'J' is for Sir Joh - Spellbinding Orator Quiz

Answer: Jackey-Jackey

William Westwood was born in 1820 in England and transported in 1837. He escaped in 1840 and teamed up with Paddy Curran, a bushranger.

When he was captured, he was sentenced to life but he kept escaping from many of the prisons. On Norfolk Island he organised a prisoner revolt protesting against the prevailing conditions. At this riot several officials were killed and consequently he was hanged on 13th October 1846, aged 26.

Just before his death, he wrote a letter to the chaplain at Port Arthur regarding the conditions at Norfolk Island that helped to close down this penal colony.

Answer: False

John Dory is a name of a fish found off the east and south coasts of Australia. It is green or brown with a large black spot on both sides of its body. Jurien Bay is in Western Australia; 293 km from Perth and fishing is its main industry.

Answer: John

Malcolm Fraser was Prime Minister from 1975 to 1983. Mr Fraser was born in 1930 in Victoria but grew up in New South Wales and in 1943 he relocated with his family to Victoria. He graduated from university in 1949 in philosophy, politics and economics. After his political defeat, he retired but became active in human rights and international politics.

Answer: Jackson

Mark Jackson played for Geelong during the 1984-1986 seasons. He played 31 matches and kicked 115 goals. Apart from his colourful style and abilities on the football scene, he was well known for his battery ads.

Answer: Australian sea wasp

The box jellyfish has up to 60 tentacles and each one of these contains millions of poisonous cells, making it the most venomous jellyfish in the world. Its bell is usually not more than 15cm across.

This jellyfish is mostly found in Australia's northern waters. One death a year can be attributed to it as their cardiotoxic venom can paralyse a person's heart in 30 seconds.

Answer: John Watson

The order of the above Prime Ministers is:
John Watson: 1904 (Labor)
Joseph Cook: 1913-1914 (Liberal)
James Scullin: 1929-1932 (Labor)
Joseph Lyons: 1932-1939 (United Australia: UAP-Country Coalition)

John Watson was 37 years old when he became Prime Minister. He was Australia's first PM that was foreign born as he was born on a ship in a Chile harbour. He was Prime Minister from April to August 1904 but lost the leadership over an arbitration issue.

Answer: Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons

The band members of "Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons" were Joe Camilleri -vocals, sax, guitar; Jeff Burstin and Tony Faehse - guitar, and John McInerny - drums. Their first album in 1977 was "Don't Waste It" and their first hit was "Hit and Run" in 1979. After the band broke up in 1983, Joe Camilleri was then associated with the "Black Sorrows".

Answer: A worker employed on a station/property

Jackaroo is a term that originated in the nineteenth century for inexperienced British colonists or to young men gaining experience on stations. It is still used today. The female version is jillaroo.

Answer: True

In this census, the statistics for the above religions were:
Judaism: 40,389 - males and 43,604 - females
Jehovah's Witness: 5,684 - males and 45,385 - females
The Catholic and Anglican religions were the dominant faiths.

Answer: Practise medicine in Western Australia

Roberta Henrietta Margaretta Jull was born in Scotland in 1872 and died in Australia in 1961. Apart from being the first woman to practise medicine in Western Australia, she was a foundation member of British Medical Association of WA in 1897. Dr Jull was also a Member of the Australian delegation to League of Nations Congress in 1928. Roberta Jull is the mother of author Henrietta Drake-Brockman.

Answer: 4th

Mt Kosciusko is Australia's highest mountain with an elevation of 2,230m. Mt Jagungal is the fourth highest being 2,060m high. Both of these mountains are in New South Wales. Mt Townsend has a height of 2,210m and Mount Twynham is 2,196m.

Answer: Jack

The top girls names based upon their occurrences Australia wide for January 2003 were: Jessica 17, Jenna 3, Jasmine 7, and Jemma 3. The overall most popular was Olivia 26, Emily 20 and Isabella 20.

The boys most popular 'J' names were: Jack 37, Joshua 25, James 24, and Jordan 14. The only other boy name that had a high rating was William which was given 27 times.

Answer: Film made in the 1950s

"Jedda" (1955) was the first colour movie made by an Australian company. This movie was based upon Aborigines in the Northern Territory and the content caused controversy for it showed clashes of the two cultures.

It broke many grounds in Australia's film industry; one being that Aboriginal actors played the lead roles for the first time. "Jedda" was also the first Australian film to be shown at the Cannes Film Festival.

Answer: Jeparit

Jeparit is situated 375 kms from Melbourne. It was founded as a village in the 1870s and proclaimed a town in 1902. Jeparit's Aboriginal name means 'a small bird'. Jeparit has the largest fresh water lake in Victoria, being 14,000 hectares.

Sir Robert Menzies, a former Prime Minister, was born and educated there.

Answer: July

(a) Pauline Hanson was charged after allegations of an illegal registration of the political party 'One Nation'.

(b) On 19th July, 23 illegal immigrants absconded through a drain from Villawood Detention Centre, Sydney, New South Wales.

(c) Medical authorities stated that Darren Meehan from Alice Springs in Northern Territory survived the highest level of poisoning that has ever been recorded in Australia.

Answer: New South Wales

Jenolan Caves are located 183 kms west of Sydney. This feature is a series of 11 deep and subterranean limestone caves.

In 1841 James Whalan, who accidentally found them when he was tracking a bushranger to his hideout, reported their existence. Whalan dubbed them 'Devil's Coachhouse' but they were renamed in 1884.

Answer: Jockey

Les Boots was a South Australian jumps jockey. He was regarded so accident prone that his wife would pack his pyjamas before a meet as he would often end up in hospital. He had 39 rides and 40 falls. The fortieth fall occurred when he remounted his horse after falling off, and fell off again.

Answer: John Farnham

John Farnham won this award for "Whispering Jack". At these Awards, he also won 'Best Selling Australian Single' for "You're the Voice". The other awards for that year at the ARIA's that he won were: 'Best Australian Male Artist', 'Best Australian Single', 'Best Australian Album', and 'Highest Selling Australian Album'.

Answer: Snowy River

Hugh Jackman was first seen in "Snowy River" in 1993. It was 1995 when he appeared in episodes of "Corelli" and "Blue Heelers"; and "Halifax" was in 1997.

He was born in 1968 in Sydney. Deborah-Lee Furness became his wife in 1996, which he met whilst taping "Corelli". In 2002, "People Magazine" voted Hugh Jackman as one of the most 50 beautiful people in the world. He also gained a Golden Globe Nomination in 2002 for 'Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy' for his role in the movie "Kate and Leopold" (2001).

Answer: No

Officially, Japan bombed Darwin 12 times from 19th February 1942 to 21st August 1943. These raids killed 240 people and 11 ships were sunk. Perth was never invaded nor bombed during WW11.

Another place where the Japanese forces impacted upon Australia was in Sydney Harbour when miniature Japanese submarines entered. Different data cites that Darwin was bombed in over 60 raids from 19th February 1942 to 12th November 1943.

Figures differ as the Government suppressed the truth and presented lesser figures of deaths and raids because they did not want outbursts of panic/fear etc., at the time and thus the figures used today are not in total agreement with each other.