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The Extremes of Australia Trivia Quiz

Some of the highest, oldest, biggest, longest and shortest features of the Australia the world's smallest continent and the world's largest island.

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

Author
Rosscoe

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
322,390

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
466

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Where are the oldest European structures in Australia to be found? Hint

Bathurst Island - NT

Farm Cove - NSW

West Wallabi Island - WA

Endeavour River - Qld

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the youngest of the Australian state capital cities? Hint

Brisbane

Melbourne

Adelaide

Perth

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Question 3 of 10

3. Where would you find the highest vertical sea cliffs in Australia? Hint

Coalcliff - NSW

Stockyard Point - Vic

Willyabrup - WA

Cape Pillar - Tas

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Question 4 of 10

4. Where would you find Australia's most southerly coral reefs? Hint

Shark Bay - WA

Lord Howe Island - NSW

Morton Island - Qld

Black Point - SA

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the longest bridge in Australia? Hint

Hornibrook Bridge - Qld

Bowen Bridge - Tas

Westgate Bridge - Vic

Algebuckina Railway Bridge - SA

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the shortest land border between two Australian states? Hint

Victoria and Tasmania

Queensland and South Australia

Victoria and South Australia

Queensland and New South Wales

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Question 7 of 10

7. What state capital receives the most annual average rainfall? Hint

Sydney

Hobart

Melbourne

Brisbane

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Question 8 of 10

8. Australia contains many 'big things', fibreglass and concrete structures to celebrate pineapples, banana, lobsters, sheep etc. but where is the big 'Match Sticks'? Hint

Canberra

Sydney

Brisbane

Perth

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Question 9 of 10

9. Anna Creek, Australia's largest farm in South Australia is closest in size to which country? Hint

Cyprus

Scotland

Macedonia

Kuwait

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the tallest mountain in Australian territory? Hint

Mawson Peak

Mt Kosciuszko

Mt Townsend

Mt Ossa

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where are the oldest European structures in Australia to be found?

Answer: West Wallabi Island - WA

Survivors of the Dutch merchant ship Batavia built a fort on West Wallabi Island (yes that is the spelling) in 1629 after being shipwrecked. Under-merchant Jeronimus Cornelisz led a mutiny that resulting in more than 120 deaths among the survivors, he was captured, tortured, forced to sign a confession, then had his hands chopped off before being hanged after those left were rescued by a search party.

2. What is the youngest of the Australian state capital cities?

Answer: Adelaide

Adelaide founded in 1836 under Governor John Hindmarsh and named for the Queen Consort of William IV, it is the capital of South Australia which was the only colony not to receive direct convict settlement from Britain. Other capitals cities were founded: Sydney 1788, Hobart 1804, Brisbane 1824, Perth 1829 and Melbourne 1835.

3. Where would you find the highest vertical sea cliffs in Australia?

Answer: Cape Pillar - Tas

At 270 metres the sea cliffs of Cape Pillar are the tallest in Australia. The weathered dolerite columns are the last point on the Tasman Coastal Trail walk and have features named Tornado Ridge, Hurricane Gully and Purgatory Hill, testament to their full exposure to the wild Southern Ocean and its weather.

4. Where would you find Australia's most southerly coral reefs?

Answer: Lord Howe Island - NSW

World heritage inscribed Lord Howe Island at 31 degrees 33 minutes south has some of the most southerly coral reefs in the world. Dominated by Mount Lidgbird and Mount Gower the island is part of the state of New South Wales about 600 kilometres northwest of Sydney.

5. What is the longest bridge in Australia?

Answer: Hornibrook Bridge - Qld

The 2,800 metre timber and girder bridge opened 1935, it has been closed to vehicle traffic since 1979 and is now used by pedestrians and cyclists linking Redcliff and Brisbane.

6. What is the shortest land border between two Australian states?

Answer: Victoria and Tasmania

The official border between Victoria and Tasmania passes through the uninhabited Boundary Islet located in Bass Strait (39 degrees 12 minutes south) and has a total length of a mere 85 metres.

7. What state capital receives the most annual average rainfall?

Answer: Sydney

The Bureau of Meteorology lists Sydney's annual average rainfall at 1220 millimetres, slightly above Brisbane's 1189, with both well above Melbourne's 661 and Hobart's 624. Darwin receives an average of 1666 but is not a state capital.

8. Australia contains many 'big things', fibreglass and concrete structures to celebrate pineapples, banana, lobsters, sheep etc. but where is the big 'Match Sticks'?

Answer: Sydney

The Big Match Sticks are a sculpture work by famed artist Brett Whitely and grace the grounds on the Art Galley of New South Wales, the piece is titled Almost Once.

9. Anna Creek, Australia's largest farm in South Australia is closest in size to which country?

Answer: Macedonia

At approximately 24,000 square kilometres (six million acres) Anna Creek is South Australia is the world's largest working cattle station is just 856 square kilometres smaller that Macedonia. Established in 1863 the property originally ran sheep but converted over to cattle due to stock losses from dingo predation.

10. What is the tallest mountain in Australian territory?

Answer: Mawson Peak

Located on Heard Island in the Southern Ocean, Mawson Peak at 2,745 metres is taller than Mount Kosciusko at 2,228 metres. Mawson Peak along with Macquarie Island are the only two active volcanoes on Australian territory.

Source: Author Rosscoe

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