General Knowledge About Australia

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General Knowledge


1. How many countries are larger than Australia?

  • Five (Australia is the sixth largest country: Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil)

2. In what state/territory was the highest recorded temperature, of 53oC, recorded?

  •  Queensland

3. Australia has the world’s largest sand island. What is its name?

  •  Fraser Island

4. In what year was Advance Australia Fair proclaimed as the national anthem by the
Governor-General?

  • 1984

5. Do all states/territories have the same blood alcohol limit for non-probationary drivers?

  •  Yes

6. What animal is on the Western Australia flag?

  •  Black swan

7. In what city did the Commonwealth Parliament first sit?

  •  Melbourne

8. What animal featured on the 2 cent coin?

  • Frilled neck lizard

9. Who is the only person to have been awarded both the Australian of the Year and Young
Australian of the Year titles?

  • Cathy Freeman

10. Who is on the front of the current issue $100 note?

  • Dame Nellie Melba

History and Science


1. How many ships were in the First Fleet?
  • 11

2. What year did Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin?
  •  1974

3. Who invented the bionic ear?

  • Professor Graeme Clark

4. Where was Ned Kelly’s last stand?

  • Glenrowan

5. Who was Australia’s first Aboriginal Senator?

  • Neville Bonner

6. What date did “new” parliament house open?

  • 9th May, 1988

7. Which Australian promised to “Go all the way with LBJ”?

  • Prime Minister, Harold Holt

8. In what year was gold first discovered in Victoria and NSW to begin the “Gold Rush”?

  • 1851

9. Which Australian won a Nobel Prize for immune defence research?

  • Professor Peter Doherty

10. In what year was decimal currency introduced?

  • 1966

Geography


1. Name Australia’s western-most point?

  • Steep Point (Shark Bay)

2. How much of Australia is classified as desert A) 8% B) 16% C) 25% D) 35%

  •  D - 35%

3. Which is the second largest city in NSW?

  • Newcastle

4. In what state/territory is the Brisbane Ranges National Park?

  • Victoria

5. The Tamar River flows to which Tasmanian town/city?

  • Launceston

6. What is the tallest waterfall in Australia?

  • Wallaman Falls, QLD

7. What is the longest river in the Northern Territory?

  • Victoria

8. The landmark Katu Tjuta is also known as what?

  • The Olgas

9. What is Australia’s largest non-salt lake?

  • Lake Mackay, WA

10. What is South Australia’s largest island?

  • Kangaroo Island

Entertainment


1. What were the first names of the winning couple from The Block?
  • Fiona and Adam
2. What is the highest grossing Australian movie?
  • Crocodile Dundee
3. Who is the longest serving presenter of Playschool?
  •  Benita
4. What three movies are part of Baz Luhrmann’s “Red Curtain Trilogy”?
  • Strictly Ballroom, Romeo and Juliet, and Moulin Rouge
5. Who are the actors who play Kath and Kim?
  • Jane Turner and Gina Riley
6. Cate Blanchett has received an Academy Award nomination for what movie?
  • Elizabeth
7. What Australian movie includes the phrase “Tell him he’s dreaming”?
  • The Castle
8. What song played during Scott and Charlene’s wedding on Neighbours?
  • Suddenly
9. Which actor has had leading roles in Pharlap, The Man from Snowy River and Eureka
Stockade?
  •  Tom Burlinson
10. Who won consecutive Gold Logie’s from 1997 to 2000?
  • Lisa McCune

Sport


1. Which horse won the Melbourne Cup in 2002?

  • Media Puzzle

2. What was Sir Donald Bradman’s batting average?

  • 99.94

3. Who is Australia’s only Formula One driver?

  • Mark Webber

4. Who won the Brownlow Medal in 2003?

  • Mark Ricciuto, Nathan Buckley, Adam Goodes

5. Who was the most recent Australian to win the men’s singles title at Wimbledon?

  •  Lleyton Hewitt

6. Which Australian was named the most valuable player in the US’s WNBA?

  •  Lauren Jackson

7. Which Australian has won the FIM World Motorcycle Championship 5 times?

  • Michael Doohan

8. How many gold medals did Australians win at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games?

  • 2 – Steven Bradbury and Alisa Camplin

9. Of our Australian male swimmers, who has won the most Olympic gold medals?

  • Murray Rose

10. What Australian company is the largest surfwear manufacturer?

  • Quicksilver

Arts and Literature


1. Who designed the Sydney Opera House?

  •  Joern Utzon

2. How many albums did the late slim Dusty record?

  • 103

3. Who painted the Nebuchadnezzar series?

  • Arthur Boyd

4. Who wrote “Cloudstreet”?

  • Tim Winton

5. In what year did the Australian National Gallery open?

  •  1982

6. Which band has received an Australian of the Year Award?

  • The Seekers

7. Who was the first Australian to win the Booker Prize?

  • Thomas Keneally

8. Who was the subject of the 2003 Archibald Prize winning portrait?

  • Richard Flanagan

9. Who is the lead singer of Silverchair?

  •  Daniel Johns

10. Who has an award-winning album is titled Barricades and Brickwalls?

  • Casey Chambers

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