Statistics for Australian cities multiple choice: Geelong

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Question	Answer	% Correct
The Geelong Football Club, founded 1859, are known as the...	Cats	82%
The university based in Geelong is...	Deakin	71%
Geelong is the second largest city in which state?	Victoria	71%
What's in the old woolstore in Moorabool Street?	The National Wool Museum	59%
Which international company has not been a major employer in Geelong	IBM	53%
In the 19th century, Geelong's nickname was	The Pivot	47%
In the 1990s there was a financial crisis in Geelong when what institution collapsed?	The Pyramid Building Society	47%
Which of these celebrities did not grow up in Geelong?	Nick Cave	35%
The Barwon river gets its name from	A Wathawurrung word meaning magpie	24%
Which of the following was not a student at Geelong Grammar School?	General Sir John Monash	18%
What was the function of the large ball erected above the tower of Geelong Telegraph Station in 1862?	It was dropped every day at 1pm as a time signal	18%
What does Geelong have in common with Cape Town, Buenos Aires and Montreal?	They are UNESCO Cities of Design	18%
Which of these was not invented in Geelong?	Barbed wire	12%
Moorabool is a Wathawurrung word meaning what?	Monster	0%
The barcode fountain at the Waterfront Art Trail reproduces the barcode of which iconic Geelong company?	Noddy's soft drinks	0%