• If you would still like to have a go at the ANZAC quiz, scroll down to April 25.

 

• Remember that no correspondence, computers or cell phones may be entered into!

 

• Answers below.

 

1. What do the letters ANZAC stand for? (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps)

 

2. Which later Governor General of New Zealand won a Victoria Cross in the First World War? (Bernard Freyberg)

 

3. Name the island in the Mediterranean Sea where New Zealand troops fought a rear-guard action against German troops in World War II. (Crete)

 

4. What colour is the peace poppy? (white)

 

5. What name was given to men would not fight in the World Wars because of their pacifist beliefs? (conscientious objectors)

 

6. The New Zealand Navy assisted the Americans and the British in the Iraq War. True or false? (True)

 

7. Complete the line in the song, It’s a long way to Tipperary it’s a long way to go.

 

8. 

   In which war was the New Zealand J Force involved? (Korean War)

 

9. What is the Maori name for the National War Memorial Park in Wellington? (Pukeahu)

 

10. Who was prime minister at the time of the return of the unknown warrior? (Helen Clark)

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