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Australian State Flowers Trivia Quiz

Flowers, flowers everywhere.. all over Australia, in fact. Each state has its own floral emblem - how many do you know ?

A multiple-choice quiz by tezza1551. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
tezza1551

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
351,762

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
959

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Question 1 of 10

1. The Western Australian state flower is the Kangaroo Paw, but this flower comes in many colours. Which variety is the right one? Hint

Green and black

Red and green

Yellow

Black

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Question 2 of 10

2. Brilliant red in colour, and favouring a semi-arid environment, the flower of South Australia is named for one of Australia's foremost explorers. Which one ? Hint

Eyre

Stuart

Sturt

Wentworth

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Question 3 of 10

3. The flower that represents the Northern Territory is named for an explorer and also a flower that almost everyone is familiar with. It is which one of these ? Hint

Eyre's Desert Violet

Sturt's Desert Camellia

Wentworth's Desert Carnation

Sturt's Desert Rose

4. Many Australian native flowers have common names related to English garden flowers, although, botanically speaking, they are unrelated. The floral emblem for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is one such. Rejoicing in the botanical name of Wahlenbergia gloriosa, it is which flower? Hint

Royal Foxglove

Royal Delphinium

Royal Bluebell

Royal Dahlia

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Question 5 of 10

5. Queensland's floral emblem was chosen by popular vote in 1959. Its name commemorates another famous explorer. With a botanical name of Vappodes phalaenopsis, the Cooktown Orchid is coloured bright orange.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. It isn't only the states that have floral emblems! Australia's floral emblem is the Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) but this wasn't officially adopted until what year ? Hint

1901

1856

1788

1988

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Question 7 of 10

7. In 1962, a beautiful red flower, with the botanic name of Telopea speciosissima was named as the state flower of New South Wales. What is its common name? Hint

Banksia

Waratah

Grevillea

Hakea

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Question 8 of 10

8. Tasmania has a tree for a floral emblem. With the common name of Tasmanian Blue Gum, what is its botanic name ? Hint

Eucalyptus globulus

Eucalyptus macrocarpa

Eucalyptus maculata

Eucalyptus leucoxylon

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Question 9 of 10

9. Only one state left to go now: Victoria. Which of the following does Victoria claim as its floral emblem ? Hint

Cranbrook Bell

Blue Lechenaultia

Spider Orchid

Pink Heath

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Question 10 of 10

10. Finally, in a poem written in 1905 by Henry Lawson, he uses two Australian flowers to express his love of his country. Which two flowers constitute the name of the poem ? Hint

Geraldton Wax and Hakea

Waratah and Wattle

Bottlebrush and Grevillea

Kangaroo Paw and Christmas Tree

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The Western Australian state flower is the Kangaroo Paw, but this flower comes in many colours. Which variety is the right one?

Answer: Red and green

The botanic name for the red and green kangaroo paw is Anigozanthos manglesii.
They bloom in Spring, and are now available commercially.

2. Brilliant red in colour, and favouring a semi-arid environment, the flower of South Australia is named for one of Australia's foremost explorers. Which one ?

Answer: Sturt

The flower is Sturt's Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa). It was adopted as the floral emblem for the state in 1961.

3. The flower that represents the Northern Territory is named for an explorer and also a flower that almost everyone is familiar with. It is which one of these ?

Answer: Sturt's Desert Rose

Explorer Charles Sturt discovered the Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum)around 1844 on one of his expeditions to Central Australia.

Answer: Royal Bluebell

The Royal Bluebell grows in high rainfall areas in the Australian Alps. It was adopted as the floral emblem of the ACT in 1982.

Answer: False

The Cooktown Orchid is coloured from almost white through pink/mauve to lavender or purple. It was originally known as Dendrobium phalaenopsis.

6. It isn't only the states that have floral emblems! Australia's floral emblem is the Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) but this wasn't officially adopted until what year ?

Answer: 1988

Mrs Hazel Hawke, wife of the then Prime Minister Bob Hawke, planted a Golden Wattle in the Australian National Botanic Gardens in 1988, after it had been officially gazetted as the national flower.

7. In 1962, a beautiful red flower, with the botanic name of Telopea speciosissima was named as the state flower of New South Wales. What is its common name?

Answer: Waratah

The Waratah was first observed and collected by Europeans in 1810 in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.

8. Tasmania has a tree for a floral emblem. With the common name of Tasmanian Blue Gum, what is its botanic name ?

Answer: Eucalyptus globulus

Tasmanian Blue Gums are now grown over most parts of Australia as a plantation timber for woodchipping.

9. Only one state left to go now: Victoria. Which of the following does Victoria claim as its floral emblem ?

Answer: Pink Heath

Victoria was the first state to adopt a state flower, in 1958. The incorrect choices all grow in the southwest of Western Australia.

10. Finally, in a poem written in 1905 by Henry Lawson, he uses two Australian flowers to express his love of his country. Which two flowers constitute the name of the poem ?

Answer: Waratah and Wattle

Waratah and Wattle - 1905
(Henry Lawson 1867-1922)

"Though poor and in trouble I wander alone,
With a rebel cockade in my hat;
Though friends may desert me, and kindred disown,
My country will never do that!
You may sing of the Shamrock, the Thistle, and Rose,
Or the three in a bunch if you will;
But I know of a country that gathered all those,
And I love the great land where the Waratah grows,
And the Wattle bough blooms on the hill.

Australia! Australia! so fair to behold
While the blue sky is arching above;
The stranger should never have need to be told,
That the Wattle-bloom means that her heart is of gold,
And the Waratah red blood of love.

Australia! Australia! most beautiful name,
Most kindly and bountiful land;
I would die every death that might save her from shame,
If a black cloud should rise on the strand;
But whatever the quarrel, whoever her foes,
Let them come! Let them come when they will!
Though the struggle be grim, 'tis Australia that knows,
That her children shall fight while the Waratah grows,
And the Wattle blooms out on the hill."

Source: Author tezza1551

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