WHAT'S AUSTRALIA DAY WITHOUT A QUIZ ABOUT AUSTRALIA

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56. Murimbidgee Irrigation Area

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63. In what year was Australia’s first bank established? 1817
65. When did Australia’s regular postal service begin? 1838
70. When was the first Commonwealth Census held? 1901
72. When was the first Speedo swimming costume made? 1928

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Q59 Tom Roberts
Q62 Hunter
Q63 1812
Q64 Macquarie Place 1827
Q65 1828
Q67 1863
Q68 Melbourne 1896
Q69 1906
Q70 1911
Q72 1926
Q75 1923
Q76 1985
Q80 1910
Q82 1850
Q90 George Nicholas & Henry Smith
Q93 Ern Malley

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Australia Day Quiz,

EASY
1. In which year was the Bicentenary of White Settlement in Australia? 1988
2. What is the first line of Advance Australia Fair? AUSTRALIANS ALL LET US REJOICE
3. When was Australia’s Centenary of Federation? 2001
4. Who was the first Governor of NSW? GOVERNOR ARTHUR PHILLIP
5. In which modern country will you find Gallipoli? TURKEY
6. When did Sydney host the Olympics? 2000
7. When was television first introduced in Australia? 1956
8. What was the name of the architect who won the competition for the design of Canberra? WALTER BURLEY GRIFFIN
9. When was the Sydney Opera House completed? 1972
10. In 1983, an Australian syndicate won the America’s Cup. With which sport is this trophy associated? SAILING/YACHTING
11. On what date did Australian troops land at Gallipoli? APRIL 25TH 1915
12. When was Parliament House opened in Canberra? 1927
13. Who wrote the 1918 classic The Magic Pudding? NORMAN LINDSEY
14. Which ingredient forms the basis for Vegemite? YEAST
15. Who is regarded as the “Father of Federation”? HENREY PARKES
16. With which field of endeavour is Charles Kingsford Smith associated? AVIATION
17. Who wrote the short story The Loaded Dog? HENRY LAWSON
18. What, according to the title of the song, did Rolf Harris claim the dying stockman wanted you to do? TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN SPORT
19. Professor Graeme Clark is credited with developing the cochlear implant. With which part of the human body is this associated? THE EAR
20. By what name was Uluru previously known? AYERS ROCK
21. With which sport was the term ‘Bodyline’ associated? CRICKET
22. Legendary Australian singer/songwriter David Gordon Kirkpatrick was better known by what other name? SLIM DUSTY
23. Who was the first Australian-born Governor-General? SIR ISAAC ISAACS
24. Who designed the Sydney Opera House? JOERN UTZON
25. In 1981 Dr Sutherland from Melbourne developed antivenom for the deadliest of all Australian spiders. Which spider is this? FUNNEL WEB SPIDER
26. Who was the first governor of Tasmania or Van Diemens Land? GEORGE ARTHUR
27. Soldiers of the Cross was a 1900 Australian production, widely considered the first ever feature film. Which religious group funded it? THE SALVATION ARMY
28. Which Australian capital city is situated on the Swan River? PERTH W.A.
29. What does the abbreviation ACT stand for? AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
30. Name the 1995 film about a pig that thought it was a sheep dog? BABE

MEDIUM

31. Who was the first person to circumnavigate around Australia? MATHEW FLINDERS
32. In what year did Cyclone Tracey devastate Darwin? 1974
33. What uniquely Australian game was first played in Melbourne in 1850? AUSSIE RULES FOOTBALL
34. Who wrote the words to ‘Waltzing Matilda’? BANJO PATTERSON
35. Who was Australia’s first Governor-General? LORD HOPETOUN
36. Which television personality has won the most Gold Logies? GRAHAM KENNEDY
37. In 1922 what Australian airline began regular flights between Charleville and Cloncurry in QLD? QANTAS
38. In which year did Melbourne host the Olympics? 1956
39. In 1987 Kay Cottee set out from Sydney in her yacht in her bid to do what? 1ST WOMAN TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD
40. On 3 September 1901, Lady Hopetoun, wife of Australia’s first Governor- General, opened a display of the entries for what public competition? THE AUSTRALIANFLAG
41. Who was the first woman elected to parliament in Australia? DAME EDITH COWAN
42. A combined NSW and Victoria cricket team first defeated England in what year? 1877
43. In 1906, Australia produced one of the world’s first feature films. Made by the Tait Brothers, it was the story of which famous bushranging gang? THE KELLY GANG
44. Where was the first sitting of Australia’s Parliament? VICTORIA HOUSE OF PARLIMENT. MELBOURNE
45. How many Melbourne Cups did Phar Lap win? ONE
46. With what 1945 invention is Adelaidean Lance Hill associated? THE HILLS HOIST
47. The last surviving ANZAC died in 2002 at the age of 103. What was his name? ALEC CAMPBELL
48. What was the name of the man who rode up on a horse and opened the Sydney Harbour Bridge by slicing a ribbon with a sword, preventing NSW Premier Jack Lang from opening the bridge? FRANCIS DE GROOT
49. Who directed The Piano, which won three Academy Awards and two Cannes Film Festi val awards in 1993? JANE CAMPION
50. Name Australia’s first female premier? CARMAN LAWRENCE
51. In 1952, Mervyn Victor Richardson invented what common gardening equipment? THE VICTOR LAWN MOWER
52. Who became known as the ‘Flogging Parson’? REV. SAMUEL MARSDEN
53. Which Australian singer/songwriter is the musical ‘The Boy from Oz’ based on? PETER ALLEN
54. Who was the first Australian to win the Victoria Cross in WWI? ALBERT JACKA
55. What is the population of NSW approx.? 6.9 MILLION
56. Griffith in New South Wales is part of the MIA. What does MIA stand for? MURRUMBIDGEE IRRIGATION AREA
57. In which year did Hobart’s Tasman Bridge collapse? 1975
58. How many Labor Prime Ministers have there been since Federation? WAS 10 BUT NOW 11 WITH KEVIN RUDD
59. Which Australian painter painted the initial opening of Parliament in 1901? TOM ROBERTS

HARD

60. In what year did Advance Australia Fair become Australia’s official national anthem? 1984
61. Who was Australia’s second Prime Minister? ALFRED DEAKIN
62. Who was the second Governor of NSW? GOVERNOR HUNTER
63. In what year was Australia’s first bank established? 1812 BANK OF N.S.W.
64. 1826 saw Australia’s first street lamp lit. Where was it lit? MAQUARIE PLACE SYDNEY
65. When did Australia’s regular postal service begin? 1828
66. Which state had Australia’s first railway? N.S.W.
67. When was the first railway line linking Australia’s east coast (Sydney) with the west coast (Perth)? 1863
68. When was the first motion picture shown in Australia and where? 1896 MELBOURNE
69. When was the first driver’s licence issued? 1906 TO AN A.HARGREAVES IN ADELAIDE
70. When was the first Commonwealth Census held? 3RD APRIL 1911
71. Which city had the first traffic lights installed in 1933? SYDNEY
72. When was the first Speedo swimming costume made? 1926
73. When was colour television first introduced into Australian homes? 1975
74. In 1921, Ginger Meggs made his first appearance. Who created and drew Ginger? JIM BANCKS
75. When was Douglas Mawson’s expedition to the Antarctic? 1923
76. When was Australia’s first domestic communications satellite launched from Cape Canaveral in USA? 27TH AUGUST 1985
77. In which year was Halley’s comet last seen in Australian skies? 1986
78. When was the $1 coin introduced? 1984
79. In 1987 Dick Smith became the first person to reach the North Pole by air. What type of aircraft did he use to get there? HELICOPTER
80. When did women gain the right to vote in Federal elections? 1910
81. Who was the first Aboriginal Federal Member of Parliament, and in which year was he appointed? SIR NEVILLE BONNER IN1971
82. When did transportation to Western Australia start? 1850
83. When was the first Sydney to Hobart yacht race? 1945
84. In 1984 the world’s first frozen embryo baby was born in which Australian city? ADELAIDE
85. Who established the Royal Flying Doctor Service? JOHN FLYNN
86. Who played the title role of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert? THE BUS
87. Opened on 1 January 1825, Richmond Bridge is the oldest bridge in Australia. Name the state where it is found? TASMANIA
88. Which Prime Minister replaced Robert Menzies, when he retired from politics in 1966? HAROLD HOLT
89. What is the biggest selling Australian song by an Australian artist? SHADDUP YOUR FACE / JOE DOLCE
90. Name the Australian credited with developing Asprin in 1915? GEORGE NICHOLAS WITH THE HELP FROM HENRY WOOLF SMITH
91. Dr David Warren developed in 1954 a device which can be found on every aircraft today. What is it? BLACK BOX FLIGHT RECORDER
92. What was the original name of Darwin? PALMERSTON
93. What was the name of the poet concocted by James McAulay and Harold Stewart, in a hoax perpetrated during the Second World War? ERN MALLEY
94. What does BHP stand for? BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY
95. Who coined the term ‘black armband’ history, during a talk at Warrnambool, Victoria? PROFESSOR GEOFFREY BLAINEY
96. In what year did Australians Evonne Goolagong and John Newcombe win Wimbledon singles titles? 1971
97. Which Australian is regarded as the pioneer of refrigeration? JOHN HARRISON
98. What is the population of australia approx.? JUST OVER 21 MILLION APPROX.
99. On which Scottish Island was Governor Lachlan Macquarie born? ULVA
100. Hollywood actor, Errol Flynn, was born in which Australian state? TASMANIA

END OF QUIZ