Year 7-8 Knowledge-a-thon Questions
Name: 14. What other country nearly claimed a part of NZ as theirs?
15. What was the name of the town that was New Zealand’s
first capital?
1. How would you find the range of a stem and leaf graph?
16. Who was James Busby?
2. In a stem and leaf graph what is the name of the data that
goes across, i.e stem or leaf?
17. What was the first official flag of NZ?
3. How many zeros are there in a million?
18. Up until 1830, how many Maori and Europeans were living
in NZ?
4. If the ages of the teachers in the senior team are, 27, 31, 36, 43,
56. What is the mean age?
5. What is the place value of the 4 in this number: 12367.4567
19. What kinds of jobs did European settlers have in NZ up
until the 1830s?
6. What kind of graph would you use for continuous data?
20. Which of the following is the odd one out?
a)Marsh b) Stream c) Swamp d) Bog
7. When are most treaties written?
21. What is the chemical symbol for water?
8. How long does a treaty last?
22. What is another word for agriculture?
a)1 year
b) 5 years c) Forever
23. The wetlands act like a giant what?
9. Is a treaty a written or verbal agreement?
24. What year did Waikuku School open?
10. The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on what date?
25. What happened to Waikuku School in the early hours of
July 22nd 1911
11. Name 3 places the treaty was signed
12. Who translated the treaty into Maori?
13. What document was signed in NZ before the Treaty of Waitangi
was signed?
Year 7-8 Knowledge-a-thon Questions continued
26. What is the name of the central meeting house at the Pa
(translates to the stomach of the whale)?
38. What information can be put on a histogram?
27. How did Maori protect their storehouses from rodents?
39. What business was originally where the Brickworks buildings
are now?
28. What year was the Kaiapoi Pa established?
40. Name 3 pieces of information I would find on a gravestone
29. What colour does pounamu (greenstone) tunr when it is burnt?
41. When did Queen Victoria die?
30. What was the main use of Manga Kawari?
42. What was the first and second name of her Maori godson?
31. What is the maori name for cabbage tree?
43. What was Queen Victoria's gift to him?
44. Where did her godson end up living?
32. Name 2 native birds found at Maungatere?
45. Who signed the treaty on behalf of Queen Victoria?
33. What is the honey like residue on a beech tree?
46. Who was the man who cut down the flag staff?
34. How is it produced?
47. What is the Maori name for flax?
35. What was the plant that Maori used to make their waka
(canoe)?
48. What is the Maori name of our school?
36. What other country nearly claimed a part of NZ as theirs?
49. What is the name of one of the brothers who established
Kaiapoi Pa?
37. What was the name of the town that was New Zealand’s first
capital?
50. Where would you find the top of the Pou from Kaiapoi Pa?