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1. What is the name of the island of Ireland's largest lake? (That is to say the entire island to the west of Great Britain, not either of its component parts.)
2. What is Australia's largest lake?
3. What is the well known Irish mountain in County Mayo where a pilgrimage occurs every year on the last Sunday in July, which is known as Reek Sunday?
4. Okay, so you know the name of the Australian mainland's highest mountain, but also lying in the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales is the second highest mountain measuring in at approximately 2,100 metres (7300 ft.) What is her name?
5. Ken Follett's fictional book "Night Over Water" sees a flying boat land at a base on the Shannon River at what town in Ireland?
6. Flying boats were also an important part of Australia and Sydney's history. Departing from Rose Bay in Sydney Harbour, which island was a popular tourist destination of these planes?
7. As the kookaburra flies... Okay, okay, as the crow flies roughly how far is it from Sydney, Australia on the east coast to Perth, Australia on the west coast?
8. As the jackdaw flies... Alright already, as the crow flies (this creature gets around) roughly how far is it from Dublin to Belfast?
9. Who was the 12th Prime Minister of Ireland elected in 1997?
10. From Ireland's last to Australia's first. Who was Australia's first Prime Minister?
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