone
It is a Volcanic Zone
What's the word in Maori for European ?
A) Pakeha
B) Paketa
C) Paheka
D) Pateka
Pakeha
How many stars are there in New Zealand's Flag ?
A) 4
B) 6
C) 3
D) 5
4
What is the traduction of "red deer" ?
A) Cerf Rouge
B) Cerf Elaphe
C) Daguet Rouge
D) Cerf Rusa
Cerf Elaphe (The "Cerf Rouge" doesn't exist, but the other 2 do. ) (And no "Cerf Henaf")
What is the name of the New Zealand Basketball team ?
A) The Tall Blacks
B) The Big Blacks
C) El Mordjene
D) The Great Blacks
E) The Huge Blacks
The Tall Blacks (And no, El Mordjene is a St Vincent's Football team)
How many people will be able to speak Maori by 2040 according to the government ?
A) 10%
B) 15%
C) 20%
D) 24563152458792212512%
E) 25%
10% (And it's no easy task !)
What do you call a computer in Maori?
A) Papatuhituhi
B) Kaiwhakaako
C) Rorohiko
D) Pukapuka
E) That's not a very nice question, is it?
Rorohiko (And no cocorico)
Who was the first sailor to arrive in New Zealand?
A) James Cook
B) Matthew Flinders
C) Damien Malecot
D) Abel Tasman
E) Jacques Cartier
Abel Tasman (And no, what a surprise Damien hasn't discovered New Zealand!)
How many metres is Mount Cook ?
A) Julian m
B) 3658 m
C) 3754 m
D) 3891 m
E) 3412 m
3754 m (The Julian is a unit of measurement that is not officially recognised.)