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Statistics for Australian cities multiple choice: Townsville

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Question	Answer	% Correct
How did Townsville get its name?	After Robert Towns, who financed the first white settlement but never lived there himself	79%
Queensland is big, eh? Nearly seven times bigger than Texas. Townsville is in:	North Queensland	75%
Which disease was first identified from samples taken in Townsville?	Ross River Fever	75%
Townsville is home to Australia's largest...	army base	64%
How did Magnetic Island get its name?	James Cook's compass mysteriously went haywire as he sailed past in 1770	61%
Townsville is the only place in the world that is a base for what three activities?	Copper, zinc and nickel refining	50%
Townsville cannot be said to border which body of water?	Torres Strait	43%
The library at the Townsville campus of James Cook University is named after which former university employee?	Gardener Eddie Mabo	39%
Which is closest to Townsville?	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	39%
Australia's first medical research institute was established in Townsville in 1913 under the name:	Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine	36%
The suburb of Belgian Gardens used to have a different name. Why was it changed?	The original name, German Gardens, went out of favour during WWI	36%
How far short of being a mountain is Castle Hill?	18.9 metres	29%
What was the Townsville mutiny?	A rebellion of hundreds of African American troops stationed there during WWII	29%
Which of the following is held annually in Townsville?	The Australian Festival of Chamber Music	29%
What was established in Townsville in 1896?	The first Japanese consulate in Australia	11%

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