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Which city is New Zealand's capital?
Answer: Wellington
Why: Auckland stayed capital until 1865, after three commissioners brought in from Australia picked a more central Wellington in 1864.
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Who proposed that atolls grow on sinking volcanoes?
Answer: Charles Darwin
Why: Drilling on Enewetak Atoll in 1952 struck volcanic rock more than 1,200 m below the coral, just as his theory predicted.
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Which Pacific island is known for carved stone disc currency?
Answer: Yap
Why: Because Yap has no native limestone, islanders paddled hundreds of kilometres to Palau to quarry and haul the massive discs home.
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Which ship's mutineers settled on Pitcairn Island in 1790?
Answer: Bounty
Why: The mutineers burned their ship off Pitcairn on 23 January 1790, and the spot is still called Bounty Bay.
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What did English speakers call the kiwifruit before 1959?
Answer: Chinese gooseberry
Why: In China, where the fruit is native, one of its names, míhóutáo, means 'macaque peach'.
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Where did the ritual behind bungee jumping come from?
Answer: Pentecost
Why: Pentecost's land divers leap from wooden towers up to about 30 m high with tree vines tied to their ankles.
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