Kiwi Basics
$100 What is the capital city of New Zealand?
What is Wellington?
$100 Which famous movie trilogy was filmed all over New Zealand?
Answer: What is The Lord of the Rings?
$100 What is the name of the famous flightless parrot found only in New Zealand?
Answer: What is the kākāpō?
$100 Which sport is considered New Zealand’s national sport?
Answer: What is rugby union?
$100 What insect, found in New Zealand, is known for being giant and heavy?
Answer: What is the wētā?
$200 What are the two main islands of New Zealand called?
What are the North Island and the South Island?
$200 Which Kiwi singer became an international star with the hit song “Royals”?
Answer: Who is Lorde?
$200 New Zealand is famous for having more of these animals than people.
What are sheep?
$200 What’s the name of New Zealand’s women’s rugby team?
Answer: What are the Black Ferns?
$200 What time of year does Christmas occur in New Zealand?
AnswerWhat is summer ?
$300 What bird is a national symbol of New Zealand?
What is the kiwi?
$300 What sport is the All Blacks team famous for playing?
Answer: What is rugby?
300 What is the name of New Zealand's longest river?
Answer: What is the Waikato River?
$300 What international sailing competition has New Zealand won multiple times?
Answer: What is the America’s Cup?
$300 What is the name of the glowworm-lit caves in the North Island?
Answer: What are the Waitomo Caves?
$400 What is the official name of New Zealand in the Māori language?
What is Aotearoa?
$400 Name the famous New Zealand director of “Thor: Ragnarok” and “Jojo Rabbit.”
Answer: Who is Taika Waititi?
$400 Which native lizard-like creature is considered a living fossil and only found in NZ?
Answer: What is the tuatara?
$400 Who is the famous New Zealand race car driver who founded a top F1 team?
Answer: Who is Bruce McLaren?
$500 What is the name of New Zealand’s native alpine parrot, known for being clever and mischievous?
Answer: What is the kea?
$500 New Zealand is located in which ocean?
Answer: What is the Pacific Ocean?
$500 This New Zealand-based creature is both a fruit and a nickname for locals.
Answer: What is a kiwi?
$300 What is the name of the native New Zealand tree known for its red Christmas flowers?
Answer: What is the pōhutukawa tree?
$500 What sport do the “Tall Blacks” represent New Zealand in? Answer: What is basketball?
Answer: What is basketball?
$400 What NZ town has the world’s longest place name, starting with “Taumata…”?
Answer: What is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu?