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Australia  - multiple choice quiz
Multiple Choice Quiz - Australia  No 1
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Think that you know Australia well?  My bet is that there is as much that you don’t know as you may know.  Are you willing to put this to the test?To avoid any embarrassment, you can keep your own score.

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Strap yourself in.


Q 1:-The highest peak in Australia is Mount Kosciuszko at 2228m.  What is the second highest peak?

   A)   Mount Twynam
   B)   
Mount Townsend
   C)   
Mount Tate
Answer
x
Option B:-  Mount Townsend
Q 2:- In 1988 The Great Camel Race was held.  Australian millionaire Arthur Earle wanted to recognise the positive impact that camels had on the development of Australia.  From which two towns did the start and end?

   A)   Ayers Rock to Gold Coast
   B)   
Alice Springs to Gold Coast
   C)   
Ayers Rock to Toowoomba
   D)   
Alice Springs to Toowoomba
Answer
x
Option A:-  Ayers Rock to Gold Coast

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Q 3:- The longest golf course in the world is in Australia.  How long is the golf course?

   A)   650 km  (403miles)
   B)   
962 km  (598 miles)
   C)   
1365 km (848 miles)
   D)   
1485 km (922 miles)
Answer
x
Option C:-  1365 km
The Nullabor Links spans two states along the Eyre Highway
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Q 4:-  Action taken by stonemasons on 21 April 1856 led to the establishment and maintenance of  {WHAT}, recognised internationally as a world first.

   A)   Overtime
   B)   
Paid sick leave
   C)   
The 8 hour work day
Answer
x
Option C:-  8 hour work day

Did you work overtime to get this one?
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Q 5:-  Australia is home to the first official life saving club in the world founded in 1906.  Which beach did it call home.
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   A)   Coogee
   B)   
Bondi
   C)   
Manly
answer
x
Option B:-  Bondi
1 year ahead of Coogee
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Q 6:-  First settled in 1885 and surveyed by Thomas Behan in 1888, and the home to the Djabugay language group of Aboriginal people for over 10,000 years, what Queensland town lies about 330 m above sea level and is now serviced by a SkyRail

   A)   Chillagoe
   B)   
Kuranda
   C)   
Killdanda
answer
x
Option B:-  Kuranda
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Q 7:- ​In 2005, security guards at a prominent location were banned from calling people 'mate'. It lasted one day.  Where did this take place

   
A)   Ayres Rock
   B)   
Sydney’s Garden Island Naval Base
   C)   
Canberra Parliament House
answer
x
Option C:-  Canberra Parliament Housel
Q 8:-  Along the Road to Gundagai" is an Australian folk song written by Jack O'Hagan in 1922 and was first recorded by Peter Dawson in 1924. It is well-known among Australians, and one of a small number of pieces which are considered to be Australian folk tunes.  In which state or territory would you expect to find the town of Gundagai?

   A)   Queensland
   B)   Northern Territory
   C)   New South Wales

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answer
x
Option C:-  New South Wales
It has been claimed that 'Gundagai' is a Wiradjuri word taken from the longer word 'gundabandoobingee' which might have meant "to cut with a hand-axe behind the knee" although it is not in A New Wiradjuri Dictionary.
It is also home to one of Australia's most famous statues - Dog on a Tuckerbox

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Q9:- Wineglass Bay is described as “.. one of the top ten beaches in the world”, and “ a flawless crescent of dazzling white sand and sapphire-coloured sea.”  Where would you expect to find this gem.

   A)   
Western Australia
   B)   
Queensland
   C)   
Tasmania
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answer
x
Option C:-  Tasmania​
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Q 10:- The Aboriginal dream-time legend has it that three sisters, 'Meehni', 'Wimlah' and Gunnedoo' lived in the Jamison Valley. These beautiful young ladies had fallen in love with three brothers but tribal law forbade them to marry. According to Aboriginal legend the sisters were turned into stone. A rock formation now carries their name of ‘three sisters.’  In what state would you expect to find the Three Sisters?

   A)   Western Australia
   B)   
Queensland
   C)   
New South Wales

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answer
x
Option C:- New South Wales
In the Blue Mountains just outside of Sydney

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Q 11:-  I am a small town in northern South Australia, 846 km (526 mi) north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. According to the 2011 census, its population was 1,695 The town is sometimes referred to as the "opal capital of the world" because of the quantity of precious opals that are mined there.  I am renowned for below-ground residences, called "dugouts", which are built in this fashion due to the scorching daytime heat. My name comes from the local Aboriginal term which means "boys’ waterhole". Who am I?

   A)   Coober Pedy
   B)   Oodnadatta
   C)   Woomera



​
answer
x
Option A:-  Coober Pedy
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Kanku-Breakaways Conservation Park - 25km north on Coober Pedy
Q 12:-  Australia is famous (or infamous) for its big statues.  Rambo, the big merino sheep was constructed in 1985 and relocated in 2007 to be visible from a newly constructed highway.  In what town can you see Rambo
.
   A)   Canberra
   B)   
Yass
   C)   
Goulburn
   D)   
Moss Vale

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answer
x
Option C:-  Goulburn
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Q 13:-  Where in Australia would you expect to find the Twelve Apostles.

   A)   North of Port Douglas, QLD
   B)   Great Ocean Road, Victoria
   C)   Near Victor Harbour S.A
   D)   Kangaroo Island S.A



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answer
x
Option B:-  Great Ocean Road
Q 14:-  The Pinacles are a series limestone formation found near the town of Cervantes, about 200 km north of a major Australian city.  Which city?

   A)   Perth
   B)   
Sydney
   C)   
Brisbane
   D)   
Adelaide
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answer
x
Option A:-  Perth. ​
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Q 15:-  ​The Kangaroo, Symbol of Qantas, Australia’s national airline, has one important characteristic What is it?

   A)  It can run faster than it can jump
   B)  
It keeps its young in the pouch for just over thirty days
   C)  I
t can not go backwards 
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answer
x
Option C:-  It can not go backwards


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