Mount Taranaki - Quiz
Mount Taranaki
  • 1. What is Mount Taranaki also officially known as?
A) Taranaki Maunga
B) Panitahi
C) Pukehaupapa
D) Mount Egmont
  • 2. What type of volcano is Mount Taranaki?
A) Extinct cinder cone
B) Active shield volcano
C) Erupting composite volcano
D) Dormant stratovolcano
  • 3. What is the height of Mount Taranaki?
A) 1,966 metres (6,450 ft)
B) 2,518 metres (8,261 ft)
C) 2,797 metres (9,175 ft)
D) 3,000 metres (9,843 ft)
  • 4. Which mountain is higher than Mount Taranaki in the North Island?
A) Mount Ruapehu
B) Mount Ngauruhoe
C) Mount Pirongia
D) Mount Tongariro
  • 5. What is the name of Mount Taranaki's secondary cone?
A) Pukeonaki
B) Mount Ruapehu
C) Taranaki Mounga
D) Fanthams Peak (Panitahi)
  • 6. Who was Mount Taranaki named after by Captain James Cook?
A) John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont
B) Captain James Cook himself
C) Rua Taranaki
D) Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne
  • 7. What did Captain James Cook describe the mountain as?
A) "A small hill in a flat country"
B) "An active volcano with frequent eruptions"
C) "Of a prodigious height and its top cover'd with everlasting snow"
D) "A dormant peak with no vegetation"
  • 8. What name did the French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne give to Mount Taranaki?
A) Pukehaupapa
B) Mount Egmont
C) Taranaki Maunga
D) Pic Mascarin
  • 9. When did the official name of the mountain change to 'Taranaki Maunga'?
A) 29 May 1986
B) 31 March 2023
C) 11 January 1770
D) 1 April 2025
  • 10. What does the Māori word 'tara' mean?
A) Ice mountain
B) Hill of Naki
C) Clear of vegetation
D) Mountain peak
  • 11. Which iwi was named after Rua Taranaki?
A) Mascarin
B) Egmont
C) Taranaki (tribe)
D) Ngā Iwi o Taranaki
  • 12. What was Mount Taranaki called by iwi in ancient times?
A) Mount Egmont and Pic Mascarin
B) Pukehaupapa and Pukeonaki
C) Fanitahi and Panitahi
D) Taranaki Mounga
  • 13. What does the Māori word 'naki' potentially derive from?
A) Mounga, meaning "mountain"
B) Nga, meaning "tribe"
C) Haupapa, meaning "ice mountain"
D) Ngaki, meaning "clear of vegetation"
  • 14. When did the Treaty of Waitangi settlement with Ngā Iwi o Taranaki initialling occur?
A) 1 April 2025
B) 29 May 1986
C) 11 January 1770
D) 31 March 2023
  • 15. What is the height of Fanthams Peak (Panitahi)?
A) 1,966 metres (6,450 ft)
B) 2,797 metres (9,175 ft)
C) 3,000 metres (9,843 ft)
D) 2,518 metres (8,261 ft)
  • 16. Which name no longer applies to the national park surrounding Mount Taranaki?
A) Taranaki
B) Egmont
C) Mascarin
D) Panitahi
  • 17. What type of magma has Mount Taranaki erupted from?
A) Basalt
B) Andesite
C) Dacite
D) Rhyolite
  • 18. How many closely associated Quaternary volcanoes are in the Taranaki province?
A) Six
B) Three
C) Four
D) Five
  • 19. Who was the first European woman to climb Fanthams Peak?
A) Fanny Fantham
B) Amelia Earhart
C) Isabella Bird
D) Mary Anning
  • 20. When was the last activity recorded for the Kaitake Range?
A) 1.75 million years ago
B) 100,000 years ago
C) Over 500,000 years ago
D) 210,000 years ago
  • 21. What is the approximate crustal thickness under Mount Taranaki?
A) 10 km
B) 35 km
C) 20 km
D) 25 km
  • 22. How much does the crustal thickness increase to east of Mount Taranaki?
A) 10 km
B) 30 km
C) 35 km
D) 25 km
  • 23. What is the depth of the Wadati–Benioff zone associated with Mount Taranaki?
A) 150 km
B) 250 km
C) 100 km
D) 200 km
  • 24. What is the migration rate of the Taranaki Volcanic Lineament over the last 1.75 million years?
A) 2 cm/year
B) 4 cm/year
C) 3 cm/year
D) 5 cm/year
  • 25. Which range is nearest to Mount Taranaki?
A) Paritutu Rock
B) Fanthams Peak
C) Pouākai Range
D) Kaitake Range
  • 26. Until when did the Pouākai Range remain active?
A) About 210,000 years ago
B) 500,000 years ago
C) 100,000 years ago
D) 1.75 million years ago
  • 27. What feature of the Pouākai Range was largely destroyed by Mount Taranaki?
A) Volcanic cone
B) Crater lake
C) Lava field
D) Large ring plain
  • 28. What is the height of Fanthams Peak?
A) 682 metres
B) 156 metres
C) 210,000 years
D) Not specified in the text
  • 29. When was the most recent volcanic activity involving a lava dome and its collapse?
A) 1755
B) 1995/1996
C) 1655
D) 1850s or 1860s
  • 30. How many tephra-producing events has Taranaki had in the last 5,000 years?
A) 228
B) 16
C) 28
D) 138
  • 31. What is the potential maximum size of a major collapse cycle at Taranaki?
A) 7.9 km3
B) 5 km3
C) 10 km3
D) 15 km3
  • 32. How many major eruptions by cone collapse has Taranaki experienced?
A) At least five
B) Three
C) Ten
D) One
  • 33. According to Māori mythology, which mountain won the battle over Pihanga?
A) Ruapehu
B) Tongariro
C) Ngauruhoe
D) Egmont
  • 34. What did Taranaki create while pausing on his journey westwards?
A) Rotorua geothermal area
B) The Ngaere swamp
C) Huka Falls
D) Lake Taupo
  • 35. What was Taranaki's reaction when he concealed himself with rainclouds?
A) Greeting visitors
B) Crying for his lost love
C) Preparing to attack Tongariro
D) Hiding from the sun
  • 36. Who was the first European known to climb Mount Taranaki?
A) James Heberley
B) Captain James Cook
C) Abel Tasman
D) Ernst Dieffenbach
  • 37. In what year was the mountain confiscated by the New Zealand Government?
A) 1839
B) 1901
C) 1865
D) 1978
  • 38. Which film used Mount Taranaki as its backdrop in 2003?
A) The Last Samurai
B) Once Were Warriors
C) Whale Rider
D) Boy
  • 39. In what year was Egmont National Park designated as a national park?
A) 1900
B) 1881
C) 1966
D) 2025
  • 40. What is the current name of Egmont National Park as of 1 April 2025?
A) Egmont Forest Reserve
B) Kaitake National Park
C) Pouākai National Park
D) Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki
  • 41. Where is Tahurangi Lodge located on Mount Taranaki?
A) On the eastern slope
B) Near Fanthams Peak
C) On the north slope next to the television tower
D) At the summit
  • 42. What is the name of the hut maintained by the Department of Conservation near Fanthams Peak?
A) Stratford Mountain House
B) Syme Hut
C) Tahurangi Lodge
D) Te Rere o Kapuni
  • 43. How many people have died on Mount Taranaki since records began in 1891?
A) 120
B) 50
C) 84
D) 100
  • 44. Where is the park visitor centre located on the southeast side of Mount Taranaki?
A) Pouākai
B) Kaitake
C) East Egmont plateau
D) Te Rere o Kapuni waterfall
  • 45. What is the name of the renowned garden located near the top of a road on Mount Taranaki's western side?
A) Pukeiti Trust rhododendron garden
B) Stratford Mountain Garden
C) Te Rere o Kapuni Botanical Garden
D) Tahurangi Rhododendron Park
  • 46. Which organization was responsible for commissioning the first transmitter at Mount Taranaki in 1966?
A) Taranaki Alpine Club
B) Stratford Mountain Club
C) New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC)
D) Department of Conservation
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