Each day you will be able to find three new questions across all Stuff newspapers. They’ve been written to test your knowledge of New Zealand, so grab your family and friends and find the answers! (before reverting to Google)
Update: Q/As seem to be every few days, not daily. Subscribe to the comments below and you'll get notified.
Link is the same every day stuff.co.nz/kiwiquiz which redirects to a longer URL.
Today's Questions (28/1):
1) Officially, it's the Executive Wing of New Zealand Parliament Buildings. What is it unofficially?
A: The Beehive
2) What 2016 film, starring Julian Dennison and Sam Neill, holds the New Zealand box office record?
A: Hunt for the Wilderpeople
3 Who is New Zealand's first billionaire, the country's richest man for the last 15 years?
Previous Q&As in comments:
28/1
27/1
26/1
25/1
24/1
23/1
22/1
21/1
19/1
18/1/
17/1/
11/1
10/1
9/1
7/1
5/1:
1- Which sportsman retired in 2015 and became the youngest member of the Order of New Zealand, aged 34?
A: Richie McCaw
2- Who is the only Prime Minister to also have been Governor-General?
A: Keith Holyoake
3- Which four-time world champion appeared in Celebrity Treasure Island 2022?
A: Susan Devoy
Have had a look at all of today's papers and also went back every day until the 2/1 when the comp started but couldn't find any questions in the newspapers other than 5/1. While it says
Each day you will be able to find three new questions across all Stuff newspapers.
it doesn't seem like they are actually doing that. Strange. I'm using Pressreader which everyone can use via their local library membership to check all of the newspapers.
Thanks for sharing Neil.
Another quirk, you cant use the same email address for each daily entry, but you can use the "gmail +" trick to circumnavigate this.
i.e. [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] etc
1- Which range of hills separates Waikato and Bay of Plenty?
A: The Kaimai Range
2- Was Reefton, Westport or Hokitika the first town in the Southern Hemisphere to have electric street lighting, in 1888?
A: Reefton
3- What are there three of in the North Island (but used to be four), nine in the South Island, and one on Stewart Island?
A: National Parks
9/1
A: MV Mikhail Lermontov
A: Dave Dobbyn
A: black pine
It wont let me enter, on a new day telling me I am already entered
Same here…
Read a few comments up https://www.cheapies.nz/comment/163310/redir
You cant use the same email address.
@lovesacomp
Thanks 😊
OK, seems the quiz is appearing daily now?
10/1
1) Which ground hosted 42 All Blacks tests between 1904 and 1999?
A: Lancaster Park
2) Whittaker's has been based in which city since 1911?
A: Porirua
3) What is our smallest university, with 2530 students in 2021?
A: Lincoln University
11/1
1) Which F1 team is named after the New Zealander who founded it in 1963?
A: Brabham McLaren
2) What was the best-selling car from 1984-86 and 2008-2013?
A:
From 1984-1986 the best-selling car in the world was the Ford Escort.
From 2008-2013 the best-selling car in the world was the Toyota Corolla.
Toyota Corolla
3) Pūngawerewere is the Māori name for which creature?
A: Common green cicada Spider
EDITed
Neil, thanks for answers. You sure question 1 answer is brabham?
Maybe Mclaren racing?
DYOR but I’m entering mclaren.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2…
Lol, maybe Stuff stuffed up?? Seems like it should be McLaren to me
ChatGPT stuffed up. I guess Australia == New Zealand according to the AI. We're doomed.
Lol! It has been a good run. Google wins this time.
My spidey senses tell me answer 3 is wrong too.
Correct answer is Spider.
Someone needs to stay behind in class today and write 100 lines.
I must not give people dodgy answers.
I must not give people dodgy answers
Lol DYOR…I haven’t checked what the actual questions were
I just asked ChatGPT so blame the AI. :)
Answer 2 for NZ is the mighty Toyota Corolla
Source
https://bestsellingcarsblog.com/2015/02/new-zealand-1973-201…
17/1 (Asked on ChatGPT and checked via Google :) )
1) "Glisten like a pearl / At the bottom of the world" comes from which Split Enz song?
A: Six Months In A Leaky Boat
2) What is the most northerly airport in New Zealand that Air NZ flies to?
A: Kerikeri
3) Which former All Black has been Japan's coach since 2016?
A: Jamie Joseph
If you're wondering ChatGPT said the answer to 1 was Glisten like a pearl. For 2, both ChatGPT and Google said Kaitaia which is the most northern airport but Air NZ doesn't fly there. 3 ChatGPT got correct.
18/1
1) Red saloon doors feature on the logo of which NZ-owned chain, which at its peak had 37 restaurants nationwide?
A: Cobb & Co
2) Which two New Zealand cities have hosted the Commonwealth Games?
A: Christchurch, Auckland
3) Who were 'the boys from down on the farm', in a series of cheese adverts?
A: Ches and Dale. Chesdale Cheese
ChatGPT said 1 was The Outback Inn. No idea what that is. For 3, it said Anchor Cheese
Marvellous, thanks! Surprised you got access to ChatGPT today, I got the "we're at capacity" error message
19/1
1) Who is 'all skinny and bony'?
A: Bitzer Maloney
2) The Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries is set in which town on the West Coast?
A: Hokitika
3) The Two Paddocks vineyard in central Otago is owned by which internationally known New Zealander?
A: Sam Neill
21/1
1) Which endangered species is on the back of a $5 note?
A: Yellow-eyed penguin/hoiho
2) Where was New Zealand's sunniest region in 2022?
A: Taranaki
3) North Island, spotted, southern and Ōkārito are all species of what?
A: kiwi
22/1
1) New Zealand's longest horse race, the Great Northern Steeplechase, took place at what racecourse for 130 years?
A: Ellerslie Racecourse
2) A Lion in the Meadow and The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate are by which author?
A: Margaret Mahy
3) Which uniquely New Zealand fast food chain operated from 1977 to 1996?
A: Georgie Pie
23/1
1) How many Māori electorates have there been at each election since 2008?
A:7
2) What is our longest glacier by length and width?
A: Tasman Glacier
3) Which variety made up 33% of apple exports in 2020?
A: Granny Smith
24/1
1) It's abalone to Americans: what is it to New Zealanders?
A: paua
2) Nelson siblings Georgia and Caleb Nott are the two members of what band?
A: Broods.
3) The Sarjeant Gallery and Durie Hill can be found in which provincial city?
A: Whanganui
25/1
1) Which horse became a celebrity after coming from last to win the 1983 Melbourne Cup?
A: Kiwi
2) Lake Taupō is our largest lake. What comes next?
A: Lake Te Anau
3) What was the name of the men often played by the Topp Twins in their TV shows?
A: Ken
26/1
1) Gate Pā, scene of an 1864 battle where British forces suff ered heavy losses, is now a suburb of which city?
A: Tauranga
2) What was the name of the supposed American bank employee who fronted a series of adverts for ASB from 2000 to 2010?
A: Ira Goldstein
3) Rocket Lab sends satellites into orbit from its launch site on which peninsula?
A: Mahia Peninsula
27/1
1) Which city promotes itself using the phrase 'first to see the light'?
A: Gisborne
2) Annelise Coberger was the first New Zealander to do what, in 1992?
A: Win a Winter Olympic medal
3) Is our largest province (by area) on the North or South Island?
A: South Island
28/1
1) Officially, it's the Executive Wing of New Zealand Parliament Buildings. What is it unofficially?
A: The Beehive
2) What 2016 film, starring Julian Dennison and Sam Neill, holds the New Zealand box office record?
A: Hunt for the Wilderpeople
3 Who is New Zealand's first billionaire, the country's richest man for the last 15 years?
A: Graeme Hart
Got an email last night saying i have a $200 prezzie card coming my way.thank you!
Oh wow, congrats!!
Congratulations.
Make sure you mark yourself as a winner.
Ah bugger, it doesn't show the questions online. Guess they're trying to hawk more physical newspaper sales