Australian History Quiz: Test!
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- 1.On what day did United States troops first arrive in Australia during World War II?
- A.
2-Jan-42
- B.
22-Dec-41
- C.
14-May-43
- D.
3-Mar-42
- 2.What territory was ceded to Australia on February 7, 1933?
- A.
The Cocos [Keeling] Islands
- B.
The Great Barrier Reef
- C.
Norfolk Island
- D.
The British Antarctic Territory
- 3.Who was the first Australian-born Governor-General?
- A.
Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs
- B.
Sir Ninian Martin Stephen
- C.
Richard Gardiner, Baron Casey
- D.
Sir William Joseph Slim
- 4.The Executives were a Sydney group that had a couple of big hits in the late sixties, one of which was?
- A.
Go Where You Wanna Go
- B.
Up Up And Away
- C.
Sit Down, I Think I Love You
- D.
The Inner Sense
- 5.Which vocal group had hits in the late sixties including "My Aim Is To Please You"?
- A.
The La Di Das
- B.
The Executives
- C.
The Fifth Floor Elevators
- D.
The Illusions
- 6.What is Bagasse?
- A.
The Remaining Waste Material After Cotton Has Been Harvested
- B.
The Gas That Forms In A Bar When A Lot Of Liquor Has Been Consumed
- C.
The Gas That Is Extracted During The Beer-Making Process
- D.
The Remains Of Sugar-Cane After The Juice Has Been Sqeezed Out
- 7.Where was the first sugar grown in Queensland?
- A.
Near Proserpine
- B.
Ormiston
- C.
Bowen
- D.
Mackay
- 8.Who starred in "The Idiot's Weekly", an Australian ABC comedy program?
- A.
Spike Milligan
- B.
Dame Edna Everage
- C.
Fred Dagg
- D.
Bobby Limb
- 9.Which one was not a cast member of "The Naked Vicar Show", a 1970's A.B.C. radio comedy program?
- A.
Ross Higgins
- B.
Noelene Brown
- C.
Rita Paunceford
- D.
Kev Golsby
- 10.Which of these newspapers used, or still uses, the British Coat of Arms featuring a lion and a unicorn as part of its masthead?
- A.
Only The Melbourne Age And The Melbourne Herald
- B.
Only The Melbourne Argus And The Melbourne Age
- C.
The Melbourne Herald, The Melbourne Age And The Melbourne Argus
- D.
Only The Melbourne Herald And The Melbourne Argus
- 11.Traveling from East to West, what is the correct order of these downtown Sydney streets?
- A.
Sussex, Kent, Clarence, York
- B.
Kent, York, Clarence, Sussex
- C.
York, Sussex, Clarence, Kent
- D.
York, Clarence, Kent, Sussex
- 12.Which of these Australian towns and cities is located within the caldera of an extinct volcano?
- A.
Atherton, Q.
- B.
Mt. Gambier, S.A.
- C.
Murwillumbah, N.S.W.
- D.
Armidale, N.S.W.
- 13.In the late fifties, in Australia, which one was 3UZ's breakfast announcer?
- A.
Geoff Manion
- B.
John Eden
- C.
Tiny Snell
- D.
Ron Cadee
- 14.During the fifties, which Melbourne commercial radio station always introduced its news broadcasts with the chimes of Big Ben?
- A.
3ak
- B.
3xy
- C.
3AW
- D.
3kz
- 15.In which part of Britain was Australia's early coastal explorer, Matthew Flinders, born and bred?
- A.
Sussex
- B.
Lincolnshire
- C.
Durham
- D.
The Isle Of Wight
- 16.Where did Australian cricketer Sir Donald Bradman score his final test century in 1948?
- A.
Old Trafford
- B.
The M.C.G.
- C.
Headingley
- D.
The Oval
- 17.Which one of these books was written by Australian author John Marsden?
- A.
Letters From The Inside
- B.
Mind Over Matter, Matter Over Mind
- C.
Messages From Within
- D.
Signals From The Interior
- 18.Which Australian town was originally named Brelsford?
- A.
Mackay, Q.
- B.
Coffs Harbour, N.S.W.
- C.
Esperance, W.A.
- D.
Deniliquin, N.S.W.
- 19.Which Australian journalist won a Graham Perkin Award for his reporting on the collapse of The Soviet Union for The Melbourne Age?
- A.
Bruce Gyngell
- B.
Wayne Ludbey
- C.
Robert Haupt
- D.
Simon Nathan
- 20.In 1995, Martin Flanagan wrote a book on one season of what the A.F.L. club?
- A.
Carlton
- B.
St Kilda
- C.
Fitzroy
- D.
Footscray