Joan Wiffen Quiz Joan Wiffen was very interested in learning about fossils and was a self-taught.Although she had no formal training or specialised equipment, Joan uncovered the first evidence that these animals once lived in Aotearoa New Zealand. When bothered, you don’t fight back, you tend to use your super strong legs to leap away, up to three meters in fact!Which of these activities would you prefer to do right now?Which of these colours do you prefer?Which of these best describes your diet?When do you feel most energetic?A friend messages you to help with their homework, what do you do?What's a word your friends would use to describe you?In your dream bedroom, what is your mattress like?Where would you rather travel on holiday?What do you love most about school?Choose a job you'd prefer to have Cave WētāYou like to dwell in dank caves, which isn’t a bad thing! You live your life relatively undisturbed and with like minded people. You even lived in Aotearoa once upon a time!Come look at a mirror image of yourself in the Origins Gallery. Once swarming the skies of the Cretaceous you were amazing at hunting fish and reptiles on land.

PteranodonPeople mistake you as a dinosaur, but don’t worry you’re not, you are a flying reptile my friend. the second you) achieved the rank of Leading Seadog! Well done! Come and see your collar in the World War I gallery. You are a gorgeous model great white hanging from the ceiling in the Land Gallery, the real Bridget is swimming out there somewhere in the deep.Pelorus Jack the BulldogYou are a mascot of the HMS New Zealand named after that famous dolphin. We need large predators to keep fish populations at bay. Before you became extinct 600 years ago you were extremely important in dispersing plant seeds, spreading life around the landscape.Bridget the Great WhiteYou may come across as scary, fierce and intimidating, and that’s not wrong! Great white sharks, such as you, are apex predators of the open ocean.

Unusually, you would eat stones to aid in the digestion of tough plants. You’re what we call in the museum our ‘forever friend’.South Island Giant MoaA gentle giant you are a wingless bird that once peacefully roamed the Aotearoa landscape.

You’ve lived a nomadic lifestyle: once living in England, the Auckland Zoo and then throughout the years from gallery to gallery, but there is always a place for you. What Museum Animal Are You?Rajah the ElephantAlways a favourite & star attraction to our visitors.

Dinosaur quiz for kids