"W" is for Wonglepong Trivia Quiz

Answer: Benson and Hedges

Stuart Wagstaff came to Australia from Britain in 1958 when he was playing Professor Higgins in the play "My Fair Lady". Though "When Only the Best Will Do" is credited to him as his catch phrase, he never said it. It was a voice over by another person at the end of the commercial.

Answer: Wandin Valley

"A Country Practice" (1981-1993) was actually filmed in Emerald, Victoria and is a soap opera that depicted life in a rural town in New South Wales. It focuses on the local hospital, medical staff, a veterinary practice and a few town people. Some of the main cast members were Shane Porteous, Penny Cook, Lorrae Desmond and Brian Wenzell.

Answer: Wallaman

This waterfall is located west of Ingham. It is 305m in height of a total descent of 350m. It is situated on the Stony Creek, which is a tributary of Herbert River. Wallaman Falls is also known as Stony Creek Falls.

Answer: 'Banjo' Paterson

'Banjo' Paterson penned the words at Dagworth Station near Winton in Queensland. The music was originally a Scottish marching tune. "Waltzing Matilda" was first sung in 1895 in the township of Winton.

Answer: Willy-Willy Bird

Weedy sea-dragons are included in the same family as sea horses and pipefish. The weedy sea-dragon is only found in Australian waters. They are larger (they grow to 45cm) and more brightly coloured than sea horses, have spines on their heads and they extend their body to form a camouflaging leaf-like structure. Like sea horses, the male cares for the eggs.
The wood adder is another name for the gecko. A gecko is a small lizard.
The whistling spider (or tarantula) is the largest spider in Australia. They are not dangerous but are huge, hairy and are light brown in colour. They make their noise by scraping their palps and fangs together.

Answer: 1913

"Weeties" is a packaged breakfast cereal that is one of Australia's oldest that is still available. "Weeties" contains no other ingredient but wheat grain flakes.

Answer: Warburton

The Warburton River is in the northeast of South Australia that flows into Lake Eyre when it is not dry.

The township of Warburton is 77km east of Melbourne and is surrounded by the Great Dividing Range. It was established in the 1880s and by the 1900s, it had become a popular tourist town. The current population of Warburton is approximately 2,500 people. This town was named after Charles Warburton Carr, who was a magistrate.

The Warburton Range is located in Western Australia and is 560km northeast of Laverton. It is one of several ranges that are grouped together that runs west/east between the Gibson and Great Victoria Deserts. These ranges were named after Peter Warburton who was an explorer.

Answer: What A Nuisance

*What A Nuisance won in 1985 and Peter Hyland was the jockey.
*Wodalla won the Melbourne Cup in 1953 and the jockey was J Purtell.
*Welkin Sun was second in the 1952 race and the 1952 winner was a horse named Dalray.
*Wotan won the Melbourne Cup in 1936 and O Phillips was the jockey.

Answer: William

William Charles Wentworth, Blaxland and Lawson (and four convict servants) were the first white men to cross this range in 1813. Though it is always believed that they completely crossed these mountains, in fact they stopped at what is known today as Mt Blaxland.
The first white man to completely do this, thus reaching the western plains was George Evans who was an assistant surveyor-general. He undertook the extra 160 kilometres to Bathurst also in the year of 1813.

Answer: South Australia

The type of wombat that is used on the emblem is the hairy-nosed or plains wombat. South Australia's floral emblem is the Sturt's desert pea and their gemstone is the opal.

Answer: Melbourne

Mrs E Watts belonged to an organization that offered home help for the elderly and those who were infirm. It was decided to extend the aid resulting in her delivering the first meal in June 1953 on a red and white tricycle.

Doris Taylor of Adelaide is given the credit for giving this activity the name of Meals on Wheels in 1954.

This is now a common practice in all parts of Australia with an estimation that some 60,000 meals are delivered daily.

Answer: Yes

Patrick White (1912-1990) is regarded as one of Australia's finest novelists. He wrote about morality and the Australian lifestyles. Many of his writings were performed on stage and were often regarded as revolutionary and thought provoking. When he won the Nobel Prize in 1973 he was the first Australian to be awarded in the field of literature.

Answer: Whooping Cough

This remedy is in a book entitled "Australian Colonial Cooking" by Penelope Vigor.

The full description of the mixture is: "Take two ounces each of conserve of roses, stoned raisins, brown sugar-candy, and two pennyworth of spirits of sulphur; beat them up into a conserve, and take a teaspoonful night and morning."

Answer: False

Whim Creek is a ghost town in Western Australia that is approximately 85km from Roebourne. Copper ore was first produced there in 1872 and then shipped to England for further treatment. Whim Creek originally had four hotels when it was a producing this ore.

Answer: Drive his boat over 500 kph

Ken Warby was regarded as the fastest man on water when he went over 500kmp in 1978. His boat was called "Spirit of Australia" and this was achieved on the Blowering Dam in Kosciusko National Park. In his two runs that he made, he averaged 510.453 kph.

In 1983, he also set another World record for a quarter-mile sprint in a drag car from a standing start. He reached a speed of 432 kph.

Ken Warby won numerous awards and some were: Sportsman of Year (1978); Medal of Honour (1979) and the King George V Trophy for water speed record (MBE 1978).

Answer: True

In 1987, Guy Waters became the Australian light-heavyweight titleholder. His brothers Dean, who was the Australian heavyweight and Troy, the junior middleweight, already had titles. When Guy won his fight, it was the first time that three brothers held Australian boxing titles simultaneously.

Answer: Whitlam

Quotes cited from "The Ultimate True Blue Trivia Book", by Malcolm Andrews. Gough Whitlam was prime minister from 1972 until 1975 when the Governor-General dismissed him.

Edward Gough Whitlam was born in 1916 in Sydney and served in WWII from the years 1941-1945 in the RAAF. He brought in numerous changes during his years when he was the prime minister. The main changes he instigated were the national health care scheme, no-fault divorce and one vote-one value electoral reform. When he retired from politics, he became involved with UNESCO.

Answer: 2,525,500 square kms

The areas that were incorrect are the areas of other divisions of Australia. Queensland is 1,727,200 square kms, Northern Territory is 1,346,200 square kms and South Australia is 984,377 square kms.

Answer: Yes

Sir Alan was working as a scientist in the CSIRO when he invented this instrument. He invented it in the 1950s and many people regard it as one of history's most important inventions for chemical analysis.

The atomic absorption spectrophotometer is still used today in the areas of metallurgy, mineral exploration, agriculture and food analysis.

Answer: Peter Weir

Peter Weir is a director of movies. His first major movie was "Picnic at Hanging Rock" made in 1975 in Australia. He often now works in America and has directed moves such as "Witness" (1985), "The Mosquito Coast" (1986), "Dead Poets Society" (1989), a "Green Card" (1990) and "The Truman Show" (1998).