Music
Events in Black Civil Rights History
NZ's Top 100 History Makers
People in Black Civil Rights History
Where in the World?
100
"Golden" and "Soda Pop" are songs from this popular Netflix film.
What is K-Pop Demon Hunters?
100
This landmark Supreme Court decision declared school segregation unconstitutional in 1954.
What is Brown vs Board of Education?
100
He was one of the first people to summit Mt Everest on 29 May 1953.
Who is Sir Edmund Hillary?
100
Civil rights organiser ED Nixon selected her to challenge the bus segregation laws in Montgomery.
Who is Rosa Parks?
100
It's a beautiful spring day. You are in a queue to enter a museum through this entrance.
What is Paris? (France)
200
John, Paul, George and Ringo are the four members of this 1960s band.
Who are The Beatles?
200
The term used for desegregating a diner or restaurant.
What is a "sit-in"?
200
In 1975, she led the Māori Land Hikoi from up north down to Parliament.
Who is Dame Whina Cooper?
200
The son of a prominent pastor, he was only 29 years old when he founded the Southern Leadership Christian Conference and became the premier civil rights activist in the country.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr?
200
You are in a bustling city. People around you are speaking Portuguese, and when you look up you can see this status.
What is Rio de Janeiro? (Brazil)
300
The title of Taylor Swift's album that is due for release on October 2025.
What is Life of a Showgirl?
300
The capital of Arkansas, where Central High School was located.
What is Little Rock?
300
He was a Nobel Prize winner and is considered the "father of nuclear physics".
Who is Ernest Rutherford?
300
He ordered firehoses and attack dogs to be used on peaceful protesters in Birmingham.
Who is Bull Connor?
300
Your family is on a tropical vacation in the Pacific. You visit a national park which features slow lava flows from this active volcano.
What is Hawaii? (USA)
400
Her 2025-2026 concert tour is called The Mayhem Ball.
Who is Lady Gaga?
400
The year James Meredith attempted to enrol at Ole Miss after the Supreme Court ruling that he must be admitted.
What is 1962?
400
She was known for making the first solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936.
Who is Jean Batten?
400
As governor, he deployed the Arkansas National Guard to Central High School to prevent the Little Rock Nine from entering.
Who is Orval Faubus?
400
You are a history teacher researching World War II. You walk around this Peace Memorial Park with an English-speaking guide.
What is Hiroshima? (Japan)
500
This singer from Barbados remains popular despite not releasing an album since 2016 as she has taken a break to be a mother.
Who is Rihanna?
500
Prior to the Birmingham Campaign, civil rights organisations had a relatively unsuccessful campaign in this Georgia city.
What is Albany?
500
In 2004, he won three Academy Awards for the third movie in a trilogy he filmed in New Zealand.
Who is Sir Peter Jackson?
500
Though an effective political organiser, his sexual orientation and former Communist affiliations forced him out of the spotlight and even made him unpopular with certain people in the civil rights movement.
Who is Bayard Rustin?
500
You are working at the UN's Africa headquarters. On a long weekend, you take a trip to a national park and find yourself astounded by the view of this mountain.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro? (Kenya)