Prow Quiz 2011 answers

Prow Quiz 2011 - winners and answers

The quiz received over 100 entries and a record number of hits on the site. It was a challenging quiz very few got all answers correct. So congratulations to those who did! Check out how you did - or test your Prow navigation skills and try it now (PDF).

The winners:

 Each winner receives a $50 book voucher

The answers:

Most answers could be found by keyword searching the search box, or browsing, to find the story containing the answer, using the map or the timeline features.

  1. Marlborough’s early ministers and priests covered hundreds of miles to tend to their needs of their churches and parishioners. Father Antonine Garin’s  Catholic parish stretched from:
    c.   
    Kaikoura to Cape Farewell (from Marlborough's Early Churches)

  2. Kupe came to New Zealand, and Nelson’s Boulder Bank, in 1350 - in pursuit of which creature?
    b.   
    A giant Octopus (from Kupe and the Boulder Bank)

  3. Which Richmond Hotel is still operating as a business today?
    d.   
    Star and Garter (from Early Richmond)

  4. Using the Prow timeline find out what significant event happened in Nelson in 1878
    a.   
    Theatre Royal opens (from the timeline)

  5. Mt Tapuae-o-Uenuku, located in the inland Kaikoura ranges, is New Zealand’s tallest peak outside the Southern Alps. An average of how many attempts are made on the summit each week?
    c.   
    1.5 (from Tapuae-o-Uenuku)

  6. How many stories “sit on” Nelson’s Boulder Bank. Use the map on the home page.
    d.   
    3  (look at the map on the home page -  centre it on the Boulder Bank and click the plus sign to expand that area)

  7. One of the “Myths and Legends of Te Tau Ihu” features the taniwha Kaiwhakaruaki. According to the story, which inlet in Golden Bay did it inhabit?
    c.   
    Parapara Inlet (from Myths and legends of Te Tau Ihu)

  8. Nelson’s tideway once reached as far as Wills Jewellers on Bridge Street. What used to sit at the back of this building in Wakatu Lane?
    c.   
    A fisherman’s jetty (from Tracing Nelson's Tideway)

  9. In the photograph of George Batt’s bullock team, his wagon is parked in front of what business?
    b.   
    Dresden Piano Company (From George Batt  - a Your Story)

  10. Using the map feature on the home page, there are two stories on the road between Blenheim and Rai Valley. One is the Brownlee’s timber enterprise, the other is:
    d.   
    Wakamarina Gold

  11. What year did Kehu guide Heaphy and Brunner to find a route from Massacre Bay to the West Coast?
    a.   
    1846 (from Kehu)

  12. The Prow invites you to submit “Your Story” and join our journey. Some local schools have come on board. How many stories on rugby by school students have been published on the site?
    b.   
    2  (From the School stories section on Your Stories)

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