2. Who first suggested the continent be named ‘Australia’ instead of ‘New Holland?

3. What structure stands on Bennelong Point in NSW?

5. When did the Australian Capital Territory gain self-government?

6. Where was Australia’s first legal casino established?

7. Who is ‘The Bush Tucker Man’?

8. 2002 is our Year of the what?

9. Who created the fictional characters Dad and Dave?

10. In which year did Australia adopt ‘Advance Australia Fair’ as the national anthem?

1. When was Darwin’s old Supreme Court Building built?

2. Brown’s Mart was originally built as a what?

4. What is the Territory’s third largest town?

5. At what age can you obtain a Territory driver’s licence?

6. Cyclone Les was responsible for major flooding in which NT town?

7. Where in Darwin would you find Coolibah Street?

8. Who is the current MLA for Barkly?

9. Who said ‘I don’t get pissed on red wine’?

10. Mount Zeil in the Macdonnell Ranges is the Territory’s what?

2. Former NT journalist Niki Voss was reportedly sacked by Channel 7 for remarking on Ian Thorpe’s big what?

3. Who is the top NT cop recently fined for not paying his parking fines?

4. Where is the honorary home port of HMAS Arunta?

5. How much is the toll to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge?

6. Who was ‘flabbergasted’ at his induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame last week?

7. Which Territory town recently suffered a contaminated water scare?

8. Which MLA’s government car was stolen earlier this month?

9. Who is the Territory’s new police commissioner?

10. According to a government spokesman how many people applied for positions with the Labor government after the election?

1. Issues put to the people in the form of referendums which do NOT effect the Constitution are called what?

2. In which year did the Northern Territory Parliament pass the Rights of the Terminally Ill Bill?

3. Which Joe Cocker song did the Federal Government use to promote the benefits of the GST?

5. The Australian forecaster who started the practice of naming cyclones initially named them after politicians he didn’t like. True or false?

6. What is Mike Reed’s middle name?

7. The new member for Solomon recently appeared in court for drink-diving. What was his blood alcohol reading?

8. The MLA whose car was stolen in the previous round was holidaying where at the time?

I was born in Semaphore, South Australia in 1892. I died on 12 April 1922

I Enlisted in the Australian Infantry Forces (AIF) in 1914

I transferred to the AFC in 1916

I became a pilot in 1917

I was awarded the MC and Bar DFC and two bars Australian Flying Corps

(AFC) and Order of el Nahda

I made the first flight from Cairo to Calcutta.

I made the first flight from England to Australia (landing in Darwin)

in a Vickers Vimy, accompanied by my brother and two sergeants.

I made KBE and was hailed as the foremost living aviator

I was killed on 12 April with Lieutenant Bennent while testing a Vickers

Viking amphibian for a world flight

My initials are RMS

My first name is Ross

1. How many species of venomous snakes are there in Australia? Is it 22, 57 or 115?

3. What is South Australia’s faunal emblem?

4. Lantana is classified as a weed. True or False?

5. What is the floral emblem of New South Wales?

6. Gums, stringy-barks, bloodwoods and ironbarks belong to what family of trees?

7. Where is the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary?

8. Which are the only two potentially deadly spiders in Australia?

9. What sort of bird is a Major Mitchell?

10. A giant what has reportedly been attacking scuba divers at a dive site on the Great Barrier Reef?

2. What was Banjo Patterson’s full name? You must include his middle name for the point.

3. What year was ‘We of the Never-Never’ published?

4. Who wrote the Australian best-seller ‘Solomon’s Song’?

5. Jim Bancks created which much-loved Australian cartoon character?

6. Who wrote Songs of the Sentimental Bloke?

7. Which infamous painting was described by the Australian press as having been done by drunks?

8. Who won the Noble prize for literature in 1973?

9. Infamous novelist Helen Demidenko once claimed her mother would one day win the noble prize for potting mix. True or false?

10. Name all of the Seven Little Australians, in order from the eldest to the youngest.

2. David Gordon Kirkpatrick is better known as who?

3. Who played the lead role in the film ‘Chopper’?

4. Whose website would you find at www.afc.gov.au?

5. Who is the Aussie star of the hit US show ‘Crocodile Hunter’?

6. Which Seachange actress had a guest role in the American soap Dynasty?

7. Which Australian-based star was branded the ‘Flabiator’ by the British Press?

8. Where are the annual Country Music Awards held?

9. What is the title of the musical about the life of entertainer Peter Allen?

10. Where did Skippy live?

1.In which year was Aussie icon the Hills Hoist invented?

2. The first Qantas overseas flight in 1924 was from Darwin to Singapore. True or False?

3. In which year did the High Court of Australia bring down the Mabo decision?

5. Where in Australia did Dutch captain Dirk Hartog land in 1616?

6. What year did the SECOND fleet arrive in Australia?

7. What year was the one dollar coin introduced?

8. Who was Australia’s first woman premier?

9. Who was the first person on board Endeavour to spot the Australian mainland?

10. The first what went on sale on 28 November 1948?

1. Who won the first cricket test match between Australia and England and by how many runs?

2. Kevin Gosper’s daughter was the first person to carry the Olympic torch for the 2000 games. What is her name?

3. Who was the victim of Shane Warne’s ‘ball of the century’ ?

4. Test great Neil Harvey recently criticised Steve Waugh’s baggy green what?

5. Who won the 2001 Australian Formula One Grand Prix?

6. How many gold medals did Australia’s first Olympic gold medallist Edwin Flack win?

7. What sport do the Brisbane Bandits play?

8. Australian Simon Fairweather won the men’s individual gold medal at the 2000 games for what?

9. Mark Occhilupo is a professional what?

10. What is Lleyton Hewitt’s girlfriend’s name? You MUST spell it correctly to get the point.

1. Bushranger Andrew George Scott was better known as who?

2. Did Australia’s population reach 10 million in 1945, 1959 or 1962?

3. In which year was the ‘R’ classification for films introduced in Australia?

4. Who was premier of New South Wales when the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened?

5. There is an Australian newspaper called the Pork Journal. True or False?

6. In ‘Advance Australia Fair’ the Southern Cross is described as what?

8. Camels were first brought to Australia for which famous expedition?

10. Edmund Barton was Australia’s first Prime Minister. What was his wife’s name?