Statistics for Western Australia State Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Western Australia's capital and largest city	Perth	100%
Ocean on which the majority of Western Australia's coastline is located	Indian Ocean	81%
The only country with a larger subdivision than Western Australia	Russia	77%
This war was fought against flightless birds in 1932	Emu War	74%
Town in the north which is famous for pearling and camels found on its beaches	Broome	58%
Any of the next 3 largest cities	Bunbury/Geraldton/Kalgoorlie-Boulder	57%
National capitals which the state capital is closer to than Canberra, the capital of Australia	Singapore/Jakarta	56%
Western Australia held a referendum for this in 1933	Independence	48%
State bird, found on the flag	Black Swan	46%
Town home to the famous "Super Pit", the largest open-cut gold mine in Australia until 2016	Kalgoorlie	44%
The longest wooden jetty in the Southern Hemisphere	Busselton Jetty	36%
Biggest city park in the world, even larger than Central Park in New York	Kings Park	36%
State fish, which you can swim with in Western Australia	Whale Shark	23%
State flower	Mangles Kangaroo Paw	20%
Mine which produces the fourth largest amount of diamonds in the world	Argyle	19%
Dutch sailor who made the first known European contact with Western Australia in 1616	Dirk Hartog	18%
Year that the state capital was established	1829	16%
Explorer who established the capital	James Stirling	13%
When the first drive-thru restaurant of this company opened in the state in 2014, it caused a traffic jam	Krispy Kreme	12%
State animal	Numbat	12%