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Australian cities multiple choice: Alice Springs

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1. Who was Alice?
Lady Todd ✓
Alice Mofflin, philanthropist ✓
Queen Victoria's third child ✓
Alice Manfield, mountain guide ✓
Among other achievements, Sir Charles Todd masterminded the laying of the telegraph line across Australia
2. What was the town called before it was named Alice Springs?
York ✓
Tudor ✓
Stuart ✓
Hanover ✓
After explorer John McDouall Stuart
3. Of all Australian cities, Alice Springs has the highest ratio of these to people
Goats ✓
Schools ✓
Casinos ✓
Art galleries ✓
4. Blatherskite Park has a purpose-built what?
BMX track ✓
Crocodile lagoon ✓
Inland surfing lake ✓
Camel racing track ✓
5. Which people are Indigenous to the country that incudes Alice Springs?
Yolngu ✓
Larrakia ✓
Arrernte ✓
Wambaya ✓
6. Which State capital is the nearest to Alice Springs?
Perth ✓
Sydney ✓
Adelaide ✓
Brisbane ✓
7. Which transcontinental train stops in Alice Springs?
The Ghan ✓
Overland ✓
Indian Pacific ✓
Great Southern ✓
The Ghan runs between Adelaide and Darwin. The Indian Pacific runs between Perth and Sydney. The Great Southern runs between Adelaide and Brisbane. The Overland runs between Adelaide and Melbourne.
8. Why did Jean Paget want to make "a town like Alice"?
It was her childhood home ✓
It was a good place for women to live ✓
It was a haven of peace and harmony during the war ✓
She saw pictures of a pretty town in the sun in an English magazine ✓
From Nevil Shute's rollicking novel A Town Like Alice, which has been adapted for film, tv and radio
9. Why was the Henley-on-Todd regatta cancelled in 1993?
There was water in the river ✓
There was no water in the river ✓
There was a crocodile in the river ✓
There was blue-green algae in the river ✓
Henley-on-Todd takes place on the river bed in the dry season. The boats are bottomless so the crews can run.
10. Where are the oldest buildings in Alice Springs?
The telegraph station ✓
Hartley Street School ✓
Heavitree Gap Police Station ✓
Adelaide House (the first hospital in town) ✓
The telegraph station was built in 1871, the police station in 1886, Adelaide House in 1926, and Hartley Street School in 1929
11. What began in Alice Springs in 1951?
QANTAS ✓
School of the Air ✓
Australian television ✓
Royal Flying Doctor Service ✓
QANTAS began in Winton, Queensland in 1920. RFDS began in Cloncurry, Queensland in 1928. Australaian television began experimentally in Melbourne in 1929 and commercially in Sydney in 1956.
12. What's in the Old Alice Springs Gaol?
A youth hostel ✓
The Women’s Museum of Australia ✓
The Northern Territory Police Museum ✓
The Alice Springs Library and Archives ✓
13. Between 1927 and 1931, Alice Springs was the capital city of...
Australia ✓
The Northern Territory ✓
The Territory of Central Australia ✓
South Australia and the Northern Territory ✓
Yeah, nah, didn't work
14. What's the postcode?
0870 ✓
1200 ✓
5550 ✓
8200 ✓
15. Where does 90% of the water supply come from?
The Todd River ✓
The Anzac Aquifer ✓
Roe Creek Borefield ✓
Public and private rainwater tanks ✓
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