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
🇫🇷🇳🇿
further reading
don't worry there are no books just videos
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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
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