Is it an island or is it a continent? Today's quiz is all about Australia. As per usual, the answers may be found in the comments section.
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1) In which Australian state is Brisbane located?
2) Name this famous Australian singer - not the green fellow on the right!
3) Once known as Ayers Rock, what is this big rock in the middle of Australia now called?
(a) Didgeridoo (b) Kangaroo Rock
(c) Coochicoo (d) Uluru
4) Please name this famous Australian film actor.
5) What is the current population of Australia?
(a) 5,855,102 (b) 11,945,666 (c) 26,799,251 (d) 52,140,386
6) There are over 330 different marsupials in Australia but what is this one?
7) "Waltzing Matilda" is an iconic Australian song. This is the first line with one word missing: "Once a jolly ............... camped by a billabong" What is that missing word?
(a) squatter (b) swagman (c) pommie (d) jumbuck
8) Viewed from above, what is this very famous Australian sight?
9) Annually, which city hosts the Australian Open tennis tournament every January?
10) Australia is a very big country but in terms of land area how much bigger is it than California?
(a) Twice as big (b) Six times as big
(c) Sixteen times as big (d) Thirty six times as big
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That's it. How did you do?
ANSWERS
ReplyDelete1. Queensland
2. Kylie Minogue
3. (d) Uluru
4. Chris Hemsworth
5.(c) 26,799,251
6. wombat
7. (b) swagman
8. Sydney Opera House
9. Melbourne
10. (c) Sixteen times as big
Too easy for me though I still missed 4 cos I couldn't be bothered pondering who it was (knew it was one of those actors who's made the superhero leap; I don't really follow superhero franchises) and had to think a bit about 10 (for me that's a question about California rather than about Oz).
ReplyDeleteI imagined you would be a big Chris Hemsworth fan!
DeleteAs if.
DeleteI can't resist adding that there's a little bit of show-biz historical demographics in your choices of Kylie and Hemsworth. Kylie is about the last generation of show-biz types who made the jump to the UK to further her international career. These days (like the Hemsworths, who also came out of Oz soaps) they generally make a bee-line for LA.
That seems to me an symptom of the attenuation of Australia's onetime "mother country" relationship with the UK. This was a long time coming - Australia's turn to the USA as its protector after the fall of Singapore was one pivot point. Later, it was the "mother" who rejected her offspring when she ran off with the EU, though preceding cutting of the apron-strings to Commonwealth citizens of one type or another in the 1960s also responded to "rivers of blood"-type opposition to, no real dodging of this possible, "darkie" immigrants. "Whitey" Australians were maybe bycatch in this, though truth to tell, Mum had probably lost interest in her offspring anyway.
Which probably means this is a topic of more interest to me than to you.
I missed #2. You on the other hand were wrong about #4. I believe his correct name is Yummy:)
ReplyDeleteI may or may not have cheated. I'm not telling
What? You cheated with Chris Hemsworth? Have you confessed to The Big Guy?
DeleteI had no idea about #10.
ReplyDeleteI like this quiz, I did better than usual
Hopefully you got number two!
DeleteYes, I did 😊
DeleteI missed #10, having no idea about how much bigger we are than California. But I got all the others, yay me!
ReplyDeleteAustralians should get 10/10 on this quiz! Not 9/10!
DeleteAmazingly, I got five right. No idea about the actor, or the size of population and comparison with California, and I know there is a song called Waltzing Matilda, but to my knowledge, I have never heard it, let alone know the lyrics.
ReplyDeleteI have known "Waltzing Matilda" all my life. Out of curiosity why not listen to it yourself? The English is quite challenging.
Delete8 out of 10 today.
ReplyDeleteExcellent JayCee.
Delete7/10.....didn't get 4, 5 or 10.
ReplyDeleteThey were probably the hardest questions.
DeleteDidnt get 4,9 or 10. Must try harder
ReplyDeleteOr do more homework young lady!
Delete7/10.
ReplyDeleteAnother good effort Carol!
DeleteI got 7 out of 10 correct. I actually knew the last one as I was in Australia back in 2011 (I think) and the tour director held up a map of Australia overlaying a map of the USA. She made us realize just how big Australia is.
ReplyDeleteWell remembered from thirteen years back!
DeleteYou would be so disappointed in me if I did not get a perfect score, and I did, but the final question had me wondering as I did some mental size mapping.
ReplyDeleteWoohoo! You did not let your country/continent down!
Delete7/10 and 2 were lucky guesses. Out of curiosity, I did look up the words you mentioned in the "Waltzing Matilda" question and learned some local lingo. Also, Australia related but not to your quiz, I have made ANZAC biscuits. Enjoy your day!
ReplyDeleteYeah - jumbuck is a sheep I believe. Good effort Diaday.
DeleteNot my subject, only 3 correct.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what your subject is David... American Law as it concerns the elderly or Aviation?
Delete6/10. Not too bad for an old woman from south Arkansas.
ReplyDeleteSix proves you do not have early onset dementia Kelly!
DeleteI got 3, 7 and 8 right. The rest left me . . . out back.
ReplyDelete5/10 and 2 were guesses, Neil!
ReplyDeleteDear God. I had no idea a wombat would get so big!
ReplyDeleteOnly 4 out of 10. My quiz results don't improve.
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