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The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:50 am
by Dirko
Will be off line most of today so be patient !

EASY

1. Which pop star played the title role in the 2006 film Hating Alison Ashley? Delta Goodrem

2. What is the floral emblem of Australia? Wattle

3. What is Australia’s largest inland city? Canberra

4. What Aboriginal term for a waterhole is also the name of an Australian clothing company? Billabong

5. What do the letters of the television network SBS stand for? Special Broadcasting Service

6. What is the name of the original yellow Wiggle? Greg Page

7. Which bushranger did Sidney Nolan portray in a series of paintings he created in 1946-47? Ned Kelly

8. What was the name of the cyclone that devastated Darwin on Christmas Day 1974? - TRACY

9. What finished second to ‘Advance Australia Fair’ in the 1977 referendum to choose a national song? Waltzing Matilda

10. What natural disaster killed 13 people in Newcastle on December 28, 1989? Earthquake

MEDIUM

11. Which eminent heart surgeon was murdered in Sydney on July 4, 1991? Dr Victor Chang

12. Which former prime minister once managed a rock band called The Ramrods? Paul Keating

13. What does ASIC stand for? Australian Securities and Investments Commission

14. In which city did Australia’s first legal casino open for business in 1973? Hobart

15. Which American evangelist visited Australia in 1959, attracting over 3 million people to his ‘crusades’? Billy Graham

16. What worldwide pandemic killed more than 12,000 Australians in 1919? Spanish Flu

17. In which South Australian opal-mining town do many residents live underground to escape the heat? Coober Pedy

18. Who was Dannii Minogue’s first husband? Julian McMahaon

19. What was the name of the overweight father in the ‘Life. Be in It’ campaign launched in 1975? Norm

20. Who won silver in the men’s 200-metre freestyle at the Sydney Olympics? Ian Thorpe

HARD

21. What is the common name of Ornithorhynchus anatinus? Platypus

22. Who won the British Open women’s squash title a record 16 times? Heather McKay

23. Which Eureka Stockade leader went on to serve as Speaker of the Victorian Parliament? Peter Lalor

24. What was the name of the character played by Mel Gibson in Gallipoli? Frank Dunne

25. Which former pearling port is the most westerly town in Western Australia? - Denham

26. Who became the first Australian of the Year, in 1960? Sir Macfarlane Burnet

27. Which opera singer also won the New South Wales golf championship three times? - Joan Hammond

28. Which Queensland city was known as Elston until 1933? Surfers Paradise

29. What was the first album to sell more than one million copies in Australia? Whispering Jack - John Farnham

30. Who was the first Australian-born governor-general? Isaac Isaachs

Hopefully MAGS hasn't done this one :lol:

Re: The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:54 am
by Thiele
8. Tracey

Re: The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:55 am
by A Mum
1) Delta Goodrem O:)

Re: The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:56 am
by Thiele
5. Special Broadcast Service

Re: The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:57 am
by Thiele
11. Victor Chang

Re: The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:58 am
by A Mum
6) Greg \:D/

Re: The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:59 am
by A Mum
10) Earthquake :(

Re: The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:59 am
by Thiele
19.Norm

Re: The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:02 am
by A Mum
11) Victor Chang (But I think Thiele answered this just got his numbers mixed up O:) )
17) Coober Pedy :)

Well done, great quiz SJABC

Re: The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:54 am
by Thiele
A Mum wrote:11) Victor Chang (But I think Thiele answered this just got his numbers mixed up O:) )


Yes i did :oops:

Re: The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:03 am
by Footy Chick
[1. Delta
2. Wattle

3. Alice Springs?

4. Billabong

5. You mean is isn't Simply Beautiful Sex? :(

6. Greg

7. Ned Kelly

8. Tracey

9. I love a sunburt country? or Waltzing Matilda?

10. Earthquake

11. Victor Chang

12. Paul Keating

14. Hobart

16. smallpox?

17. Coober Pedy

18. Julian McMahon

19. Norm

Re: The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:05 am
by Dogwatcher
SJABC wrote:Will be off line most of today so be patient !

EASY

1. Which pop star played the title role in the 2006 film Hating Alison Ashley?

2. What is the floral emblem of Australia?

3. What is Australia’s largest inland city?

4. What Aboriginal term for a waterhole is also the name of an Australian clothing company?

5. What do the letters of the television network SBS stand for?

6. What is the name of the original yellow Wiggle?

7. Which bushranger did Sidney Nolan portray in a series of paintings he created in 1946-47?

8. What was the name of the cyclone that devastated Darwin on Christmas Day 1974?

9. What finished second to ‘Advance Australia Fair’ in the 1977 referendum to choose a national song?

10. What natural disaster killed 13 people in Newcastle on December 28, 1989?

MEDIUM

11. Which eminent heart surgeon was murdered in Sydney on July 4, 1991?

12. Which former prime minister once managed a rock band called The Ramrods?

13. What does ASIC stand for?

14. In which city did Australia’s first legal casino open for business in 1973?

15. Which American evangelist visited Australia in 1959, attracting over 3 million people to his ‘crusades’?

16. What worldwide pandemic killed more than 12,000 Australians in 1919?

17. In which South Australian opal-mining town do many residents live underground to escape the heat?

18. Who was Dannii Minogue’s first husband?

19. What was the name of the overweight father in the ‘Life. Be in It’ campaign launched in 1975?

20. Who won silver in the men’s 200-metre freestyle at the Sydney Olympics?

HARD

21. What is the common name of Ornithorhynchus anatinus?

22. Who won the British Open women’s squash title a record 16 times?

23. Which Eureka Stockade leader went on to serve as Speaker of the Victorian Parliament?

24. What was the name of the character played by Mel Gibson in Gallipoli?

25. Which former pearling port is the most westerly town in Western Australia?

26. Who became the first Australian of the Year, in 1960?

27. Which opera singer also won the New South Wales golf championship three times?

28. Which Queensland city was known as Elston until 1933?

29. What was the first album to sell more than one million copies in Australia?

30. Who was the first Australian-born governor-general?

Hopefully MAGS hasn't done this one :lol:


1. delta goodrem
2. Golden wattle
3. Alice
4. billabong
5 Soccer Bl**dy Soccer
7 Ned Kelly
8. Tracey
10 earthquake
11. Victor Chang
12. Paul Keating
13 Australian Securities Investment Commission
14 Hobart
15 Billy Graham
16 Flu
17 Coober Pedy
18 Julian McMahon
19. Norm
20 Hackett
21 platypus
22 Heather McKay
23 Peter Lalor
25 Broome
26 The Seekers
30 Sir Isaac Isaacs

Re: The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:28 pm
by Ash59
I'm only going to add where I don't think the correct answer has been given...

3. Ballarat
9. Waltzing Matilda or God Save the Queen
15. Billy Graham
16. Spanish Influenza
24. Frank Dunne
25. Carnavon
26. Sir MacFarlane Burnett
28. Surfers Paradise

Re: The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:43 pm
by Brock Landers
5. Sex Bullsh!t Soccer :D

Re: The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:31 pm
by Dirko
Thiele wrote:8. Tracey


Correct JT

Re: The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:32 pm
by Dirko
A Mum wrote:1) Delta Goodrem O:)


Correct A Mum

Re: The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:33 pm
by Dirko
Thiele wrote:5. Special Broadcast Service


Close enough JT - Special Broadcasting Service

Re: The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:34 pm
by Dirko
Thiele wrote:11. Victor Chang


Correct JT !

Re: The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:34 pm
by Dirko
A Mum wrote:11) Victor Chang (But I think Thiele answered this just got his numbers mixed up O:) )
17) Coober Pedy :)

Well done, great quiz SJABC


6 & 10 also correct !
Both Correct. Thanks ! :D

Re: The Australian Quiz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:43 pm
by Dirko
Footy Chick wrote:[1. Delta

3. Alice Springs? - :-q

4. Billabong -

5. You mean is isn't Simply Beautiful Sex? :( :ymdaydream:

6. Greg

7. Ned Kelly

8. Tracey

9. I love a sunburt country? or Waltzing Matilda?

10. Earthquake

11. Victor Chang

12. Paul Keating

14. Hobart

16. smallpox? :-q

17. Coober Pedy

18. Julian McMahon

19. Norm


All correct except 3, 5 :lol: & 16