Statistics for Australia Quiz

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This quiz has been taken 305 times
(278 since last reset)
The average score is 10 of 20

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
1) Capital City of Australia?	Canberra	99%
10) Largest City in Australia (population)?	Sydney	93%
4) Capital City of South Australia?	Adelaide	89%
15) In which State is the 'Gold Coast'?	Queensland	80%
18) In which State is the City of Perth?	Western Australia	80%
5) What unusual shaped aboriginal weapon was used for hunting and warfare?	Boomerang	79%
11) Which Australian City was bombed by the Japanese in 1942?	Darwin N.T.	77%
3) Which sport has the highest spectator attendance and television viewership of all sports in Australia?	Australian Football / Australian Rules	70%
2) Year of Federation of Australia?	1901	67%
20) What is the nearest Country to Australia?	Papua New Guinea	66%
13) What name is given to the renowned 'inselberg' (large isolated block of stone) in the Northern Territory?	Ayers Rock / Uluru	57%
14) What is the name of the Strait between Tasmania and the Australian Mainland?	Bass Strait	43%
6) Which major river is a tributary of the River Murray?	Darling	40%
16) What was the name of Captain Cook's ship in 1770?	HMS Endeavour	33%
19) Complete the name of this famous movie "A Town Like ......."	Alice	25%
9) Which aviator made the first Trans-Pacific flight from USA to Australia?	Charles Kingsford Smith	13%
17) Which Australian racing driver was the Formula 1 Champion 3 times?	Jack Brabham	13%
8) Helen Porter Mitchell is better known as?	Dame Nellie Melba	10%
12) Who was the first Australian born person to win an 'Acting Oscar'?	Geoffrey Rush / 'Shine'	9%
7) 'I marinate gnats' is an anagram of which Australian Marsupial?	Tasmanian Tiger	7%