City Trivia: Auckland, New Zealand

Posted by David Whitley Aug 4, 2007

For a bit of fun, I’m going to kick off a new, weekly feature on Urban Travel – a city trivia quiz. The aim is to put up a short trivia quiz every Saturday, with the answers appearing in the blog the following Friday. Each week the quiz will concentrate on a different city, or cities from a different country. Hopefully they will offer the chance to test your knowledge and learn a few new facts at the same time.

To kick things off, here are ten questions about the biggest city in New Zealand - Auckland.

Auckland Adventure: Auckland is one of three cities in the world in which it is legally allowed for visiting tourists to climb the bridge. Where are the other two?

Auckland Politics: Auckland was once the capital city of New Zealand. True or false?

Auckland Architecture: At 328m tall, the tallest building in the southern hemisphere can be found in Auckland. What is it called?

Auckland Film: The director of Shrek, Shrek 2 and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe was born in Auckland. What is his name?

Auckland Sport: What is the name of the stadium that hosts most of Auckland’s major rugby union clashes?

Auckland Nightlife: Auckland’s major nightclub, bar and restaurant strip is almost universally known as K Road. What is its full name?

Auckland History: Which major international sailing competition, previously held in Auckland, can visitors learn about at the National Maritime Museum?

Auckland Invention: Aucklander AJ Hackett pioneered and popularised a well-known extreme sport in New Zealand, and then took it to the world. Which one?

Auckland Celebrity: Which Auckland-born supermodel was once married to Scottish rock star Rod Stewart?

Auckland Geography: Auckland is dotted with a series of volcanic cones. What is the name of the highest?

Click here for the answers (will not be online until Friday, August 10th – so no cheating)