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