Queensland Trivia

1. One of the many attractions on the Gold Coast is its world-famous wildlife sanctuary. What is its name?

From Quiz Queensland's Wonderful Gold Coast

Answer: Currumbin

Founded in 1947, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is home to many different native Australian species, including birds, mammals, and reptiles. Every day, in the morning and the afternoon, the public are invited to help feed wild rainbow lorikeets in an event that is free to attend and highly popular. Visitors can also pay to experience close encounters with wildlife, such as crocodile feeding (no, the visitors are not fed to the crocs), dingo walks, and being photographed with koalas.

From Quiz Beautiful Brisbane

Answer: Brisbane

The Brisbane River is the longest river in the south east of the large state of Queensland. This lovely old river is rather slow moving as it meanders its way down to the sea. Unless it's in flood of course. Then it's a thing of terror. The Brissy river, as it is fondly named by the locals, was once noted for its gracious scenery, its fish and the beautiful wild birds that inhabited its banks. Although the scenery and the birds still exist, the fish are possibly gasping for breath by now. The waters aren't exactly blue and pristine looking. It's a capital city though, and all that entails. Catamarans, barges and ferries ply its length on a regular basis, and water skiers delight in its non-threatening waters. The odd shark or two still ventures up its length now and then as well.

From Quiz Brisbane: World City

Answer: Mount Coot-tha

Mount Coot-tha stands 287 metres above sea level, and on a clear day you can see all the way to Moreton Bay, the mouth of the Brisbane River. Mount Coot-tha derives its name from ku-ta, the local aboriginal term for 'place of honey'.

From Quiz Queensland Towns

Answer: Ipswich

Ipswich is the site of RAAF Base Amberley, the Royal Australian Air Force's largest operational base. Ipswich, once used to be the largest city in Queensland and was considered as a location for the capital. It is also well known for its mining operations, and beautiful examples of well restored Queensland houses.

From Quiz The Sunshine State - Queensland

Answer: Brisbane

Brisbane, which is situated on the Brisbane River, has a population of 1.8 million people.

From Quiz The Best of Brisbane

Answer: Lang Park

When Lang Park was renovated into a huge complex it controversially changed its name to Suncorp Stadium. However, to true Brisbane-ers, it will always be known as Lang Park.

From Quiz Places in Queensland

Answer: Toowoomba

My wonderful town, located on the Darling Downs (Queensland's main farming district), is the home of Tabletop Mountain. Tabletop is a flat topped mountain (as you might have guessed), perfectly viewed from Picnic Point, Toowoomba's official lookout and make out spot! : )

From Quiz Fraser Island

Answer: Great Sandy National Park

From Quiz Ipswich, Queensland

Answer: Humid sub-tropical

Also known as a warm temperate climate, Ipswich enjoys hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters. Temperatures will generally be cool overnight and you can expect some heavy storms during the summer. Mean temperatures would range from 24 degrees Centigrade (80 F) in winter through to 35 degrees Centigrade (95.5 F) in summer. Average rainfall is about 760 millimetres (30 inches) each year.

From Quiz More on Queensland

Answer: Koala

The koala is a marsupial.

From Quiz Queensland's Wonderful Gold Coast

Answer: Surfers Paradise

Q1 is a 5-star luxury resort and spa overlooking the sea. One of its notable features is Skypoint, an observation deck 230 metres high with 360-degree views of the Gold Coast. Surfers Paradise is the entertainment and tourist hub of the Gold Coast that provides access to the famous public beaches, as well as nightclubs, hotels, shopping, and many other attractions. The beach is actually one long continuous strip that runs from Main Beach, just north of Surfers Paradise, to Coolangatta, which is the southernmost suburb, buffering the New South Wales border, and is where the Gold Coast airport is located. Southport is the central business district of the Gold Coast.

From Quiz Brisbane: World City

Answer: Brisbane River

John Oxley was the first European to explore the area. He named the river in honour of New South Wales governor Sir Thomas Brisbane in 1823.

From Quiz Brisbane to Cairns

Answer: Australia Zoo

Australia Zoo, home of 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin (sadly killed by a stingray barb) is at Beerwah. The Big Pineapple is further north, at Woombye. Alma Park Zoo was a little south of Australia Zoo, and Dreamworld is south of Brisbane, at Coomera.

From Quiz Queensland Towns

Answer: The Tree of Knowledge

This interesting outback town has a population of about 1900, and is sometimes called the "Garden of the West" due to the fertile soil and unlimited water (supplied primarily by bores). In 2006, the Tree of Knowledge was poisoned when chemicals were poured on the base of the tree and efforts are being made to propagate cuttings taken from the tree before the act.

From Quiz The Sunshine State - Queensland

Answer: Mount Isa

Mount Isa is in the North West of the State, with an area of 42,904 sq km. Once claiming to be the largest city in the world, it is now beaten by Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, and Chongqing in China.

From Quiz The Best of Brisbane

Answer: Rainworth

Rainworth House gave its name to the suburb, which is situated very close to another historic house, Government House.

From Quiz Tropical North Queensland

Answer: Atherton Tablelands

The Atherton Tablelands are a wonderful place to visit and can be cooler than the coast due to their altitude. There you can see many waterfalls, green farmlands and beautiful crater lakes.

From Quiz Queensland Quest

Answer: Gold Coast

The Gold Coast, including the Surfer's Paradise area, is theme park central! A number of theme parks are located there, including Dreamworld, Sea World and Warner Brothers Movie World. Sea World is an award-winning marine park with exhibits ranging from polar bears through to dolphins. A shark exhibit called Shark Bay was opened in 2004, which allows visitors to scuba dive with sharks or (for those of us happy to stay on dry land!) walk through a tunnel and watch the sharks cruising through the water above.

From Quiz More on BrisVegas

Answer: St Stephen's

St Stephen's is the oldest church in Brisbane.

From Quiz Places in Queensland

Answer: Sunshine Coast

The Sunshine Coast is the pineapple growing district of Queensland. Here you will find a HUGE pineapple, that you can walk up and into. A must if you are going to be in the area.

From Quiz Fraser Island

Answer: Maheno

The Maheno was being towed north to Japan for scrap when the towline snapped during a cyclone.

From Quiz Ipswich, Queensland

Answer: Red stemmed gum

The red stemmed gum, which is also known as the Sydney red gum, rusty gum or smooth-barked apple, grows proficiently along the banks of the river running through the city of Ipswich. The name Coodjirar comes from the local Yugarabul language (also known as Ugarapul), one of the two main Aboriginal languages of south-east Queensland. The other is Jagara, also known as Jagera and Yagara. Apart from the Ipswich City Council boundaries, the region for this language also extends to Scenic Rim Regional Council and the Brisbane City Council. The first European to explore the Ipswich area was Captain Patrick Logan in 1826. Logan was the commander of the Moreton Bay penal colony at the time. The settlement was established a year later with the name Limestone Hills, which would be changed to Ipswich, after the town in England, in 1843.

From Quiz Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia

Answer: The Bruce Highway

The Gillies Highway also starts in Gordonvale it connects with the Artherton Tablelands in the west?

From Quiz Queensland's Wonderful Gold Coast

Answer: Odditorium

I've never heard of any venues named after the three other answers, but if one ever opens, I want credit for coming up with the idea! Ripley's museum contains many weird and wonderful exhibits, such as real shrunken heads, and hands-on interactive galleries.

From Quiz Beautiful Brisbane

Answer: Mount Coot-tha

Though given the honorary title of a mountain, Mount Coot-tha is more of a hill really. You can easily drive to the top, or ride a pushbike if you're feeling energetic. It only rises 287 metres above sea level, which, for some peculiar reason, always embarrasses me if I have to give its height, BUT there's a wonderful advantage to its stubbiness. There are glorious views right out over Brisbane, far more intimate than those of a much taller mountain - and at night, that view all over the glittering wonderland below, is just breathtaking. Mount Coot-tha is known for its parks, the odd waterfall or two, and its television and radio towers.

From Quiz Brisbane: World City

Answer: Milan, Italy

Milan, Italy covers a slightly smaller area of 1464 square kilometers. In 2016, however, it had a population almost double that of Brisbane at almost 4 million people.

From Quiz Brisbane's Burgeoning Bridges

Answer: The bridge has no official name

Believe it or not, the bridge has no official name! Queensland Rail (QR), who operates the bridge, states that they call it the 'Indooroopilly Rail Bridge'. However, as stated above, the bridge was never officially named when it opened in June 1958. During construction, QR simply referred to it as the 'new bridge'. As this is a contentious local issue, my source (which cites the Lord Mayor's office and QR on the subject) is as follows: http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s1727736.htm Of the other choices, the Bremer Bridge does not exist, however, its name is a corruption of Ipswich's Bremer River Bridge. The Bremer River flows into the Brisbane River at a junction named Barella Point, which is upstream from the first bridge in this quiz. The Westgate Bridge is located in Melbourne, and was the site of a bridge collapse during construction in 1970, killing 35 workers. The Pamphlett Bridge crosses Oxley Creek, a tributary of the Brisbane River, in the suburb of Tennyson.

From Quiz Queensland Towns

Answer: Mt Isa

Mount Isa is among the world's largest cities in the world by area, as an example, the town of Camooweal located 188km to the west is actually a suburb of the city. Mount Isa is also of course famous for its vast mineral deposits of silver, lead, copper and zinc and associated mining operations.

From Quiz The Sunshine State - Queensland

Answer: 4 million

The population was officially declared four million on December 9, 2005. It is believed that by 2051, Queensland's population will be the second largest in Australia, second to New South Wales.

From Quiz The Best of Brisbane

Answer: Mt Coot-tha

Mount Coot-tha is home to some wonderful picnic areas and walking trails. For the very fittest, cycling or jogging up the mountain is always a great challenge!

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