1. Where would you wear an Akubra?

On your head

2. Which state shares a border with all the mainland states and the Northern Territory?

South Australia

3. Name Australia’s oldest university

Sydney University

4. Australia is the largest what in the world?

Island. It is the smallest continent.

5. What state are the Jenolan Caves in?

New South Wales

6. Which part of Australia produces the most peanuts?

Kingaroy. (It’s both a town and a shire.)

7. A cube of sponge cake covered with chocolate icing and coconut is better known as what?

A lamington

8. WA’s Lake Argyle was formed by the damming of which river?

The Ord

9. The Bank of New South Wales is today known as which bank?

Westpac

10. In what state would you find the town of Dunedoo?

New South Wales

1. The point where the NT, SA and QLD borders meet is known as Poeppel Corner. What was Poeppel’s first name?

Augustus

2. The highest point in the Territory is Mount what?

Mount Zeil

3. What would you find at 93 Mitchell Street?

The Darwin Entertainment Centre

4. Name the road that runs between Gardens Oval and the Gardens Park Golf Course.

Chin Quan Road

5. What Aboriginal language is spoken on the Tiwi Islands?

Tiwi

6. The Northern Territory comprises one-eighth of the Australian land mass. True or False?

False. It is one-sixth

7. Who was known as Darwin’s Queen Mum?

Peter Morgan

8. What was the name of the cyclone that passed by Darwin three weeks before Tracy?

Selma

9. The Darwin Cinema is on the corner of which two streets?

Mitchell and Briggs

10. When were the George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens originally founded?

1886

1. What is the Crimestoppers phone number?

1800 333 000

2. Does the Lord Mayor have to pay to park at the Civic Centre?

No

3. Which long-running Australian soap opera is no longer aired in Darwin?

Neighbours

4. Who is the manager of Darwin’s Channel Nine?

Andrew Bruyn

5. What was the headline on the front page of last week’s Sunday Territorian?

Cops to detain terror suspects

6. Name the artist who designed Stuart’s Spire

Ro Koch-Laurie

7. What colour are the signs erected outside declared drug premises?

Green

8. Name the journalist recently in trouble for entering Port Keats without a permit.

Paul Toohey

9. Power and Water recently discovered a problem with their what?

Corporate logo

10. How many pool fencing inspectors started work in the NT on January 1?

Ten

1. What is Prime Minister John Howard’s middle name?

Winston

2. Which former Territory politician was a minister in both the Hawke and Keating Governments?

Bob Collins

3. When were Australian women granted the right to vote in Federal elections?

4. Which dumped CLP Chief Minister formed the Territory Nationals?

Ian Tuxworth

5. Which Australian Prime Minister referred to the opposition as ‘boxheads’?

Paul Keating

6. What is Bob Hawke’s full name?

Robert James Lee Hawke

7. Which NT politician described a certain Pauls iced coffee television ad as sexist?

Clare Martin

8. Who appoints the Administrator of the Northern Territory?

The Governor-General

9. Who became Prime Minister on Australia Day 1966?

Harold Holt

10. In what year was the Federation Stone for the Old Parliament House in Canberra laid?

1914

1. What is Australia’s largest bird?

The emu

2. Koalas are most closely related to wombats. True or False?

True

3. The Central Australian Cabbage Tree Palm is found only in which Territory valley?

Palm Valley

4. What percentage of Australian rainforest has been cleared since European settlement – 50, 65, 75 or 80 per cent?

75%

5. What is a Thylacine more commonly known as?

The Tasmanian Tiger

6. The Marsupial Quokka is a member of the possum family – true or false?

False. It’s a wallaby

7. What year was the cane toad introduced into Queensland?

1935

8. Is the Bird’s Nest Fern native to Australia?

Yes

9. What was the first non-native animal introduced into Australia?

The dingo

10. The Jabiru belongs to which family of birds?

Storks

1. Steele Rudd’s Snake Gully family included Dad, Dave, Mum and who?

Mabel

2. What was the name of Norman Lindsay’s Magic Pudding?

Albert

3. Who wrote the recent True History of the Kelly Gang?

Peter Carey

4. What year was the National Gallery of Australia opened?

1982

5. David Williamson is regarded as Australia’s most successful what?

Playwright

6. When was the Dorothea Mackellar poem My Country first published?

1908

7. The famous Shearing The Rams was painted by who?

Tom Roberts

8. Which famous Australian painter – who died in 1992 - provided the cover artwork for the Dire Straits album Brothers in Arms?

Brett Whitely

9. Who wrote The Lucky Country?

Donald Horne

10. In 2000 Australian Les Murray was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for what?

Poetry

1. What was the name of Sigrid Thornton’s character in Sea Change?

Laura Gibson

2. The Aussie band Innocent Criminals found greater success under what name?

Silverchair

3. What year was Kylie Minogue born?

1968

4. A legendary Australian television producer was Hector who?

Crawford

5. Who does Dorothy the Dinosaur hang out with?

The Wiggles

6. Name the only Australian band to have had eight consecutive top ten hits in the United States.

The Little River Band

7. In what year was Pay TV introduced into Australia?

1995

8. Which Australian actor starred in the remake of the film The Time Machine?

Guy Pearce

9. Neighbours is now entering its eighteenth year on air. True or False?

True

10. Widely recognised as Australia’s first Rock and Roll sensation was Johnny who?

O’Keefe

1. In what year was the first drive-through bottle-shop opened in Australia - 1949, 1953, 1961, or 1965?

1953, at the Largs Pier Hotel in South Australia

2. What major event happened on February 14, 1966?

Decimal currency was introduced

3. Sir Hudson Fysh, Ross Smith and Amy Johnson were all what?

Aviators (Pilots)

4. The name Australia was formally adopted in which year?

1824

5. QANTAS is the oldest operating airline in the world. True or false?

True

6. When was the White Australia Policy formally abolished?

1972, by Gough Whitlam

7. What was the model that followed the FJ Holden?

The FE Holden

8. What year was the Newcastle earthquake?

1989

9. Where was uranium discovered in the NT in 1952?

Rum Jungle

10. Ansett Airways was founded by Reginald Ansett in which year?

1935

1. What did Lleyton Hewitt’s family give Kim Clijsters for Christmas?

A set of golf clubs

2. Australia recently suffered it’s worst ever One Day Cricket defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka. What did Sri Lanka score?

5-343

3. In relation to the same game, who said "Tonight’s right up there with the worst, that’s for sure." ?

Ricking Ponting

4. Who was the only Australian Swimmer to win gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics?

Duncan Armstrong

5. Ollie, Millie and Syd were the mascots for which sporting event?

The 2000 Sydney Olympics

6. Pat Rafter won two US Opens in which years?

1997 and 1998

7. Name the former Aussie goalkeeper recently charged with breaching the English Football Associations doping regulations.

Mark Bosnich

8. Who is the coach of the Aboriginal All-Stars?

Michael McLean

9. Which Australian female athlete was born in Mackay on 16^th of February 1973?

Cathy Freeman

10. What sport do the NT Stingers play?

Hockey

1. Which edible Australian icon was created in 1923?

Vegemite

2. Which Australian state has the longest border?

NSW (4 653km long)

3. Which state allows the commercial cultivation of opium poppies?

Tasmania

4. What is the lowest place on the Australian continent?

Lake Eyre

5. What is described as ‘radiant’ in Advance Australia Fair?

The Southern Cross

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

1790

7. In what year did the Blue Ensign become Australia’s official National Flag?

1951

8. Stan Cross was a famous Australian what?

Cartoonist

9. The clear window on the $100 note has a stylised image of what embossed on it?

A Lyrebird

10. In ‘Advance Australia Fair’ what line immediately PRECEEDS the line ‘We’ve boundless plains to share’?

For those who’ve come across the seas