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Quiz about Australiana
Quiz about Australiana

The Ultimate Australiana Quiz | Geography


Australiana is what the Ancient Romans called miscellaneous and curious things about Australia. Sound good?

A multiple-choice quiz by Quacker. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Quacker
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
58,101
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
5
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
3 / 5
Plays
1722
Last 3 plays: Guest 203 (4/5), Guest 1 (3/5), Kiwikaz (4/5).
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Question 1 of 5
1. Which term is used in Southeastern Australia (from north of Sydney, southwards to Melbourne) for Aboriginal people? Hint


Question 2 of 5
2. Melbourne is the birthplace of which three fantastic sports? Hint


Question 3 of 5
3. A pot is a ___ ounce glass of beer. Hint


Question 4 of 5
4. A schooner metric holds 425 ml of what typically Australian beverage? Hint


Question 5 of 5
5. Which of these Australian cities is the furthest away from another city with a population of at least 100,000 people? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which term is used in Southeastern Australia (from north of Sydney, southwards to Melbourne) for Aboriginal people?

Answer: Koorie

A Koorie is the word most often used by Aborigines from south-eastern Australia. Nunga is used in South Australia, Murri in Queensland and the Maori are the original Polynesian inhabitants of New Zealand.
2. Melbourne is the birthplace of which three fantastic sports?

Answer: Test cricket, Australian Rules football and Trugo

Test cricket takes five days and is difficult to explain but extremely rewarding when you understand the tactics, Australian Rules ('footy') is very exciting and can be checked out at afl.com.au and trugo is a strange and sadly dwindling game played on bowling greens which involves the rolling of discs along the lawn with a stick.
3. A pot is a ___ ounce glass of beer.

Answer: 10

A pot is a ten ounce glass of beer. Australia has some lovely beers try to find Holgate and Yarra Valley if you can.
4. A schooner metric holds 425 ml of what typically Australian beverage?

Answer: beer

The word 'schooner' is synonymous with beer and if you were to ask for a schooner of milk, fruit juice or vodka you would get some very strange looks indeed.
5. Which of these Australian cities is the furthest away from another city with a population of at least 100,000 people?

Answer: Perth

Perth, with close to two million people, is the furthest city from the next major city of more than a one hundred thousand people (Adelaide) in the world. Adelaide has over one million people. The Russian car brand, Lada, is inordinately popular in Perth.
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