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100
Who was the first governor of New Zealand, and co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi?
William Hobson
100
Name any two of New Zealand's three rugby world cup winning captains
David Kirk, Richie McCaw, Kieran Read
100
What French electronic music duo almost always wear helmets when appearing in public?
Daft Punk
100
Which famous (predominantly) children's author wrote the screenplay for the James Bond movie, You Only Live Twice (1967)?
Roald Dahl
100
Is this the flag of the Republic of Ireland or the Ivory Coast?
Ivory Coast - the green is on the left on the Irish flag
200
In which year did Whina Cooper lead a Māori land march from Te Hāpua to Wellington?
1975 (she covered 1,100 km at the age of 79)
200
Who is the most capped player in the history of the Silver Ferns, with 145 appearances?
Irene van Dyk
200
Which now common feature of music was popularised by Cher on her 1998 song 'Believe'?
Auto-Tune
200
Film director Joel Coen is married to which three-time Oscar winning actress?
Frances McDormand
200
What is the northernmost capital city in the world?
Reykjavík
300
What slang term was used for the last-minute rush to buy drinks at a hotel bar during the period of restricted hotel trading hours in NZ from 1917 to 1967?
Six O'Clock Swill
300
What was the name of Arsenal AFC's legendary manager who went an entire Premier League season unbeaten to win the title in 2003/04?
Arsene Wenger
300
What is either a popular heavy metal band or a supposed medieval torture device?
Iron Maiden
300
Which actor starred in consecutive Oscar Best Picture winning films in 2001 and 2002?
Russell Crowe
300
Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall and which other make up the 6 Celtic nations?
The Isle of Man
400
Christopher Luxon is the 42nd Prime Minister in NZ history. Who was the 32nd?
David Lange
400
Along with Fiji, Georgia, New Zealand, and Wales, which large island nation is the only other country to have rugby union as its national sport?
Madagascar
400
Which stage name was adopted by singer Farrokh Bulsara?
Freddie Mercury
400
Which Pixar character was originally going to be called Lunar Larry?
Buzz Lightyear
400
What is the 5th largest country by area after Russia, Canada, China, and the United States?
Brazil
500
In 1989, Edmund Hillary married his second wife June Mulgrew. Prior to their marriage Edmund was a widower, and June was a widow. Both of their previous spouses had tragically passed away under similar circumstances. What was the common nature of these circumstances?
Plane crash.
On 31 March 1975, while en route to join Hillary in the village of Phaphlu, where he was helping to build a hospital, his wife Louise and daughter Belinda were tragically killed in a plane crash near Kathmandu airport shortly after take-off.
June was the widow of Edmund's close friend Peter Mulgrew, who tragically died on Air New Zealand Flight 901 in 1979 (the Erebus disaster - he was a guide).
500
Wellingtonian Ted Morgan was New Zealand’s first individual Olympic gold medal winner at Amsterdam in 1928. In what event did he claim gold?
[answer does not have to be specific, i.e., doesn't have to be 200m Butterfly; can just be swimming]
Boxing.
Morgan was a relative unknown before the Games and had to overcome a step up to the welterweight class (because he had put on weight during the long voyage from New Zealand) and a dislocated knuckle to claim gold.
500
What is it about Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen that could be considered a significant hindrance in his line of work?
He only has one arm.
He had his left arm amputated after a car crash in January 1985 and continued to play with the band using a specially designed electronic drum kit. The band subsequently went on to its most commercially successful phase.
500
An interview with which Hollywood megastar purportedly inspired Christian Bale's performance as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho?
Tom Cruise
500
A recursive island is an island that lies within a lake. New Zealand is home to a 4th order recursive island (an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island), one of only 14 in the world.
In which lake is this island situated?
Lake Wānaka - there are two nameless islands, both less than 25 m across, located in the Arethusa Pool on the island Mou Waho, which is itself located in Lake Wānaka which is in the South Island. Not confusing at all right?
The only 5th order recursive island is found in Canada.