Statistics for Australian cities multiple choice: Wagga Wagga

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Wagga Wagga is almost exactly halfway between which two cities?	Melbourne and Sydney	79%
Wagga Wagga is in which region of NSW?	Riverina	79%
Wagga Wagga beach is on the bank of which river?	Murrumbidgee	68%
What is the 'Wagga Effect'?	The disproportionally high number of elite athletes who come from regional cities	68%
The largest Aboriginal group in New South Wales, which people are indigenous to the region that includes Wagga Wagga?	Wiradjuri	68%
Arriving in 1829, who was the first explorer to arrive in the area now known as Wagga Wagga?	Charles Sturt	58%
What iconic food made its debut at the Wagga Wagga Agricultural Show?	Chiko Rolls	58%
The Wagga Wagga Art Gallery houses which national collection?	National Art Glass Collection	58%
Which person from Wagga Wagga is pictured on the Australian $10 note?	Poet Mary Gilmore	53%
In the 1860s, how did Arthur Orton, a bankrupt butcher from Wagga Wagga, cause an international sensation?	He claimed to be missing nobleman Roger Tichborne	47%
What was stolen from the local museum?	A bullet fired by bushranger Mad Dog Morgan	42%
At the ticket window in the botanic gardens you can buy a ticket for...	The miniature railway	42%
How did Wagga Wagga find its way into a Harry Potter book?	Gilderoy Lockhart claimed to have defeated the Wagga Wagga Werewolf	32%
Which industry is the largest employer in Wagga Wagga?	Health care and social assistance	26%
Wagga Wagga blacksmith August Augustus Menneke was famous for making what?	bells	16%