The Ultimate Australia Quiz
Take this exciting Australia quiz and have some fun!
- 1.Which horse won the first and second Melbourne Cup Races?
- A.
Archer
- B.
The Big Bang
- C.
Golden Stake
- D.
Ophelius
- 2.What did Jeff Fenech win for the third time in 1988?
- A.
The Queensland 500cc Motorcycle Championship
- B.
The World Featherweight Boxing Championship
- C.
The Brownlow Medal
- D.
The Australian Badminton Cup
- 3.In what year did regular transmission of television begin in Australia?
- A.
5-Nov-56
- B.
9-Jan-57
- C.
27-Nov-56
- D.
16-Sep-56
- 4.What momentous national event took place on February 19, 1942?
- A.
An Earthquake Shook Perth, Destroying Many Buildings
- B.
The Japanese Bombed Darwin
- C.
Australia Declared War On Japan
- D.
There Was A Federal Election
- 5.How many states does Australia have?
- A.
Six
- B.
Four
- C.
Nine
- D.
Seven
- 6.In Melbourne, Australia, before the 1970's, what were the Red Rattlers?
- A.
A Now-Defunct Association Football Team
- B.
Members Of A Charity That Rattled Red Money Boxes
- C.
Old Suburban Trains
- D.
Old Meat Delivery Trucks
- 7.In Australia, what is the Campaspe?
- A.
A Bridge
- B.
A River
- C.
A Volcanic Outcrop Near Cooma
- D.
A Famous Sydney Fish Restaurant
- 8.What is Jerilderie?
- A.
An Aboriginal Dance Festival
- B.
An Aboriginal Wedding Ceremony
- C.
A Hunting Expedition
- D.
A Town In New South Wales
- 9.In which part of Australia can you find the Olgas?
- A.
In A Sydney Transvestite Cabaret
- B.
In The Northern Territory
- C.
In The Hills East Of Melbourne
- D.
Off Cape York Peninsula
- 10.On which Australian bay is the city of Geelong situated?
- A.
Corio
- B.
Botany
- C.
Westernport
- D.
Queenscliff
- 11.What failed project was started in Australia at Humpty Doo, near Darwin, in 1956-57?
- A.
Cocoa Growing
- B.
Tropical Fruit Farms
- C.
An Aircraft Industry
- D.
Rice Cultivation
- 12.Near the center of which Australian city can you find Mt. Coot-tha National Park?
- A.
Albury
- B.
Brisbane
- C.
Ballarat
- D.
Adelaide
- 13.If an Australian says "it's dissoed", what does he or she mean?
- A.
It's A Long Distance Away
- B.
It's Disappeared
- C.
It's Dismantled
- D.
It's Dislocated
- 14.In Australia, what is "The Rip"?
- A.
A Marsupial Predator
- B.
A Dangerous Strait
- C.
A Cliff Near Sydney
- D.
A Government Scandal
- 15.Who was the superintendent of construction of the Overland Telegraph Line between Port Augusta and Darwin, which was begun on September 15, 1870?
- A.
Matthew Mitchell
- B.
Peter Headley
- C.
Mac McGilvray
- D.
Charles Todd
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