New Zealand lies in the southwest Pacific Ocean and has two main islands, the North Island and the South Island.
This quiz asks 20 questions about New Zealand food, symbols, places, history and famous New Zealanders.
One run asks 20 questions from a bank of 40, so two runs do not ask the same set.
How to play
- Each round shows one question and four answers. Tap the answer you think is right.
- You have three lives. Each wrong answer costs one life.
- After each answer, the game shows a short explanation of the right answer.
- The quiz saves your best score and best time.
What counts in this quiz
- The bank holds 40 questions about New Zealand: food, drink, symbols, geography, history, people, film, sport, science, nature, business, language, society.
- Every question has exactly one right answer among the four options.
What's not included, and why
- Facts that change with the news are not in the bank. The quiz asks no questions about sitting politicians or the rankings of today.
- Questions that need a map, such as naming every region of New Zealand, live in the map quizzes.
Good to know
- New Zealand was the first self-governing country to give women the vote, in 1893.
- No native land snakes live in New Zealand.
- Wellington is the southernmost capital city of a sovereign country.
- About a third of New Zealand's land lies in protected parks and reserves.