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