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1. What does ANZAC stand for?

2. What city is called the Big Apple?

3. What park does Yogi Bear live in?

4. What is the name of the New Zealand Christmas Tree?

5. What is the name of Batman’s butler?

6. How many arms does a squid have?A) 8B) 9C) 10

7. What colour moves first in a game of Chess?

8. What is the name of the volcanic island on the east coast of the North Island?

9. What is the name of the sea between New

Zealand and Australia?

10. What are the 3 colours on the Irish flag?

11. Name the place where the official world

time is taken from?A) GreenwichB) FijiC) Wellington

12. When was World War Two? A) 1921-1928B) 1936-1939C) 1939-1945

13. What nationality was Anne Frank?

A) SwissB) Jewish/GermanC) Polish

14. What ends a round of boxing?

15. Who was Germany’s leader during World War Two?

16. What rain forest is called the lungs of the world?

17. What does a philatelist collect?A) StampsB) BottlesC) Post cardsD) Soap

18. What is catalogued according to the Dewey Decimal System?

19. The Iris is part of the eye and is also a ?

20. How many players are on a hockey field?A) 10B) 11C) 12

21. What does RNZAF stand for?

22. In what country is the Murray River?

A) New ZealandB) AustraliaC) England

23. In what country would you find a sherpa? A) India B) Mongolia C) Nepal

24. What does the Maori word ‘wai’ mean in english?

25. Who was known as the ‘King of Rock and Roll’?

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1. What does ANZAC stand for?

AustraliaNew ZealandArmyCorps

2. What city is called the Big Apple?

New York

3. What park does Yogi Bear live in?

Jelly Stone Park

4. What is the name of the New Zealand Christmas Tree?

Pohutukawa

5. What is the name of Batman’s butler?

Alfred

6. How many arms does a squid have?

C) 10

7. What colour moves first in a game of Chess?

white

8. What is the name of the volcanic island on the east coast of the North Island? White island

9. What is the name of the sea between New

Zealand and Australia?

Tasman Sea

10. What are the 3 colours on the Irish flag?

11. Name the place where the official world

time is taken from?A) Greenwich

12. World War Two was what years?

C) 1939-1945

13. What nationality was Anne Frank?

B) Jewish/German

14. What ends a round of boxing? When the bell rings

15. Who was Germany’s leader during World War Two?Adolf Hitler

16. What rain forest is called the lungs of the world?

The Amazon

17. What does a philatelist collect?

A) Stamps

18. What is catalogued according to the Dewey Decimal System?

Books in a library – Non fiction

19. The Iris is part of the eye and is also a ?Flower species

20. How many players are on a hockey field?

B) 11

21. What does RNZAF stand for?Royal New Zealand Air Force

22. In what country is the Murray River?

B) Australia

23. In what country would you find a sherpa?

C) Nepal

24. What does the Maori word ‘wai’ mean in english?

Water

25. Who was known as the ‘King of Rock and Roll’?

Elvis Presley