What Am I Going To Be In Australia?
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How well do you know Australia? Let’s find out
- 1.Why was veteran Rock N' Roller Jerry Lee Lewis admitted to hospital in Darwin while on an Australian tour in 1999?
- A.
Appendicitis
- B.
The After-Effects Of A Night On The Town
- C.
Three Broken Ribs
- D.
Viral Meningitis
- 2.Why was Australian Jean Lee famous in 1950?
- A.
She Married Prince Castratti Lumpus De Ballis Of Wallachia
- B.
She Gave Birth To Her Fifth Set Of Twins In Five Years
- C.
She Was Hanged For Murder
- D.
Her First Best-Selling Novel Was Published
- 3.In what year was Bob Hawke first defeated when trying to enter Federal Parliament by Sir Hubert Opperman?
- A.
1979
- B.
1968
- C.
1963
- D.
1976
- 4.What is the meaning of the word "Woolloomoolloo", the name of an inner Sydney suburb?
- A.
Good Place To Catch Fish
- B.
Kangaroo
- C.
A Species Of Gum Tree
- D.
Salty Water
- 5.Which of these cannot be found in Melbourne, Australia's Royal Park?
- A.
The Melbourne Zoological Gardens
- B.
The Carlton Football Clubhouse
- C.
A Garden Of Australian Plants
- D.
A Nine-Hole Golf Course
- 6.In what Australian city can you find the Banana Alley Vaults?
- A.
Melbourne
- B.
Bundaberg
- C.
Mackay
- D.
Brisbane
- 7.On which side of the Dandenong Ranges to the east of Melbourne is Mount Dandenong?
- A.
West
- B.
North
- C.
South
- D.
East
- 8.What disaster took place near Canberra on August 13, 1940?
- A.
People Killed In Bush-Fires
- B.
Government Office Building Collapsed.
- C.
An Earthquake
- D.
Aircraft Accident
- 9.Where did the movie, "Jedda", have its world premiere?
- A.
At The Capitol Theatre, Melbourne
- B.
In A Specially-Constructed Open-Air Pavilion In Alice Springs
- C.
At The Sun Theatre, Broome
- D.
At The Star Theatre, Darwin
- 10.What is the occasionally-seen alternative spelling of Ballarat?
- A.
Balarat
- B.
Ballar-Ararat
- C.
Ballaarat
- D.
Balla-Arat
- 11.Why did the notorious actress, dancer and singer, Lola Montez, physically attack the editor of a Ballarat newspaper in 1855?
- A.
He Criticized Her Spider Dance In His Newspaper
- B.
He Called Her A Drunken Whore In His Editorial
- C.
He Pinched Her Bottom As She Came Off Stage
- D.
He Chastised Her Publicly For Not Wearing Enough Clothes
- 12.In 1956, where were the Olympic rowing events held in Australia?
- A.
On Lake Wendouree
- B.
On The Yarra River At Studley Park
- C.
On Lake Colac
- D.
On The Murray River, Near Echuca
- 13.In June of 1998, what percentage of Australia's population was born overseas?
- A.
23.40%
- B.
17.80%
- C.
21.60%
- D.
30.50%
- 14.What town in central Queensland was named after a huge bullock?
- A.
Sapphire
- B.
Roma
- C.
Myella
- D.
Banana
- 15.Why does Clement Wragge have some fame in the history of Australia?
- A.
He Read The First News Broadcast On Australian Radio In 1922
- B.
He Wrote A Revised Set Of Rules For Australian Football
- C.
He Was The First To Name Tropical Cyclones
- D.
He Organized The Australian Postal Service
- 16.Though the practice of assigning names to tropical cycles ended in 1903, it was reinstituted during the mid-20th century with what name?
- A.
Hannah
- B.
Caroline
- C.
Gladys
- D.
Bessie
- 17.When did the Royal Australian Air Force take delivery of its first consignment of helicopters?
- A.
October, 1947
- B.
May, 1948
- C.
September, 1949
- D.
January, 1946
- 18.What was the name of the person in charge of the Missing Person's Bureau in the 1950's radio serial of the same name?
- A.
Harry Lyman
- B.
Henry Simon
- C.
Henry Simeon
- D.
Henley Synan
- 19.What was the name of the music used for many years by 3DB Melbourne as the theme for their main news broadcasts?
- A.
Heart Of Oak
- B.
What Can We Do With A Drunken Sailor?
- C.
The Middy March
- D.
Land Of Hope And Glory
- 20.What was the name of the school in Victoria from which the teacher and six students were kidnapped by two armed men in 1972?
- A.
Noojee
- B.
Wooreen
- C.
Faraday
- D.
Bit Bit
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