Do You Know About Australia? Quiz!
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- 1.Which 1940's radio show began with: "Ay Dad! Where are ya dad?" and "'Ere I am, young 'arry"?
- A.
Life With Dexter
- B.
McCackie Mansions
- C.
The All-Star Jubilee
- D.
The Bunkhouse Show
- 2.Where did Parer and McIntosh fly their single-engined aircraft from January to August, 1920?
- A.
From Hobart Across The Antarctic, Around The World Across The North Pole And Back To Hobart
- B.
To Every Aerodrome In Australia At The Time
- C.
From Britain To Australia.
- D.
Around Australia From Melbourne Traveling Clockwise And Landing At Every Town And City
- 3.When The Victorian Socialist Party and The Australian Socialist Party merged in 1920, what name did they choose for the new political group?
- A.
The Australian Socialists
- B.
The Australian Communist Party
- C.
The Communist Party Of Australia
- D.
The Combined Socialist Parties Of Australia
- 4.Production of which metal was begun at Newcastle, N.S.W., on April 4, 1921?
- A.
Galvanized Steel Sheets
- B.
Corrugated Iron
- C.
Cast Iron Ingots
- D.
Silver Ingots
- 5.What did John Campbell Miles discover in 1923 in Australia?
- A.
Gold Leads In The Area Near Leonora, W.A.
- B.
Silver And Lead Deposits At Mt. Isa
- C.
Large Deposits Of Gold Under Central Melbourne
- D.
Further Large Zinc Deposits At Broken Hill South, N.S.W.
- 6.What radio station was the first to broadcast in Australia?
- A.
2FC
- B.
3AR
- C.
3UZ
- D.
2SB
- 7.Where in Australia is Mt. Stromlo Observatory, opened in 1924, situated?
- A.
Near Canberra
- B.
Near Alce Springs, N.T.
- C.
Near Forbes, N.S.W.
- D.
Near Ararat, V.
- 8.What happened to the Australian warship, H.M.A.S. Australia in 1924?
- A.
It Completed The Journey From San Francisco To Sydney In Record Time
- B.
It Sank
- C.
It Collided With A Norwegian Cargo Ship In The English Channel
- D.
Nothing Important Happened
- 9.When was compulsory voting in elections introduced in Australia?
- A.
1924
- B.
1928
- C.
1920
- D.
1930
- 10.Who officially opened Parliament House, Canberra, in 1927?
- A.
The Duke Of York
- B.
The Duke And Duchess Of Gloucester
- C.
King George V
- D.
The Governor-General
- 11.What was the date of the first air crossing of the Tasman Sea?
- A.
10-Sep-28
- B.
7-Jun-35
- C.
14-Oct-15
- D.
15-Feb-20
- 12.In what year were traffic lights first installed in Melbourne?
- A.
1928
- B.
1924
- C.
1920
- D.
1926
- 13.What team of cricketers visited Australia for the first time in 1930?
- A.
A Team From Papua
- B.
The King's Eleven
- C.
The West Indies Team
- D.
The Official All-India Team
- 14.In what year did sovereign gold coins worth 21 shillings cease to be minted in Australia?
- A.
1901
- B.
1931
- C.
1945
- D.
1941
- 15.What was the name of the first commercially-successful Australian-produced talkie film?
- A.
The Sundowners
- B.
The Spirit Of Eureka
- C.
Man About Town
- D.
Diggers
- 16.What was the name of the Melbourne evening newspaper which first appeared in October 1933 and closed in 1936?
- A.
The Star
- B.
The Melbourne Evening Sun
- C.
The Guardian
- D.
The Clarion
- 17.Between which two cities did Ansett Airlines first fly?
- A.
Launceston, T. And Melbourne
- B.
Melbourne And Hamilton, V.
- C.
Hamilton, V. And Mt Gambier, S.A.
- D.
Adelaide And Melbourne
- 18.Which airline owned the aircraft that crashed into Mt Dandenong, Victoria in 1938?
- A.
Victorian Air Services
- B.
Australian National Airways
- C.
Ansett Airlines
- D.
Butler Air Transport
- 19.Where in Australia was the first Allied shot during World War II fired?
- A.
Point Nepean, Victoria
- B.
H.M.A.S. Albatross, Sydney
- C.
Point Dundas, Northern Territory
- D.
Off Sydney Heads
- 20.Who was the last Australian Administrator of Papua and New Guinea?
- A.
Sir Leonard Murray
- B.
Cec Barnes
- C.
David Hay
- D.
Leslie Johnson
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