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Which Australian State/Territory - Multiple Choice
Can you guess which Australian state or territory is a valid answer to each of these questions?
Not including External Territories, such as Christmas Island or Norfolk Island.
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Last updated: October 18, 2021
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1.
Which state/territory is entirely made up of islands?
Queensland
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Tasmania
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New South Wales
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Australian Capital Territory
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2.
In which state/territory can you find Quokkas?
Victoria
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Northern Territory
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Tasmania
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Western Australia
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3.
In which state/territory can you find the Twelve Apostles?
South Australia
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Queensland
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Victoria
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Northern Territory
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4.
Which of these states can claim Australia's lowest-recorded temperature?
Victoria
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New South Wales
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Western Australia
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Tasmania
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Source. -23C (-9.4F) was recorded on the 29th June, 1994 at Charlotte Pass, NSW.
5.
Which of the following states/territories uses Australian Central Standard Time throughout the whole year?
Northern Territory
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Queensland
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South Australia
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Western Australia
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Source. While South Australia (and the town of Broken Hill in New South Wales) also observe ACST, they implement Daylight Savings from October to April.
6.
Which state/territory is the most religious?
South Australia
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Australian Capital Territory
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New South Wales
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Tasmania
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Source. As of the 2016 Census, New South Wales had the highest religious affiliation, at 66%.
7.
In which state/territory can you find Lake Eyre, the largest lake and the lowest natural point in Australia?
Northern Territory
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Queensland
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Western Australia
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South Australia
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8.
Which state/territory has the highest percentage of 'Protected Area' (conserved land)?
Northern Territory
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Tasmania
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Australian Capital Territory
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Western Australia
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9.
Which of these colonies (which would later become states) was the closest to voting 'No' to Federation in 1899, passing with just 55.39% of a referendum vote?
Queensland
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Western Australia
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New South Wales
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Tasmania
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Source. Before Australia federated in 1901, each of the six colonies at the time held referendums on whether to federate or not. Queensland and New South Wales had the lowest 'Yes' percentages, at 55% and 56% respectively.
10.
Which state/territory contains the former town of Wittenoom, known as "Australia's Chernobyl"?
Queensland
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Northern Territory
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South Australia
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Western Australia
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This mining town was shut down in the late 1960s after health concerns arose with asbestos exposure.
11.
Which state/territory's capital city was briefly named 'Batmania'?
Victoria
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New South Wales
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Australian Capital Territory
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Tasmania
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This was more of an interim name before Melbourne was decided upon officially in 1837. Named after Melbourne's oft-credited founder, Tasmanian farmer John Batman.
12.
In which state did former Prime Minister Harold Holt go for a swim, never to return?
New South Wales
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Victoria
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Queensland
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Western Australia
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Prime Minister Holt was last seen swimming on the 17th December, 1967 at Cheviot Beach, near Portsea, Victoria.
13.
Which of the following images is of Cradle Mountain?
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In order: Cradle Mountain, Tasmania., Mount Kosciuszko, New South Wales., Mount Bartle-Frere, Queensland., Mount Bogong, Victoria.
14.
Which of these states/territories is one of the two which shares the world's longest golf course, where the average distance between holes is 66 kilometres (41 miles)?
Northern Territory
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Queensland
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South Australia
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New South Wales
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The other state which shares this golf course is Western Australia!
15.
Which of the following is the flag of Victoria?
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16.
Which state or territory is the smallest, accounting for less than 1% of Australia's land mass?
Victoria
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Northern Territory
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Tasmania
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Australian Capital Territory
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The Australian Capital Territory is also the only landlocked state/territory, although some may argue technicalities over Jervis Bay Territory
17.
Which of the following states has never had a Prime Minister born in it?
Tasmania
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South Australia
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Western Australia
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Queensland
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While John Curtin represented Western Australia, he was born in Victoria. Similarly, while South Australia has never had a Prime Minister represent it, Bob Hawke was born in South Australia. To this day, no Australian Prime Minister has been born in Western Australia.
18.
Which of the following states/territory will hold the 2032 Summer Olympics?
New South Wales
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Queensland
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Victoria
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Australian Capital Territory
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Brisbane will hold the 2032 Summer Olympic Games.
19.
Which state/territory is the home of Yothu Yindi, an iconic Australian Aboriginal band?
Northern Territory
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Western Australia
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Queensland
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New South Wales
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Many of its' members, including frontman Mandawuy Yunupingu, are Yolngu people, from Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
20.
In which state would one find The Big Banana?
Queensland
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Australian Capital Territory
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New South Wales
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Tasmania
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Among the most famous of Australia's 'Big Things', the Big Banana is located in Coffs Harbour, NSW.
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