T Is For "The Truth" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson was born in 1940 in Sydney and his birth name was John Payne. He started acting in the 1960's. Two of his movies are "Man From Snowy River" (1982) and "Sunday Too Far Away" (1975). Many females (of all ages) never missed an episode of "Spyforce" (1970-1971) just to watch him sweating and flexing through the jungle.

The first edition of "Cleo" was in November 1972.

Answer: True

The first TAB was opened in Victoria on 11th March 1961. This legalised off course betting and helped to eliminate the black-money SP network and bookies.

Answer: 315 km

This river is in the southern part of Northern Territory and it flows through to Alice Springs and then onwards to it reaches the Hale River (which drives up in the Simpson Desert). It was named after Sir Charles Heavitree Todd who was the engineer in charge of the Overland Telegraph construction.

Answer: No

Thursday Island is one of the islands that come under Australia's jurisdiction and is the administrative centre for the Torres Strait Islands. The location of Thursday Island is 40 km northwest of Cape York.

Captain William Bligh originally named it Wednesday Island, as that was the day he sighted it, but an Admiralty mapmaker in London mistakenly printed the island's name as Thursday Island therefore he essentially named this island.

Answer: Tiger Birds

The tiger snake is one of Australia's lethal snakes but now deaths are minimal as there is an antivenene. They average a length of one to one and a half meters but in Tasmania and the Bass Strait Islands, they can grow up to two meters. The following tiger snakes are recorded in the ten most venomous snakes list in Australia: eastern tiger snake (found on the eastern side of Australia), riesvie tiger snake and the western tiger snake (both are found Australia wide).

The tiger shark is regarded as very dangerous to man and is found in Australia's waters.

The common tiger prawn is also known as the jumbo prawn and lives in the waters of Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia. They can grow up 33cm but mostly average 23cm.

Answer: True

Truganini is believed to have been the last full-blooded Aborigine that died in Tasmania. She was also known as Lalla Rookh and was a daughter of the chief of Bruny Island.

In 1836, Truganini and the remaining 16 Aborigines went to Oyster Bay, Tasmania; but by the year 1873 she was the only survivor. She died in Hobart in 1876.

Despite her wishes, the Tasmanian Museum displayed her skeleton from 1904 until 1947 but on 8th May 1976, her bones were cremated and the ashes were scattered over the D'Entrecasteauz Channel.

Answer: thongs

Thongs are called zenobias in Syria. Thongs became popular again when Kylie Minogue rode a giant thong in the 2000 closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympics.

Answer: 18

The ships that transported the provisions and livestock were the "Golden Grove", "Fishburn" and the "Borrowdale". All these ships arrived two days after the convict ships at Botany Bay (Victoria). The "Golden Grove" and "Fishburn" were built in 1780 but the "Borrowdale" was built in 1785 - the "Borrowdale" and "Fishburn" each had four guns but the "Golden Grove" had none.

Some of the other livestock that landed with the First Fleet were 29 geese, 35 ducks, 122 fowls, 87 chickens, kittens, puppies, 4 mares, 2 stallions, 4 cows, 1 bull, 1 bull calf, 44 sheep, 19 goats, 32 hogs, and 5 rabbits. Cited from "The Great Aussie Fact Book" compiled by Belinda Edwards.

Answer: Tennis

Her partner was Elizabeth Smylie. Tennis was reintroduced in 1988 and it allowed professionals to compete. It was played as an exhibition sport at the 1968 and 1984 Olympic Games.

Answer: True

Tim Tams are Australia's favourite chocolate biscuit. They were named after a horse that ran in the 1958 Kentucky Derby but it was not until 1963 when they were first placed on the market.

It is estimated that roughly 30 million packets are sold per year, thus 300 million biscuits are eaten yearly, equating to two packs per Australian.

Answer: Gangster

Squizzy Taylor's given name was Leslie. He was a notorious gangster in the 1920's. He terrorised both the members of the criminal world as well as the police. He was a member of the Sydney razor gang and a bank robber in Melbourne. He was killed in 1927 in a gunfight with another underworld rival 'Snowy' Cutmore.

Answer: Queensland

Texas is 328 km southwest of Brisbane and situated on the Dumaresq River. Tobacco is a major crop grown in the area. Texas also has the southern hemisphere's largest ostrich farm.

Answer: Yes

This is now illegal to play except on Anzac Day and at casinos. This game revolves around coins being tossed up and bets are then placed on whether heads, tails or one of each, will land.

Two Up originated from an old English game called pitch-and-toss, which was brought over by the first fleet. Two Up was very popular in the First World War and somewhat during the Second, hence the reason why it is allowed on Anzac Day.

Answer: Bud

'Bud' Tingwell was born in 1923, and is regarded as an esteemed actor and director. He has worked in theatre, film and television. Some of his movies are "Eliza Fraser" (1976), "Breaker Morant" (1980), "The Castle" (1997) and "The Dish"(2000).

Answer: Toothache

The full remedy (cited from "Australian Colonial Cookery" by Penelope Vigar) is "Saturate a small bit of clean cotton wool with a strong solution of ammonia, and apply it immediately to the affected tooth. The pleasing contrast instantaneously produced in some cases causes a fit of laughter, although a moment of previous extreme suffering and anguish prevailed."

Answer: True

The Twelve Apostles can be seen on Victoria's coastline between Anglesea and Peterborough. The harsh waters of the Great Southern Ocean have aided in the formation of these rock formations. There were eight formations, but one collapsed in 2006.

Answer: Townsville

Townsville's population was 130,001 and Toowoomba's was 87,644. In 2000, Townsville was the sixth major centre and Toowoomba was ranked 10th within Australia. Both of these cities are in Queensland.

Answer: 17

Ian Thorpe, also known as the 'Thorpedo' was born in 1982. He became the youngest person at 14 years old to qualify for the Australian swimming team. In 2000 he was bestowed the title "Young Australian of the Year".

In the Sydney Olympic Games he became the most successful swimmer since 1972 when Shane Gould dominated; winning gold in the 200m freestyle, 4 x 100m and 4 x 200m freestyle and silver in the 400m freestyle and 4 x 100m relay.

Answer: 240 km

Tasmania is the island state of Australia that is situated south of Victoria. Bass Strait separates these two states. Tasmania is Australia's smallest state but its second oldest.

Tasmania's area is 67,000 sq km and this encompasses King Island, Furneaux and Hunter groups and Macquarie Island. Tasmania's floral emblem is the flowering blue gum.

The first permanent settlement in Tasmania was established in 1803.

Answer: Adaminaby, New South Wales

Ballina, New South Wales has the 'Big Prawn'. Kimba's monument is the 'Big Galah' and Dysart in Queensland choose the 'Big Winch'.