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