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Down Under Knowledge Trivia Quiz

Planning to travel to Down Under, or just a geography nut? Perhaps you'll find this quiz fun.

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

Author
Jaye

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
93,812

Updated
Feb 15 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
3033

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Where was the popular television series 'Flying Doctors' situated?
Hint

Wollongong

Coober Pedy

Cooper's Crossing

Port Augusta

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who takes credit for the earliest coastal exploration of Australia? Hint

The Englishman Thomas Cook

The Spaniard Torres

The Dutchman Willem Janszoon

The Italian Christopher Columbus

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Question 3 of 10

3. To which colony, now part of Australia, did the Brits decide to send the convicts in the 1700s?

Answer: (Two or three words)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these animals is not a mammal that can be found Down Under? Hint

Wombat

Kookaburra

Possum

Wallaby

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Question 5 of 10

5. The aboriginal name is Uluru, what is the English name? Hint

Alice Springs

The Olgas

Ayers Rock

Darwin

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Question 6 of 10

6. When it is noon in Western Australia, what time is it in the Northern Territory? Hint

1:30 pm

1 pm

2 pm

noon

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Question 7 of 10

7. This Australian strange, dark yeast-extract substance that looks and spreads like thick tar is called...

Answer: (one word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. How many kilometres is it by road from Sydney to Alice Springs? Hint

3990

1690

2930

895

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Question 9 of 10

9. Sydney's most famous beach with a strong surf is called what? It's also the name of a nearby suburb.

Answer: (One or two words-- begins with "B")

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Question 10 of 10

10. The aboriginal name is Kata Tjuta but what is the English? Hint

Ayers Rock

The Ghan

Katherine Gorge

The Olgas

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where was the popular television series 'Flying Doctors' situated?

Answer: Cooper's Crossing

Coober Pedy is where you will find people living underground mining for opals. Port Augusta is where the prisoners were kept. Wollongong is just a typical Aussie sounding name and situated just south of Sydney.

2. Who takes credit for the earliest coastal exploration of Australia?

Answer: The Dutchman Willem Janszoon

Willem Janszoon was sailing near Papua New Guinea and inadvertently sailed into the Gulf of Carpentaria, mapping over 300km of the (now) Queensland coastline. This occurred in 1606.

3. To which colony, now part of Australia, did the Brits decide to send the convicts in the 1700s?

Answer: New South Wales

Prisons in Britain were overflowing, so they came up with this solution.

4. Which of these animals is not a mammal that can be found Down Under?

Answer: Kookaburra

All of them are native, but the kookaburra is a bird.

5. The aboriginal name is Uluru, what is the English name?

Answer: Ayers Rock

6. When it is noon in Western Australia, what time is it in the Northern Territory?

Answer: 1:30 pm

In the Northern Territory, it is 1:30 pm.

7. This Australian strange, dark yeast-extract substance that looks and spreads like thick tar is called...

Answer: Vegemite

Have you ever smelled it? It smells as bad as it tastes! Only Australians will touch it.

8. How many kilometres is it by road from Sydney to Alice Springs?

Answer: 2930

It's 1690 kilometres from Adelaide to Alice Springs, 895 from Sydney to Melbourne and 3990 from Sydney to Perth.

9. Sydney's most famous beach with a strong surf is called what? It's also the name of a nearby suburb.

Answer: Bondi Beach

Need I say more? Bondi Beach is also where you'll find a popular TV series filmed.

10. The aboriginal name is Kata Tjuta but what is the English?

Answer: The Olgas

Uluru is the aboriginal name for Ayers Rock, Nitmiluk for Katherine Gorge and The Ghan is a train.

Source: Author Jaye

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