All About Auckland Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Sky Tower

The Sky Tower is one of the tallest towers in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 metres. There are several viewing platforms and a couple of restaurants towards the top of the tower. Underneath the tower is Auckland's casino, the Sky City Casino.

Answer: Waitemata Harbour

The Waitemata Harbour separates the central Auckland isthmus from the northern suburbs. There are a variety of excellent day cruises out on the harbour. A popular trip is the ferry journey to the village suburb of Devonport. Manukau Harbour and Kaipara Harbour are also in the greater Auckland region. Port Nicholson is the harbour that Wellington is situated on.

Answer: Hamilton City

Until unified into one Auckland Council area in 2010, the Greater Auckland area was officially made up of four cities - Auckland City, Manukau City, North Shore City and Waitakere City, along with several other districts including Rodney District, Franklin District and Papakura District. Hamilton City is the fifth largest city in New Zealand and is about two hours drive to the south of Auckland.

Answer: False

Auckland City is actually built on sixty extinct volcanoes. Some of the prominent volcanoes that still rise up around the city include Mt Eden, Mt Roskill, Mangere Mountain, One Tree Hill and Mt Wellington.

Answer: The Americas Cup

Auckland hosted The America's Cup twice. In 2000, New Zealand successfully defended The America's Cup after having beaten Dennis Conner in the previous cup event. In 2003, we again defended the cup, but through a series of mishaps and superior competition, we lost The America's Cup to the Swiss team, Alinghi.

Answer: The Auckland Domain

Through the summer period, thousands of Aucklanders gather in The Auckland Domain for free concerts. These include 'Christmas in the Park' and the 'Starlight Symphony'. When the park area is not being used for concerts, The Auckland Domain is well used for a variety of sports and for recreation.

Answer: The Auckland War Memorial Museum

The Auckland War Memorial Museum stands proudly on one of the hills in The Auckland Domain. Inside, there is a wonderful display of Maori buildings and guests can enjoy concerts of Maori songs through the day. In other areas of the museum, guests can see displays on New Zealand's war efforts and walk through a typical old-fashioned New Zealand village.

The museum also hosts special displays from time to time.

Answer: St Clair Beach

Takapuna Beach and Long Bay are both popular beaches in the northern suburbs of Auckland facing out towards the Hauraki Gulf. Mission Bay is a popular beach to the east of the CBD. St Clair Beach is a long way from Auckland. It is in the South Island city of Dunedin! Aucklanders love to enjoy their beaches in summer with many people out in the sunshine.

Answer: Rainbow's End

Rainbow's End is New Zealand's only amusement park. It boasts such rides as a corkscrew roller coaster, the 'Fear Fall' (similar to Supreme Scream at Knott's Berry Farm), a log flume ride and family go-karts. There is also an area with rides for smaller children. Dreamworld is a large amusement park on the Gold Coast in Australia. The other two amusement parks do not exist.

Answer: True

There are many more people of Polynesian descent living in Auckland than in other cities in the world. In fact, there are more people from the Cook Islands and Niue living in Auckland than back in those island nations. We also have large numbers of people from a wide range of countries living in Auckland. It is a melting pot of cultures.

Answer: False

Alas, this is not true. The Auckland Harbour Bridge only has lanes for motor vehicles - cars, motorbikes, trucks etc. Auckland Council did investigate installing a 'Sky Path' pedestrian and cycle way underneath the motor vehicle lanes but the project ran into significant engineering issues.

It is possible to climb the Harbour Bridge for sightseeing and to bungee jump off the Harbour Bridge.

Answer: Aotea Centre

The Aotea Centre is in the heart of Auckland city and features the large ASB theatre where major productions are performed and the smaller, intimate Herald Theatre which plays host to smaller, more innovative performances. Just down the road is the historic Civic Theatre which is another major theatre for live performances and the Auckland Film Festival.

Answer: The Round the Bays

The Round the Bays is a major fun run/walk held in the middle of March every year. Many businesses get teams together and have challenges within their office to see who will complete the 8.4 kilometre route the fastest. After the run/walk, these companies set up marquees in two nearby parks and enjoy an afternoon BBQ and drinks.

Answer: Rangitoto Island

There are day cruises out to Rangitoto Island where you can climb to the summit for spectacular views out over the harbour and the city. Somes Island is in Wellington Harbour. Stewart Island is the island at the bottom of New Zealand, beneath Invercargill. There is no such place as Aotearoa Island.

Answer: Jean Batten

When you leave from Auckland on an international flight, you are departing from the Jean Batten International Terminal. In 1934, Jean Batten smashed Amy Johnson's record for flying between England and Australia by six days. The following year, she was the first woman ever to fly back from Australia to England.

Then, in 1936, she made the first direct flight between England and New Zealand and achieved the fastest trans-Tasman flight time of that day between Australia and New Zealand. She is one of New Zealand's heroes.