thumbnail

Australian cities multiple choice: Toowoomba

The vision of a city, wide and splendid
Quiz by Zupity
Rate:
Last updated: October 7, 2023
You have not attempted this quiz yet.
First submittedOctober 7, 2023
Times taken10
Average score46.7%
Report this quizReport
4:00
The quiz is paused. You have remaining.
Scoring
You scored / = %
This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%
The average score is
Your high score is
Your fastest time is
Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...
1. Toowoomba is in which region of Queensland?
Fitzroy
Southwest
Darling Downs
Wide Bay - Burnett
2. Who is not from Toowoomba?
Writer Steele Rudd
Singer Iggy Azalea
Actor Geoffrey Rush
Prime Minister Frank Forde
3. What are Cooby, Perseverance, and Cressbrook?
Aerodromes
Old homesteads
Water supply dams
Rugby League teams
4. What is the theme of the annual carnival?
Space
Horses
Flowers
Country music
5. The railway shed at Drayton Station has had several sites and uses. For what purpose was it first built?
Shearing shed at Harlaxton
Stables at Glen Alpine station
Hangar for US military Spitfires
Storage for the Darling Downs Malting Company
6. Which highway, route A3, runs north - south, passing through the centre of Toowoomba?
Warrego Highway
D'Aguilar Highway
Cunningham Highway
New England Highway
7. Where is the National Carriage Collection?
Cobb + Co Museum
Queensland Transport Museum
Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame
Department of Transport and Main Roads Heritage Centre
8. The Emma Webb building at Toowoomba Hospital is named after...
Queensland's first female surgeon
Australia's first appendectomy patient
the first white baby born in Toowoomba
a local nurse who was a prisoner of war in the Second World War
9. Which popular treat is alleged to have been invented in Toowoomba?
Pavlova
Lamington
Vanilla slice
Chocolate crackles
10. Where is the Queensland State Rose Garden?
Jubilee Park
Harris House
Newtown Park
Lake Annand Park
11. What most characterises the approach of Toowoomba's first European settlers to the local Aboriginal population?
Open warfare
Indentured labour
Demarcated land use
Conversion to Christianity
12. What is on display at the Downssteam Museum?
Taxidermy
Steam engines
A working sheep station
An early geothermal power generator
13. Toowoomba is Australia's second largest...
mountain
inland city
municipality
military town
14. Where is the Ju Raku Japanese Garden?
Picnic Point
Drayton Harbour Lookout
Kearney Springs Historical Park
University of Southern Queensland
15. What are City, Eustondale and Borneo Barracks?
Golf clubs
Aquatic centres
Railway stations
Backpacker hostels
No comments yet