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1. Sir Edmund Hillary, featured on the $5 note, will always be remembered as the conqueror of Mt Everest, but which of these claims is another of Hillary's achievements?
2. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mt Everest on 28 May 1953. The news reached Britain on a very auspicious day. What happened on this day?
3. Women in New Zealand owe a lot to Kate Sheppard, the country's most prominent suffragist, who appears on the $10 banknote. This influential lady, however, was not born in New Zealand. What major English port city, known for its two cathedrals and its music scene, was her birthplace?
4. Through what important social cause did Kate Sheppard become involved in efforts to give women a voice in public affairs, which culminated in New Zealand women being able to vote for the first time in 1893?
5. Queen Elizabeth II became New Zealand's Head of State in 1952. Which of the following is *NOT* one of her official or family names?
6. Queen Elizabeth II made a royal tour in New Zealand in 1953. Which of the following statements is *NOT* true about the Queen's tour?
7. Sir Apirana Ngata was the first Maori to complete a degree at a New Zealand university.
8. Sir Apirana Ngata was elected to the New Zealand Parliament in 1905 and retained his seat for the next 38 years. What was his portfolio as a cabinet minister between 1928 and 1934?
9. Ernest Rutherford, later Lord Rutherford of Nelson, was the first New Zealander to win the Nobel Prize, and rightfully is depicted on the NZ $100 note. His prize was in Chemistry, for his work on the structure of atoms and in particular radioactivity. In which decade did he win this highly prestigious award?
10. Ernest Rutherford's most famous experiment was conducted after he'd already won the Nobel Prize! It involved firing alpha particles at thin gold foil. What was his conclusion, which seemed astounding and counter-intuitive at the time?
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