35 things you didn't know

(I don't get smaller in New Zealand, it's actually just a really big bottle)

With your host, Helen

#1

Population 4.794 million 

#2

Roughly the same size as the UK

#3

No part of the country is more than 128km (79 miles) from the sea

size

#4

We have 3 official languages

#5

We have 2 national anthems

language

#6

One of them is a palindrome!

wow is also a palindrome

language

Our flag

flag

Not our flag

Could have been our flag

flag

#7

money

🤑

#8

money

#9

#10

Tipping completely freaks New Zealanders out

I hate it

help

money

women in power

#11

First country to

give women the

right to vote

women in power

#12

We were the first country to elect an openly transgender woman into Parliament

Georgina Beyer 👑

women in power

#13

Jacinda is the second woman in history to give birth while an elected head of state

👶💼🤱😎

#14

I've met the last two prime ministers of New Zealand

When I was dressed like a zombie! Fun and not embarrassing at all!

animals and plants

#15

Only 5% of animals in New Zealand are human

#16

There are 5.6 sheep per person, down from 22

#17

Wild sheep belong to the queen

animals and plants

#18

Heaviest insect

animals and plants

#19

No snakes

🐍🙅

👻😱

animals and plants

#20

A kiwi is a bird, not a fruit

Kiwi

Not kiwi

#21

Nostrils lol weird 👃

animals and plants

#23

Party bird

Ranui

Sirocco

#22

Gamer bird

#24

World's steepest street

world records

#25

World's longest place name

world records

Taumatawhakatangihangakōauauotamateaturipukakapikimaugnahoronukupōkaiwhenuakitanatahu

#26

famous firsts

Edmund Hillary was in the first group to reach the top of Mt Everest

#27

There is still a buzzy bee up there

#28

famous firsts

Ernest Rutherford invented marmite in 1902

#29

He also split the atom nbd

#30

famous firsts

We have a National Wizard

>

🤮

#31

No vegemite allowed

#32

random facts

#33

The Boy Scouts were counted as part of the New Zealand military until 1986

we salute you 🖖

#34

random facts

NZ produces 100 kg of butter and 65 kg of cheese each year per person

random facts

#35

Courgette is actually the feminine noun of cucumber

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further reading

don't worry there are no books just videos

👆

factual accuracy

answers

#1 - true
#2 - true
#3 - true
#4 - true
#5 - true
#6 - false
#7 - true
#8 - true
#9 - true
#10 - true

#31 - true
#32 - false
#33 - false
#34 - true
#35 - false

#11 - true
#12 - true
#13 - true
#14 - true
#15 - true
#16 - true
#17 - false
#18 - true
#19 - true
#20 - true

#21 - true
#22 - false
#23 - true
#24 - true
#25 - true
#26 - true

#27 - false
#28 - false
#29 - true
#30 - true

false

false

false

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Things you didn't know

By Helen Durrant

Things you didn't know

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