Ngāti Tūmatauenga
Don't believe everything you see...
In the Trenches
Women in the War
WWI Whizz
100

What are the 3 components of the New Zealand Defence Force?

New Zealand Army, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force

100

What is the name for information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view?

Propaganda 

100

What is the name for the space in between two enemy front lines?

No man's land

100

Name three jobs women did during WWI.

Possible answers: Postal worker, munitions factory worker, red cross organiser, fundraiser, farm labourer, nurse

100

What percentage of New Zealand’s population served overseas in WWI?

10%

200

Name 3 wars that NZ has been involved in.

Possible answers: Second Boer War, the First and Second World Wars, Korean War, the Malayan Emergency, Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, Vietnam War, and in Iraq and Afghanistan

200

What is one way that propaganda was spread during World War I?

Possible answers: movies/films, radio broadcasts, newspapers, posters

200

What was the name given to trenches which connected the fire trench (the front line), support trenches, and reserve trenches?

Communication trenches

200

Women often worked in Munitions factories during the war. What colour would munitions factory workers' hands turn due to the harsh chemicals they were working with?

Yellow

200

Christmas day truces in 1914 mainly occurred between soldiers from which two countries?

Britain and Germany

300

What does 'Ngāti Tūmatauenga' directly translate to? It is the Māori name for the New Zealand Army.

Tribe of the God of War

300

True or False: During WWI, people trusted propaganda more as the war went on.

False

300

What invention broke the stalemate of trench warfare in WWI?

The tank

300

What was Nancy Wake's code name?

The White Mouse

300

In which country did the Gallipoli campaign take place?

Türkiye/Turkey

400

What animal is on the Ngāti Tūmatauenga crest?

A lion

400

During WWI and WWII, where were propaganda films commonly shown?

Cinemas

400

Why did the tea often taste terrible in the trenches?

It was often prepared in used petrol cans

400

How many NZ women served overseas as nurses during WWI?

600
400

What is the name given to a person who was conscripted into WWI but refused to serve in the army?

Conscientious objector 

500
When was the NZ Army formed?

1845

500

The 'Uncle Sam' poster is one of the most iconic posters known for encouraging men to enlist in the US Army. What was the slogan/message of that poster?

I want YOU for U.S. Army

500

Why was it important for men to shave when they were in the trenches?

So their gas masks would seal properly 

500

How much money did Lady Liverpool raise for the NZ War effort in 1915?

£1.3 million

500

What is the date of Armistice Day, the day WWI ended?

November 11, 1918

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