D. Wellington is the southernmost national capital in the world, while Auckland is New Zealand's largest city. Canberra is the capital and Sydney is largest city of Australia, New Zealand's much larger neighbor.

Q: Hobbit film characters also appear in an in-flight Air New Zealand film instructing passengers on aircraft safety. How far is a flight from Los Angeles to Wellington?

A. 5,841 nautical miles

B. 6,726 miles

C. 10,825 kilometers

D. All of the above

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D. It takes about 14 hours to fly from Los Angeles to Wellington on a commercial jet plane.

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Q: Hobbits and elves were not the first to inhabit New Zealand. Who were the first people to reach the islands?

A. Dutch

B. Maori

C. Chinese

D. Zealanese

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B. The Polynesian Maori arrived there sometime between 800 and 1,200 years ago. New Zealand is so remote that it is one of the last lands settled by human beings.

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Q: Besides being a J.R.R. Tolkien character, Hobbit is a nickname for Homo floresiensis, a possible species of extinct, small human beings. These "Hobbit" remains were discovered in world's most populous island nation . . .

A. Australia

B. Great Britain

C. Indonesia

D. Madagascar

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C. Partial skeletons of nine individuals were discovered in 2003 on Indonesia's Flores Island. With more than 238 million people, Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous nation.

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