This Australia Trivia Will Have You Down Under in Confusion
1.
Which Australian TV star recorded "Locomotion" in the 1980's?
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Kylie Minogue
2.
What is the capital of Australia?
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Canberra
3.
In Australia, what is a "sheila"?
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A Woman
4.
What was the name of the 1980's TV show that was hosted by Johnny Young and featured talented children singing and dancing?
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Young Talent Time
5.
If you are eating a biscuit in Australia, what exactly are you eating?
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A Cookie
6.
Brisbane is the capital city of which Australian state or territory?
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Queensland
7.
What Australian product claims the advertising slogan "It puts a rose in every cheek"?
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Vegemite
8.
What's the ending to the line from a Kylie Minogue song that starts "I should be so lucky"?
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Lucky, Lucky, Lucky
9.
Shane Warne is an Australian famous for what?
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Spinning A Cricket Ball
10.
What are the two animals on the Australian coat of arms?
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Kangaroo And Emu
11.
What important Australian organization is abbreviated "A.F.L."?
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Australian Football League
12.
Which is the only major city in Australia that has trams running on its streets?
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Melbourne
13.
What is Australia's highest mountain?
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Mount Kosciusko
14.
What color is vegemite, a famous Australian food?
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A Sort Of Blackish-Brown
15.
If an Australian says "arvo" what does he or she mean?
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Afternoon
16.
What river flows through the city of Melbourne?
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Yarra
17.
In a line what is the narrative of the song/poem, "Waltzing Matilda", which is considered Australia's National song, all about?
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A Man Steals A Sheep, Is Confronted By The Police And Commits Suicide In A Waterhole
18.
What day is A.N.Z.A.C. Day celebrated in Australia?
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Apr/25
19.
Who in the 1970's and 1980's made pumpkin scones famous in Australia?
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Flo Bjelke-Petersen
20.
Which former football star advertised batteries on television and also sang "I'm an Individual"?
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Mark Jackson
21.
Which Australian battleship was sunk in a fierce battle in Sunda Strait in World War 2?
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HMAS Perth
22.
How many species of drongo exist in Australia?
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One
23.
Whose last words were reported to be "Such is life"?
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Ned Kelly
24.
Happy moments, stargazer and mother-in-law are all popular Australian names for types of what?
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Fish
25.
Who was the Australian Minister for Defence who resigned in 2009?
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Joel Fitzgibbon
26.
Who plays Lady Sarah Ashley movie "Australia"?
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Nicole Kidman
27.
Who launched Australia's first national daily newspaper?
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Rupert Murdoch
28.
Which Aussie Prime Minister was responsible for tightening gun laws in 1996-97?
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John Howard
29.
If you drove from Melbourne to Adelaide along the coast, what scenic road would you travel on?
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Great Ocean Road
30.
In Australia, what is a "jumbuck"?
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Sheep
31.
The Australian movie "Shine" was about which famous pianist?
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Helfgott
32.
What is the name of the Western Australian team in the Australian Football League (Aussie Rules)?
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West Coast Eagles
33.
What is Western Australia's Monkey Mia famous for?
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People Can Interact With Dolphins In Their Natural Habitat
34.
Where was Australia's first Hard Rock Cafe built?
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Sydney
35.
If you buy a bottle of Two Dogs in Australia, what are you drinking?
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Alcoholic Lemonade
36.
What is Australia's "Patterson's Curse"?
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A Plant
37.
What sort of animal is the Australian quokka?
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A Small Wallaby-Like Marsupial
38.
Who is Australia's official head of state?
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The Queen
39.
What animal is on the Australian five cent piece?
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Echidna
40.
When was Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory almost destroyed by a huge cyclone called "Tracy"?
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1974
41.
On what Australian island and in what state is the quokka found?
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Rottnest Island, Western Australia
42.
Which Australian state is represented by the Adelaide Crows football team?
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South Australia
43.
Which horse won the first and second Melbourne Cup Races?
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Archer
44.
What did Jeff Fenech win for the third time in 1988?
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The World Featherweight Boxing Championship
45.
In what year did regular transmission of television begin in Australia?
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16/Sep/56
46.
What momentous national event took place on February 19, 1942?
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The Japanese Bombed Darwin
47.
How many states does Australia have?
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Six
48.
In Melbourne, Australia, before the 1970's, what were the Red Rattlers?
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Old Suburban Trains
49.
In Australia, what is the Campaspe?
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A River
50.
What is Jerilderie?
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A Town In New South Wales
51.
In which part of Australia can you find the Olgas?
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In The Northern Territory
52.
On which Australian bay is the city of Geelong situated?
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Corio
53.
What failed project was started in Australia at Humpty Doo, near Darwin, in 1956-57?
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Rice Cultivation
54.
Near the center of which Australian city can you find Mt. Coot-tha National Park?
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Brisbane
55.
If an Australian says "it's dissoed", what does he or she mean?
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It's Disappeared
56.
In Australia, what is "The Rip"?
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A Dangerous Strait
57.
Who was the superintendent of construction of the Overland Telegraph Line between Port Augusta and Darwin, which was begun on September 15, 1870?
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Charles Todd
58.
Who was Truganini and what was important about her death in 1876?
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She Was The Last Tasmanian Aboriginal
59.
In which part of Sydney were the athletics facilities for the 2000 Olympic Games situated?
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Homebush
60.
Who published "The Term of His Natural Life", a novel which described the horrors of the convict transportation system, in 1874?
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Marcus Clark
61.
What meeting took place for the first time in Australia at The Adelaide Botanic Gardens in 1880?
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Salvation Army Meeting
62.
In Australia, what was performed publicly for the first time on 6 April, 1895?
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Waltzing Matilda, Australia's Unofficial National Anthem
63.
What did Hudson Fysh, Fergus McMaster and P.J. Ginnis establish in November 1920?
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An Airline To Carry Mail In The Outback Of Queensland
64.
What did H.P. Christmas open in Sydney, Australia on December 5, 1924?
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A Woolworth Store
65.
Who designed the Australian capital city of Canberra?
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Walter Burley Griffin
66.
In which part of Australia can you find the city of Geraldton?
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On The West Coast North Of Perth
67.
Which British novelist briefly visited Australia in the 1920's and subsequently wrote a novel set in Australia?
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D.H. Lawrence
68.
Which Australian singer made a recording of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven", much to everyone's surprise?
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Rolf Harris
69.
Australian actor Leonard Teale, died in 1994 was a recording, radio and TV star, best known for his role in a program called what?
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Homicide
70.
Which one of these Australian mammals lays eggs?
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Echidna
71.
What was the name of Johnny O'Keefe's popular ABC-TV rock music show in late 50's?
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Six O'Clock Rock
72.
Where in Australia was 1930's and 1940's Hollywood actor Errol Flynn born?
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Tasmania
73.
Who was Smokey Dawson?
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A Famous Australian Singer And Radio Star
74.
Who was Australia's second Prime Minister?
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Alfred Deakin
75.
What is special about the Johnstone River crocodile?
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It Lives In Fresh Water
76.
How big is a baby red kangaroo when first born?
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About The Size Of A Bean
77.
Who wrote the song "The Road to Gundagai"?
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Jack O'Hagen
78.
What does the male emu do to the egg after the female has laid it?
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Incubates It
79.
Which Australian bird has a rose-pink body, pale grey wings and a white head?
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A Galah
80.
Which Australian bird can mimic the sound of almost anything?
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Lyrebird
81.
Which birds make two lines opposite each other and then go through a series of ritualistic and elaborate dance steps?
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Brolgas
82.
If an Australian becomes the proud owner of a bitzer, what has he or she got?
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A Mongrel Dog
83.
What is the city of Bundaberg in Australia most famous for?
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Its Particular Brand Of Rum
84.
In Australia, what is a chook raffle?
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A Lucky Draw Where The Prize Is A Chicken
85.
What is the main crop grown at Wee Waa, a town on the Namoi River in New South Wales?
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Cotton
86.
What Australian town has a name that sounds like a word which means "without the rule of law"?
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Anakie
87.
How many visitors are allowed on Lord Howe Island at one time?
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400
88.
Who sang the theme song for the Australian soap opera "Neighbours"?
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Barry Crocker
89.
What did Christina R. Macpherson do at Dagworth in 1895?
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She Contributed The Tune For Banjo Patterson's New Poem, "Waltzing Matilda"
90.
What are the printed reports of the debates and procedures of the Australian parliament called?
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Hansard
91.
Who was coach of the Collingwood A.F.L. team in 1990?
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Leigh Matthews
92.
Which character did Linda Kozlowski play in the original "Crocodile Dundee" movie?
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Sue Charlton
93.
What Australian snake has the most poisonous venom of any known land snake?
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The Inland Taipan
94.
Why is Sam Poo famous in Australian history?
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He Was Australia's Only Chinese Bushranger
95.
In 1981, what did Australia's Church of England do?
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It Changed Its Name To The Anglican Church Of Australia
96.
Jana Wendt is one of Australia's best-known television personalities, but her first language is not English. What is her native language?
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Czech
97.
How was the cane toad introduced into Australia?
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By Scientists Seeking To Eradicate Another Pest
98.
Which horse won the Melbourne Cup of 1990?
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Kingston Rule
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In which Australian state is the James Cook University?
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Queensland
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Where do Australians hold their annual Country Music Festival?
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Tamworth, N.S.W.
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