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Brisbane: World City Trivia Quiz

Brisbane is Australia's third largest city, but let's delve a little deeper and see what it has to offer.

A multiple-choice quiz by stredman. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
stredman

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
386,999

Updated
Sep 13 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
279

Last 3 plays: Guest 1 (8/10), Guest 121 (9/10), Bourman (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the highest point in Brisbane? Hint

Mount Tempest

Mount Gravatt

Mount Coot-tha

Mermaid Mountain

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the name of the river which flows through Brisbane? Hint

Parramatta River

Swan River

Murray River

Brisbane River

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Question 3 of 10

3. Brisbane covers an area of approximately 1482 square kilometers, which is about the same size as which populous European city? Hint

Madrid, Spain

Milan, Italy

London, England

Berlin, Germany

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Question 4 of 10

4. Brisbane is the capital of Queensland, which is Australia's second largest state.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. The world's first koala sanctuary opened in Brisbane in 1927; what is it called? Hint

Healesville Sanctuary

Australia Zoo

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

Fig Tree Sanctuary

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Question 6 of 10

6. The World Expo 88 was held in Brisbane in 1988; what is the only remaining trace of the exposition at the original site? Hint

The Sound Fountains

The Monorail

The Nepal Peace Pagoda

The Skyneedle

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Question 7 of 10

7. Originally opened in 1986 as the Gateway Bridge and duplicated in 2010, this pair of bridges is now called? Hint

The Story Bridge

Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges

Centenary Bridge

Captain Cook Bridge

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Question 8 of 10

8. Three hours' drive north of Brisbane lies the world's largest sand island. What is its name? Hint

North Stradbroke Island

K'gari

Hamilton Island

Hayman Island

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which Brisbane-born person was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1996? Hint

Fiona Stanley

Geoffrery Blainey

Peter Doherty

Peter Hollingworth

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the long-running experiment started in 1927 at Brisbane's University of Queensland? Hint

The Ringing Bell Experiment

The Pitch Drop Experiment

The Beverly Clock

The William James Beal Germination Experiment

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the highest point in Brisbane?

Answer: Mount Coot-tha

Mount Coot-tha stands 287 metres above sea level, and on a clear day you can see all the way to Moreton Bay, the mouth of the Brisbane River. Mount Coot-tha derives its name from ku-ta, the local aboriginal term for 'place of honey'.

2. What is the name of the river which flows through Brisbane?

Answer: Brisbane River

John Oxley was the first European to explore the area. He named the river in honour of New South Wales governor Sir Thomas Brisbane in 1823.

3. Brisbane covers an area of approximately 1482 square kilometers, which is about the same size as which populous European city?

Answer: Milan, Italy

Milan, Italy covers a slightly smaller area of 1464 square kilometers. In 2016, however, it had a population almost double that of Brisbane at almost 4 million people.

4. Brisbane is the capital of Queensland, which is Australia's second largest state.

Answer: True

Queensland was named in honour of Queen Victoria in 1859. It gained statehood in 1901.

5. The world's first koala sanctuary opened in Brisbane in 1927; what is it called?

Answer: Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

Located in the Brisbane suburb of Fig Tree Pocket, Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is the world's first and largest koala sanctuary. The sanctuary occupies an 18 hectare site, allowing visitors to interact with around 130 koalas and hundreds of other species of Australian animals and birds.

6. The World Expo 88 was held in Brisbane in 1988; what is the only remaining trace of the exposition at the original site?

Answer: The Nepal Peace Pagoda

At the end of the Expo, a petition was raised which attracted 70,000 signatures in favour of keeping the Pagoda in Brisbane. The Pagoda is one of only three Nepal Peace Pagodas outside of Nepal, the other two being in Munich, Germany and Osaka, Japan.

7. Originally opened in 1986 as the Gateway Bridge and duplicated in 2010, this pair of bridges is now called?

Answer: Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges

There are fifteen major bridges which cross the Brisbane River, from the Centenary bridge upstream to the Sir Leo Hielscher bridges downstream. The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges opened on 11 January 1986.

8. Three hours' drive north of Brisbane lies the world's largest sand island. What is its name?

Answer: K'gari

About 250 km north of Brisbane, Heritage listed K'gari (pronounced 'GUR-rie' or 'Gurrie' with no emphasis on the letter k) is the largest sand island in the world. It is 1840 square kilometres. Formerly known as Fraser Island, its name was changed in 2023 to K'gari to reflect the original indigenous name.

9. Which Brisbane-born person was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1996?

Answer: Peter Doherty

Peter Doherty and Rolf Zinkernagel were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. This was for their discovery of how T-cells recognise their target antigens.

10. What is the long-running experiment started in 1927 at Brisbane's University of Queensland?

Answer: The Pitch Drop Experiment

Considered to be the world's longest continuously running physics experiment, the Pitch Drop Experiment was started by Professor Parnell in 1927. After being allowed to settle for three years, the stem was cut in 1930 and let slowly drip out of a funnel. By 2016, only nine drops had fallen. Based on this experiment it was estimated that pitch has about 2 million times the viscosity of honey.

Source: Author stredman

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