What country is shaped like a boot and is where the Romans came from?
Italy
100
What does "spit the dummy" actually mean?
Throw a tantrum or get mad
100
What is causing the polar icecaps to melt and break up?
Global warming
100
Why was there a famine in Ireland in the 1840s?
The potato crop rotted and they had nothing else to eat.
100
Which famous sports star made the news for being injured in a car crash last week?
A Muhammad Ali
B Ronaldo
C Tiger Woods
D Maria Sharapova
C Tiger Woods
200
Which group in Greek society were famous for their fighting?
Spartans
200
What does the lamb and the wheat represent on our coat of arms?
Farming industry
200
What type of energy is solar power?
Clue starts with R
Renewable
200
Name two main cities the Irish immigrated to?
New York, Boston, Batimore, Philadelphia and Albany
200
Last Saturday commemorations marked the anniversary of the Erebus tragedy, how many years ago was the crash?
A 10
B 20
C 30
D 40
C 30 years
300
What was the name of the stadium in Rome where the gladiators fought?
Colleseum
300
Who won three gold medals in the 800m & 1500m at the Rome and Tokoyo Olympics?
Peter Snell
300
What does the three Rs stand for that, which help deal with our rubbish problem?
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
300
What world means people exiting a country?
emmigration
300
New Zealand's cricketers won their first test match in more than a year against which side?
A Australia
B Pakistan
C West Indies
D Sri Lanka
B Pakistan
400
The Greeks established a new political system in which all males citizens over 18 could vote, what was this known as?
Democracy
400
Name two festivals or holidays we celebrate in NZ which have Biritsh origins?
Any of the following
Queen's Birthday Weekend
Guy Fawkes
Halloween
Valentines Day
400
How many people in the world don't have access to safe drinking water?
2 million
20 million
220 million
2 billion
220 million
400
Where the earliest remains of humans found?
Tanzania, Africa
400
What emblem now adorns the new and improved NZ passport?
A Kiwi
B Tiki
C Silver Fern
D Buzzy Bee
C Silver Fern
500
In a Roman bath house what was the hot bath called?
Caldarium
500
Name the five people that feature on our $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 notes.
$5 Edmund Hillary, $10 Kate Shepperd, $20 Queen Elizabeth, $50 Apriana Ngata and $100 Earnest Rutherford
500
Explain how the Easter Islander's society almost collapsed?
They chopped down all their trees to make statues and that meant they couldn't make canoes to fish and it also destroyed their island.
500
Who discovered the Americas in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
500
The government voted through several controversial changes to the ETS last week, what does ETS stand for?
A Emissions Trading Scheme
B Electric Transport Scheme
C Environmental Trading Scheme
D Energy Transfer Scheme