Knowledge-a-thon
Level 1
1. What is the name of our school?
Everglade School
2. What is your full name?
3. What country do we live in?
New Zealand
4. Which city do you live in?
Auckland
5. What is the capital city of New Zealand?
Wellington
6. Who is the Prime Minister of New Zealand?
John Key
7. How many main Islands make up the country of New Zealand?
3
8. Which city could you visit to see hot mud pools and geysers?
Rotorua
9. How many stars on the New Zealand Flag?
4
10. What is the Maori name for New Zealand?
Aotearoa
11. Which is the nearest country to New Zealand?
Australia
12. Which city is our Parliament Building in?
Wellington
13. What is New Zealand’s native (special) bird?
Kiwi
14. Which is the highest mountain in New Zealand?
Mt Cook or Aoraki
15. Which New Zealand city has the most people?
Auckland
16. Name two countries that you know.
Many answers
17. Name a famous Disney character
Many answers
18. Name another planet in our Solar System.
Many answers
19. Name a pacific island country
Many answers
20. Name a country in Asia
Many answers
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Level 2
21. What is the largest lake in New Zealand?
Lake Taupo
22. Name 3 New Zealand native birds.
Kiwi, Tui, Weka, Kea, Pukeko etc
23. Who was the first New Zealander to climb Mt Everest?
Sir Edmund Hillary
24. What is the Maori name for the underground cooking method used in New Zealand?
Hangi
25. Which is the longest river in the North Island?
Waikato
26. What are the 2 harbours on either side of Auckland?
Waitemata and Manukau
27. Which New Zealand native tree is referred to as the New Zealand Christmas tree?
Pohutukawa
28. What is the name of the largest city in the South Island?
Christchurch
29. What is the tallest building in Auckland City?
Sky Tower
30. What was James Cook’s ship called?
Endeavour
31. Name 3 New Zealand native trees
Totara, Rimu, Kauri, Pohutukawa, Manuka, Matai
32. What is James Cook famous for?
First European to land on New Zealand
33. What is the nickname for NZ’s Parliament Buidlings?
The Beehive
34. Name the four seasons of the year.
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
35. What is the date of ANZAC Day?
25 April
36. Where will the 2104 Commonweath Games be held?
Glasgow
37. What is the highest mountain in the world?
Mt Everest
38. Where would you be if you were opposite Big Ben?
London
39. Which country is Barack Obama the President of?
USA
40. What is the ‘full’ title of the Queen?
Queen Elizabeth the Second
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Level 3
41. In Maori mythology, who are Rangi and Papa?
Sky Father and Earth Mother
42. What is the name of the stretch of water between the North and South Islands of
New Zealand?
Cook Strait
43. What is the Kaikoura Coast famous for?
Crayfish
44. Which two places does the Auckland Harbour Bridge join?
Auckland City and North Shore
45. What did the Maori call the monsters in their legends?
Taniwha
46. What is Richie McCaw Known for?
All Black Captain
47. What is Mt Hutt used for?
Ski Resort
48. Name two famous New Zealand authors.
Joy Cowley, Lynley Dodd, Margaret Mahy, David Hill, Vince Ford, Ron Bacon
49. Name the first capital of New Zealand.
Russell
50. What is the nickname of New Zealand’s netball team?
The Silver Ferns
51. According to Maori Mythology what is the name of the place where the Spirits of the
dead depart for the afterlife?
Cape Reinga
52. What is our national floral emblem?
Silver Fern
53. Name the volcanic Island in Auckland Harbour.
Rangitoto
54. Name the southernmost city in New Zealand
Invercargill
55. What does ‘ANZAC’ stand for?
Australia New Zealand Army Corps
56. Which endangered animal is found in China?
Panda
57. Where is the Taj Mahal?
India
58. Where would you be if you could see the Eiffel Tower?
Paris
59. Algeria, Kenya and Zimbabwe are all countries in which continent?
Africa
60. Name three oceans of the world.
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian
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Level 4
61. What is the name of the biggest known Kauri tree in New Zealand?
Tane Mahuta
62. Name 2 of the 7 famous canoes that arrived in New Zealand for Hawaiki.
Tainui, Takitimu, Mataatua, Te Arawa, Tokomaru, Kurahaupo, Aotea
63. What does the Maori name ‘Rangitoto’ mean?
Bleeding Skies
64. Which stretch of water separates the South Island and Stewart Island?
Foveaux Strait
65. Name 2 of 4 large mountains in the North Island.
Mt Ruapehu, Mt Ngauruhoe, Mt Tongariro, Mt Egmont/Taranaki
66. In what year did Abel Tasman first come to New Zealand?
1642
67. Name New Zealand’s only poisonous native spider?
Katipo
68. What is the Maori name for One Tree Hill?
Mangakiekie
69. Aotearoa can be translated as..?
Land of the long white cloud
70. Which New Zealand bird is known as the ‘Night Parrot’?
Kakapo
71. What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
72. In what country is Haggis a famous food?
Scotland
73. Which airline was involved in a ‘lost aeroplane’ disaster this year?
Malaysian Airlines
74. Name the odd one out: Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Valerie Adams, and Taylor Swift.
Valerie Adams
75. Who won the 2014 FIFA World Cup?
Germany
76. – 80. Mark in five of the named places in the attached map.
Cape Reinga, New Plymouth, Whangarei, Rotorua, Auckland, Napier, Christchurch,
Queenstown, Wellington, Gisborne, Invercargill, Greymouth, Lake Taupo, Stewart
Island, Timaru, Dunedin, Nelson, Hamilton, Tauranga, Russell, Palmerston North.
Cape
Reinga
a
Russell
Whangarei
Auckland
Tauranga
Hamilton
Hamilton
Rotorua
Lake Taupo
Gisborne
New Plymouth
Napier
Palmerston
North
Wellington
Nelson
Greymouth
Christchurch
Timaru
Queenstown
Dunedin
Invercargill
Stewart Island
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Level 5
81- 85. Mark in a further 5 places from the attached map
86. When was the Rugby World Cup held in New Zealand?
2011
87. According to Maori legend, who fished up the North Island?
Maui
88. What is the name of the sea on the West Coast of New Zealand?
Tasman Sea
89. Why is Gallipoli important to New Zealand?
Origins of ANZAC Day
90. What is the ocean on the East Coast of New Zealand?
Pacific Ocean
91. Name Lorde’s first famous hit song.
Royal
92. Name a film directed by Sir Peter Jackson.
Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, King Kong, Heavenly Creatures
93. What year was the Treaty of Waitangi signed?
1840
94. What is ‘Young Nicks Head’ named after?
A crew member of the Endeavour
95. What is Kate Shepherd famous for?
Getting New Zealand women the vote
96. What is grown in a paddy field?
Rice
97. ‘Talofa’ is a greeting in which language?
Samoan
98. Which Pacific Island nation has a King?
Tonga
99. Which city has canals instead of roads?
Venice
100. Name three Pacific Island nations (do not include the answers to questions 97 and
98.)
Fiji, Cook Islands, Vanuatu, Niue, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands