STRL WTHT VWLS (Australia Without Vowels) Quiz

Answer: Adelaide

Adelaide, first settled in 1836, lies between the Gulf of St Vincent on the west to the Adelaide Hills in the east. It has the dual unusual features of being one of the few state capitals that was not a penal colony and it is one of the few planned cities in Australia.

Answer: Babe

"Babe"(1995) was an Australian blockbuster movie grossing $36 million domestically and $254 million world-wide. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. It won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.

Answer: We of the Never Never

Jeannie (Aeneas) Gunn published her autobiographical novel about life on a station 400 miles south of Darwin in the Northern Territory. She was the first white woman to settle in the area. The term "Never Never" is a term for the Australian outback made famous by the poet, Barcroft Boake's poem, "Where the Dead Men Lie" (1897).

Answer: Ita Buttrose

Ita Buttrose's claim to fame was in the '70s as founding editor of "Cleo" a magazine aimed at young Australian females which featured (at the time) controversial frank sexual content. She went on to be the Editor of the "Australian Women's Weekly" taking it to be the world's best selling magazine per capita.

Answer: Icehouse

Icehouse, first known as Flowers, is an Australian rock band first formed in 1977. Their first album, when they were still called Flowers was called "Icehouse". Because they had to change their name as there was another band with a similar name, they simply took the name of the album, which also contained a hit called "Icehouse"(1980).

Therefore Icehouse must be one of the few bands with a band name, album name and hit all with the same name. Icehouse had a string of hits but perhaps their most well known song is, "Great Southern Land"(1982).

Answer: Kangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island is Australia's third largest island, behind Tasmania and Melville Island in the Northern Territory. It was once connected to the mailand but lost its aboriginal population when it separated.

Answer: New Zealand Fur Seals

Australian Sea Lions (Neophoca cinerea) are found only on the south coasts of Western and South Australia. They are vulnerable with only 15 000 remaining. They are protected by law and their habitats are often zoned as national parks or conservation areas.
New Zealand Fur Seals (Arctocephalus forsteri)are found on the southern coast of Australia and around the South Island of New Zealand. They are sometimes called Australian Fur Seals or Southern Fur Seals.
Sea lions and seals are never found in the same place on Kangaroo Island. They each have their own discrete colonies. Ironically, the biggest sea lion colony on Kangaroo Island is found at Seal Bay.

Answer: Sydney Sixers

Twenty 20 cricket is a new form of the game as each side bowls only 20 overs each so a game lasts about 3 1/2 hours instead of eight hours for a 50 overs one-day match and up to five days for a test match. The Brisbane Heat won the competition in 2012-2013 (Yay!). The Sydney Sixers won the competition the year before in its inaugural season.

Answer: meat pie

The ubiquitous meat pie is the unofficial snack food of Australia. While there are required standards about the meat content of a pie, there is no standard about the quality of the meat which is always disguised in a rich gravy. The pie also has thick pastry so it can be eaten in one hand (so you can have a beer in the other).

Answer: Opal

Australia produces about 97% of all the world's opal. The most valuable opal, black opal is found mainly near Lightning Ridge in Northern New South Wales.