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A Few Talented Kiwis Trivia Quiz

New Zealanders from all walks of life have names that are recognised in more places than just their home towns.

A multiple-choice quiz by ainenei. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
ainenei

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
231,537

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1367

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Question 1 of 10

1. The movie 'Heavenly Creatures' saw Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh make their mark on the international film community. Who was the New Plymouth born seventeen year old discovered by the pair to take a lead role in this movie? Hint

Anna Paquin

Melanie Lynskey

Kate Winslet

Pauline Parker

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Question 2 of 10

2. In 1963 this man became the first lefthander to win a PGA tour event. Hint

David Smail

Michael Campbell

Bob Charles

Philip Tataurangi

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Question 3 of 10

3. In March 1903, eyewitnesses in Waitohi say they saw this man crash into a 3-metre high gorse fence after traveling in the air for about 100 metres. If they are to be believed, he beat the Wright brothers by nine months! Hint

Johnny Checketts

Keith Caldwell

Leo Walsh

Richard Pearse

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Question 4 of 10

4. There have been two New Zealand born and educated Nobel Prize winners. The first, for chemistry, was in 1908. The second, in 2000, also won his prize for chemistry. Who is the second? Hint

Maurice Wilkins

Alan MacDiarmid

Sir John Eccles

Ernest Lord Rutherford

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Question 5 of 10

5. Born in Rotorua in 1909 this woman was given the title Hine-o-te-Rangi by local Maori after making the first direct flight between England and New Zealand in 1936. Hint

Jean Batten

Ruth Batten

Jane Marsh

Joan Beattie

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Question 6 of 10

6. New Zealand was the first country in the world to give women the right to vote in national elections. While not New Zealand born, this woman emigrated to Christchurch with her family when she was fifteen and later became one of the leading voices in the suffragist movement. Hint

Mary M�ller

Amey Daldy

Helen Nicol

Kate Sheppard

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Question 7 of 10

7. Born in Gisborne in 1944, this soprano sang at the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana in 1981. Hint

Dame Malvina Major

Rosina Buckman

Frances Alda

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

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Question 8 of 10

8. The Urewera mural was stolen from the Aniwaniwa Visitor Centre in 1997. Who was the Timaru artist who painted it? Hint

Rita Angus

Bill Sutton

Toss Woollaston

Colin McCahon

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Question 9 of 10

9. In 1923, at the age of only 34, this famous New Zealand writer died of tuberculosis. Hint

Elsie Locke

Janet Frame

Katherine Mansfield

Ngaio Marsh

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Question 10 of 10

10. Two Formula One winners have hailed from New Zealand. Who was the first who went on to start his own, highly successful team in 1963? Hint

Denny Hulme

Scott Dixon

Chris Amon

Bruce McLaren

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Melanie Lynskey

Melanie played the role of Pauline Parker, and was the first person to ever kiss Kate Winslet in a film.

2. In 1963 this man became the first lefthander to win a PGA tour event.

Answer: Bob Charles

It was The Houston Classic at Memorial Park. Later that year he won the British Open.

Answer: Richard Pearse

Pearse had rigorous standards and personally did not believe he had flown.

4. There have been two New Zealand born and educated Nobel Prize winners. The first, for chemistry, was in 1908. The second, in 2000, also won his prize for chemistry. Who is the second?

Answer: Alan MacDiarmid

MacDiarmid achieved his prize with his research team for their work on the "discovery and development of electronically conductive polymers".

5. Born in Rotorua in 1909 this woman was given the title Hine-o-te-Rangi by local Maori after making the first direct flight between England and New Zealand in 1936.

Answer: Jean Batten

Jean died of an infected dog bite in 1982. Sadly, because she had become very reclusive in her later years, it was over a year before friends and family began to worry about lack of contact from her. It was not until 1987 that her fate was discovered. Hine-o-te-Rangi translates as 'daughter of the skies.'
(The other three I just made up.)

Answer: Kate Sheppard

Her work didn't stop with the passing of the Electoral Act in 1893. Kate's tireless work saw about 65 per cent of eligible New Zealand women vote in the 1893 elections held just eight weeks after the passing of the bill.

7. Born in Gisborne in 1944, this soprano sang at the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana in 1981.

Answer: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

Around 600 million people watched the televised coverage of the wedding.

8. The Urewera mural was stolen from the Aniwaniwa Visitor Centre in 1997. Who was the Timaru artist who painted it?

Answer: Colin McCahon

The mural, completed in 1976, had only recently been cleaned and touched up. It was recovered 15 months later and the same team that had done the initial work repaired the damage it had received.

9. In 1923, at the age of only 34, this famous New Zealand writer died of tuberculosis.

Answer: Katherine Mansfield

She was also a very talented cellist.

10. Two Formula One winners have hailed from New Zealand. Who was the first who went on to start his own, highly successful team in 1963?

Answer: Bruce McLaren

Denny Hulme was the other, and while Chris Amon had success in the Formula One circuit, he never won a title.

Source: Author ainenei

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