Statistics for Australian geography & climate extremes

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Extreme	Answer	% Correct
Most populous city (4.9 mil)	Sydney	98%
Longest reef system (2300 km)	Great Barrier Reef	97%
Smallest state/territory by population (0.2 mil)	Northern Territory	85%
Largest state/territory by area (2.5 mil km2)	Western Australia	80%
Longest river (2,844 km)	Murray-Darling River system	78%
Smallest state/territory by area (0.002 mil km2)	Australian Capital Territory	77%
Largest state/territory by population (7.5 mil)	New South Wales	77%
Least populous state/territory capital (0.1 mil)	Darwin	75%
Lowest point (-15m)	Lake Eyre	75%
Highest point (2,228m)	Mt Kosciuszko	68%
Longest mountain range (~3,500 km)	Great Dividing Range	60%
Northern-most point of mainland	Cape York	47%
Largest desert (0.3 mil km2)	Great Victoria Desert	42%
Eastern-most point of mainland	Cape Byron	32%
Southern-most point of mainland	South Point, Wilsons Promontory	20%
Western-most point of mainland	Steep Point, Shark Bay	12%
Lowest recorded temperature location (-23.0*C)	Charlotte Pass	8%
Highest recorded temperature location (50.7*C)	Oodnadatta	7%
Biggest lake by volume (12 bil m3)	Lake Gordon	0%
Highest annual rainfall location (12,461 mm)	Mt Bellenden Ker	0%