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New Zealand's North IslandMount Ngauruhoe, on New Zealand's North Island, served as Mount Doom in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Did You Know? Sir Edmund Hillary was a beekeeper in New Zealand before becoming one of the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Learn more about New Zealand with our ten-question quiz.

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