Quiz time: Popular culture

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Here are some quiz questions and answers on NZ popular culture for you to test yourself!

Popular culture, Customs, Kiwiana, Quiz

 Test yourself on the following ten questions. The answers are given below, together with links to further information. 

1.  Which of these items appeared first?

Image: Toy Buzzy Bee toy

Buzzy Bee toy

Toy Buzzy Bee toy

MOTAT

Image: Lemon and Paeroa bottle

Lemon & Paeroa soft drink

Lemon and Paeroa bottle

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Wattie’s peaches label

Wattie's peaches

Wattie’s peaches label

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

2. In which town is the giant carrot statue?

Image: gore, new zealand

Gore

gore, new zealand

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Clyde Street, Ohakune

Ohakune

Clyde Street, Ohakune

Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa

Image: Old shops, Taihape, Rangitikei, New Zealand

Taihape

Old shops, Taihape, Rangitikei, New Zealand

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

3. Who wrote our national anthem "God defend New Zealand"?

4. Who won the very first Rugby World Cup in 1987?

Image: flag, national

Australia

flag, national

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: flag, national

France

flag, national

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: flag

New Zealand

flag

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

5. Which of these nominated movies won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects?

Image: Filming The lord of the rings

The Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the King, 2001

Filming The lord of the rings

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: ‘Wellywood’

King Kong, 2005

‘Wellywood’

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Review: The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book, 2018

Review: The Jungle Book

Radio New Zealand

6. The hit song Poi-E was filmed after which freezing works closed?

Image: Horotiu Freezing Works, Waikato Region

Horotiu

Horotiu Freezing Works, Waikato Region

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Patea freezing works

Pātea

Patea freezing works

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Longburn freezing works, Manawatu

Longburn

Longburn freezing works, Manawatu

Alexander Turnbull Library

7.  Who features on our $50 banknote?

Image: [Sir Edmund Hillary - Everest Expedition. Copies of ?Times? photos]

Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer

[Sir Edmund Hillary - Everest Expedition. Copies of ?Times? photos]

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Kate Sheppard, suffragist leader

Kate Sheppard, suffragist leader

Kate Sheppard, suffragist leader

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Sir Apirana Turupa Ngata - Photograph taken by S P Andrew Ltd

Sir Āpirana Ngata, politician

Sir Apirana Turupa Ngata - Photograph taken by S P Andrew Ltd

Alexander Turnbull Library

8. What is the largest Pacific ethnic group in NZ (2018 Census)?

Image: Te Mato I Pao Ia Mai Au - Cook Islands

Cook Islands Māori

Te Mato I Pao Ia Mai Au - Cook Islands

Christchurch City Libraries

9. Who has won the most Olympic gold medals for NZ?

Image: Peter Snell, Rome, 1960

Sir Peter Snell, athletics

Peter Snell, Rome, 1960

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Paul MacDonald and Ian Ferguson, Los Angeles, 1984

Ian Ferguson, kayaking

Paul MacDonald and Ian Ferguson, Los Angeles, 1984

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Lisa Carrington on world records & Rio

Lisa Carrington, kayaking

Lisa Carrington on world records & Rio

Radio New Zealand

10.  Which Flower is widely regarded as our national flower?

Image: Kōwhai flower

Kōwhai

Kōwhai flower

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Pōhutukawa flower

Pōhutukawa

Pōhutukawa flower

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Answers:

1.    Lemon & Paeroa, 1910 (Ohinemuri.org.nz) (Buzzy Bee: 1939/40s; Wattie's peaches: 1934/35 onwards) 

2.    Ohakune (Manawatu-Whanganui region) (Ohakuneinfo: History of Ohakune)

3.    Thomas Bracken (Ministry for Culture & Heritage: History of God defend New Zealand)

4.    New Zealand defeated France: 29–9 (NZHistory: All Blacks win the first World Cup)

5.    All three movies won! (Wikipedia: List of New Zealand Academy Award winners and nominees)

6.    Pātea (NZOnScreen: Poi E)

7.    Sir Āpirana Ngata  (Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Banknotes)

8.    Samoan: 182,721 (Tongan: 82,389 and Cook Islands Māori: 80,532) (Stats NZ)

9.   Lisa Carrington: 5 Gold (Ian Ferguson: 4 & Peter Snell: 3) (Wikipedia: List of New Zealand Olympic medallists)

10.   Kōwhai (Department of Conservation: Native plants)

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