Kiwis love trivia!
1) Who was New Zealand’s third most searched person overall, beating Kim Kardashian's baby and Nelson Mandela after January 27th, 2014?
A) New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key
B) God
C) Taranaki
D) Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O'Connor (a.k.a.
Lorde)
E) All Blacks Head Coach, Steve Hansen
2) In the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi,
New Zealand Skier Jossi Wells came in 4th in what event?
A) Slopestyle - Men
B) Halfpipe - Men
C) Freestyle - Women
D) Downhill - Men
3) Which New Zealand Prime Minister has been
on The David Letterman Show?
A) Jim Bolger
B) Jenny Shipley
C) Helen Clark
D) John Key
4) Which New Zealand musician won an Oscar in
2012 for The Muppet Movie’s “Man Or Muppet” original song?
A) Neil Finn of Crowded House ("Don't Dream It's Over" and
"Something So Strong")
B) Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords (Band
and TV series)
C) Phil Judd of The Split Enz
(“I Got You”)
D) Pauly Fuemana of OMC
(“How Bizarre”)
E) Barnaby Weir of Fly My Pretties
5) In the movie Lord of the Rings,
the bridge in Hobbiton was built by _______A_______ out of _______B_______.
A B
the New Zealand
Army
aluminum
cans
bee
keepers
limestone rock
N Zed Department of
Transportation
paua shells
trained
sheep
polystyrene
6) In 2010, Google announced $1 million US
investment in what New Zealand company?
A) Fonterra (parent company for Mainland cheese)
C) Weta Workshop (conceptual design/physical manufacturing
facility servicing the world's entertainment and creative industries)
D) Monteiths
Brewing Company
E) Shweeb,
(product is part monorail and recumbent cycle)
- Meryl : )
2) B; and his younger brother, Beau-James,
came in 6th in the same event, http://www.olympic.org.nz/sochi-2014/team
3) John Key
4) Bret McKenzie
5) the NZ Army/polystyrene
6) Shweeb
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