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C-Australia! Trivia Quiz

Ccccan you answer some questions about Australia?

A multiple-choice quiz by sallyo. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
sallyo

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
221,388

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2875

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the tropic that runs through Australia?

Answer: (3 words)

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Question 2 of 10

2. What does the name of Canberra, Australia's capital city, mean? Hint

Meeting Place

Cavern

Place of Many Crows

Black Swan

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Question 3 of 10

3. In which Australian state will you find Catagunya, Cethana and Campbell Town?

Answer: (state name)

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Question 4 of 10

4. In which Australian region will you find Cardwell, Clifton Beach and Cairns? Hint

Northern Territory

Far North Queensland

Gold Coast

Atherton Tablelands

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who or what appears on the 1995 Australian one-cent coin? Hint

Caroline Chisholm

A cuscus

Australia didn't have one-cent coins in 1995

A cockatoo

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is a "Coolgardie safe"? Hint

A place to store perishable food

A domestic vault

A cricketing term

A cocktail served at the Melbourne Cup

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Question 7 of 10

7. In what season does the Christmas rose, or hellebore, flower in southern Australia?

Answer: (one word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Major Mitchell, Banksian, Gang Gang, Galah. What word, beginning with C, connects these?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which species of bird is strongly associated with Wagga Wagga?

Answer: (one word)

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Question 10 of 10

10. If I went to Chippendale, Concord, Chiswick and Croydon, what city would I be visiting? Hint

Adelaide

Sydney

Melbourne

Perth

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the tropic that runs through Australia?

Answer: Tropic of Capricorn

The Tropic of Capricorn runs through Brazil, Chile and northern South Africa as well as Australia. The Tropic of Cancer runs through Mexico, Egypt, Southern China and several other countries.

2. What does the name of Canberra, Australia's capital city, mean?

Answer: Meeting Place

Canberra's name comes from the word Nganbirra meaning meeting place. Wagga Wagga means place of many crows, Catagunya means black swan and Poatina means cavern.

3. In which Australian state will you find Catagunya, Cethana and Campbell Town?

Answer: Tasmania

Catagunya (meaning "black swan") and Cethana (meaning "hair") are both hydro electric developments in Tasmania. Campbell Town is a midlands town, once a coaching stop.

4. In which Australian region will you find Cardwell, Clifton Beach and Cairns?

Answer: Far North Queensland

Cardwell is a coastal town north of Townsville and south of Cairns. Clifton Beach is a beach/holiday village close to Cairns.

5. Who or what appears on the 1995 Australian one-cent coin?

Answer: Australia didn't have one-cent coins in 1995

The one-cent coin had a picture of Queen Elizabeth ll on one side, and a pigmy possum on the other. It was withdrawn in the early 1990s.

6. What is a "Coolgardie safe"?

Answer: A place to store perishable food

The Coolgardie safe was invented in the 1890s. It was a square frame covered with mesh, and cooled by standing in a tray of water. It was used to keep food fresh and insect free.

7. In what season does the Christmas rose, or hellebore, flower in southern Australia?

Answer: Winter

The Christmas rose, Helleborus niger, is a short plant with shiny green leaves and single rose-like flowers in shades of pinkish-green to sometimes white. It blooms in winter in Australia, and is also sometimes known as the "June rose".

8. Major Mitchell, Banksian, Gang Gang, Galah. What word, beginning with C, connects these?

Answer: cockatoo

Gang Gangs are black cockatoos. The male has a red crest. Banksian cockatoos are mostly black, galahs are pink and grey and the Major Mitchell, also known as Leadbeater's Cockatoo, is salmon pink and creamy white, with a red, yellow and white crest.

9. Which species of bird is strongly associated with Wagga Wagga?

Answer: Crows

Wagga Wagga, in New South Wales, has a name that translates as "Place of Many Crows". There really are a lot there, too!

10. If I went to Chippendale, Concord, Chiswick and Croydon, what city would I be visiting?

Answer: Sydney

All these places are Sydney suburbs. Other "C" suburbs include Curl Curl, Crows Nest, Cronulla, Collaroy, Coogee and Cremorne.

Source: Author sallyo

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