Statistics for Australian cities multiple choice: Perth

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which river runs through the city?	Swan	95%
Perth is the capital city of which state?	Western Australia	95%
What are named after Edith Cowan, Walter Murdoch and John Curtin	universities	90%
What is the Fremantle Doctor?	A sea breeze that blows from the southwest in summer	80%
Who or what are Selby Lemnos and Fiona Stanley?	hospitals	80%
Which iconic book set in Perth is about the Pickles and Lamb families?	Cloudstreet by Tim Winton	75%
Why has Perth been called the City of Light?	John Glenn noticed the city lit up at night as he orbited the Earth in 1962	70%
Where is the double helix staircase known as DNA Tower?	Kings Park	65%
Each year, the player deemed fairest and best in the WAFL wins which award?	Sandover Medal	60%
How did Rockingham get its name?	After a ship that was wrecked in Cockburn Sound	55%
Which national capital city is closest to Perth?	Dili, East Timor	50%
What is in the Bell Tower?	A dozen 18th century bells originally from London's Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields	45%
What is the name of the statue in the river at Crawley?	Eliza	40%
If you're at the Perth General Post Office, where's the nearest quokka?	Perth Zoo	35%
Which one of these people did not grow up in Perth?	Prime Minister John Curtin	20%