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Australian cities multiple choice: Newcastle

Don't you ever let a chance go by
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Last updated: September 4, 2023
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1. Newcastle is the second largest city in
Tasmania ✓
South Australia ✓
New South Wales ✓
Western Australia ✓
2. The southern suburbs border what lake?
Lake Mungo ✓
Tuggerah Lake ✓
Lake Macquarie ✓
Grahamstown Lake ✓
3. Commandant's Baths, a sea bath built by convict labour in 1820, is better known as...
Lag's Lagoon ✓
The Bogey Hole ✓
The Plunge Pool ✓
The Newcastle Bath ✓
4. Which 1975 hit song by Bob Hudson contains the line: "In Newcastle they have very strange mating habits"? :
Summer love ✓
Bony Moronie ✓
The Newcastle song ✓
All my friends are getting married ✓
5. In 2010, what distinction did travel publishers Lonely Planet give to Newcastle?
They released the Newcastle City Guidebook ✓
It was the featured destination for February in their 2011 calendar ✓
They named it one of the top 10 must-see destinations in the world ✓
They moved their Australian headquarters to the Newcastle suburb of Merewether ✓
6. Which "comedy cabaret big band" from Newcastle launched the careers of many nationally successful performers?
The Last Laugh ✓
The Laugh Resort ✓
The Castanet Club ✓
The Farrelly Brothers ✓
7. Why was Newcastle in the world news in December 1989?
Bushfire ✓
Earthquake ✓
Hosting a G20 summit ✓
Eight whales beached themselves along the coast at Worimi ✓
8. Why was Fort Scratchley built at Nobbys Head?
As a residence for the Governor ✓
To house a customs and immigration centre ✓
As a training base for the Newcastle Volunteer Rifles ✓
To defend the colony in the event of a Russian invasion ✓
9. Which local band became hugely successful after winning two national competitions in 1994?
Spiderbait ✓
Silverchair ✓
Regurgitator ✓
Powderfinger ✓
10. Newcastle was the site of Australia's first what?
horse race ✓
ferry service ✓
public school ✓
telephone exchange ✓
11. Where in suburban Newcastle can you see koalas and wombats?
Botanic Gardens ✓
Blackbutt Reserve ✓
Just about everywhere ✓
University of Newcastle ✓
12. The police station known as the Lock Up was opened in 1861. What is it used for today?
A planetarium ✓
A police station ✓
A wedding reception venue ✓
A studio and exhibition space for artists ✓
13. Newcastle was established to service what industry?
forestry ✓
agriculture ✓
coal mining ✓
cattle grazing ✓
14. What can be found along the coast just south of Swansea Heads?
caves ✓
mangroves ✓
Newcastle Golf Club ✓
Newcastle Breakwater ✓
15. What is the tall structure in King Edward Park?
A lookout ✓
An obelisk ✓
A clocktower ✓
A climbing frame shaped like a rocket ✓
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