Round 1 - General Knowledge
1. Where in Australia is the Big Cheese?
Bega, NSW
2. What is the lowest point on the Australian continent?
Lake Eyre
3. Was Australia Day first celebrated in 1818, 1901 or 1932?
1818
4. Who first suggested the continent be named ‘Australia’ instead of ‘New Holland’?
Matthew Flinders
5. What is Australia’s floral emblem?
The golden wattle
6. In which year did Advance Australia Fair become the national anthem?
1984
7. In which city did the first Commonwealth Parliament sit?
Melbourne
8. How many ships were in the First Fleet?
11
9. Who was the first person to be awarded both the Young Australian of the Year and Australian of the Year?
Cathy Freeman
10. In which year did Azaria Chamberlain disappear at Ayers Rock?
1980
Round 2 – Current Events
1. American UFO researchers recently claimed ancient aliens landed at Uluru and started what?
The human race
2. Name all four CLP politicians who were on holidays when Cyclone Helen blew through.
Jodeen Carney, Terry Mills, Fay Miller and Matt Conlon.
3. Which Territory heritage building was recently hit by floods for the first time since it was built in 1935?
The Grove Hill Hotel
4. Who recently became the first Aboriginal government leader in Australian history?
Marion Scrymgour
5. How much were speeding Territorians fined in 2007? Was it $1m, $3.4m or $73m?
$3.4m
6. A frozen what recently exploded in a Darwin pet crematorium chimney?
Dog
7. Who is the current Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister?
Jenny Macklin
8. Who will the Western Bulldogs face at TIO Stadium on February 15?
North Melbourne
9. To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Katherine Floods the Australia Day Council auctioned what on ebay?
A commemorative t-shirt
10. What did Victorian Police use to subdue unruly fans at this year’s Australian Open?
Capsicum spray
Round 3 – Politics
1. Who was the first Territory-born Chief Minister? Clue: he was acting in the job.
Ray Hanrahan (CLP)
2. In what year was the first Northern Territorian elected
to the Australian
Parliament?
1922
3. Who does the administrator of the Northern Territory represent?
The Australian Government, NOT the Queen.
4. How many senators does each State have?
12
5. Who was the first Aborigine in any Australian parliament?
Neville Bonner
6. What is former Prime Minister John Howard’s middle name?
Winston
7. Which Territory politician once claimed to have a very long tongue?
Len Kiely
8. Who was Australia’s first woman premier?
Dr Carmen Lawrence
9. Name the New York strip club visited by Warren Snowdon and Kevin Rudd.
Scores
10. Which Australian political leader resigned on November 26, 2007?
Clare Martin
Round 4 – Entertainment
1. Who was the Australian television icon known as ‘The King’?
Graham Kennedy
2. Who are the actors who play Kath & Kim?
Gina Riley and Jane Turner
3. In which year was ‘Crocodile Dundee’ released?
1986
4. Which high-rating TV show was axed by Channel 9 in 1999 after more than 28 years on air?
Hey, hey it’s Saturday
5. Who directed the hit film ‘Babe’?
George Miller
6. What year did pay TV start in Australia? Was it 1995, 1997 or 1998?
1995
7. Who played Muriel in ‘Muriel’s Wedding’?
Toni Collette
8. Singer Fairlie Arrow became notorious for doing what on the Gold Coast?
Staging/faking her own abduction
9. Which Australian singer was dubbed ‘The Singing Budgie’ by critics early in her career?
Kylie Minogue
10. What was The Singing Budgie’s first single?
Locomotion
Round 5 – Arts and Literature
1. What does NIDA stand for?
National Institute of Dramatic Art
2. The Boy from Oz is a musical about who?
Peter Allen
3. Jim Bancks created which much-loved Australian cartoon character?
Ginger Meggs
4. Who are the baddies in Snugglepot and Cuddlepie?
The Banksia Men
5. The famous Shearing the Rams was painted by who?
Tom Roberts
6. What was the name of Norman Lindsay’s Magic Pudding?
Albert
7. Who was the first Australian to win the Booker Prize?
Thomas Keneally
8. What was the name of the prize-winning book?
Schindler’s Ark
9. Who wrote the book ‘Sex and Destiny’?
Germaine Greer
10. Art critic and painter Lionel Lindsay was Norman Lindsay’s brother. True or
False?
True
Round 6 – Plants & Animals
1. How many species of venomous snakes are there in Australia? Is it 22, 57 or 115?
115
2. What was the first non-native animal introduced into Australia?
The dingo
3. Which national park did Skippy live in?
Waratah National Park
4. What is the common name given to the white and pink cockatoo found in dry regions of Australia?
Major Mitchell
5. Gums, stringy-barks, bloodwoods and ironbarks belong to what family of trees?
Eucalypts
6. Which are the only two potentially deadly spiders in Australia?
Red-back and Funnel-web
7. Koalas are most closely related to wombats. True or False?
True
8. What year was the cane toad introduced into Queensland?
1935
9. The Jabiru belongs to which family of birds?
Storks
10. What is Australia’s largest bird?
The emu
Round 7 – Australian History
1. Where was Ned Kelly’s last stand?
Glenrowan
2. Rum Jungle was Australia’s first what?
Uranium Mine
3. Who was the leader of the revolt at the Eureka Stockade?
Peter Lalor
4. Sir Hudson Fysh, Ross Smith and Amy Johnson were all what?
Aviators (Pilots)
5. What year did the SECOND fleet arrive in Australia?
1790
6. Who was the first person on board Endeavour to spot the Australian mainland?
Lieutenant Zachary Hicks
7. In which Australian state did the British test their first atomic bomb?
Western Australia
8. Who was the last man to be hanged in Australia?
Ronald Ryan
9. When did The Overland Telegraph between Port Augusta and Darwin became operational?
1872
10. The hut of which Australian explorer stands as a monument to his achievements in Antarctica?
Douglas Mawson
Round 8 - Your Territory
1. What are the Territory’s two faunal emblems?
Wedge-tailed Eagle and Red Kangaroo
2. Brown’s Mart was originally built as what?
A mining exchange
3. Where is the ‘Lost City?
Litchfield National Park
4. What year did the Mindil Beach Markets start? Was it 1987, 1989, or 1991?
1987
5. What would you find at 93 Mitchell Street?
The Darwin Entertainment Centre
6. The highest point in the Territory is Mount what?
Mount Zeil
7. Why was Australia Day 1959 significant for Darwin?
Darwin was granted city status.
8. When will the Territory celebrate the 30th anniversary of self-government?
July 1, 2008
9. What day of the week will it be?
Tuesday
10. The point where the NT, SA and QLD borders meet is known as Poeppel Corner. What was Poeppel’s first name?
Augustus
Round 9 – Sport
1. Name the Aussie cricketer who bowled the infamous underarm delivery against New Zealand.
Trevor Chappell
2. Who won the first test match between Australia and England in 1877?
Australia, by 45 runs
3. Who was the victim of Shane Warne’s notorious ‘ball of the century’?
Mike Gatting
4. Mark Occhilupo is a professional what?
Surfer
5. Who was the only Australian swimmer to win gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics?
Duncan Armstrong
6. Who did Lleyton Hewitt defeat to take out the 2001 US Open?
Pete Sampras
7. How old was Sir Donald Bradman when he died?
92
8. Which country topped the gold medal tally at the end of the 2000 Sydney Olympics?
The USA, with 39
9. In 1999 Australia was the first country to win rugby’s World Cup twice. Who did they defeat to achieve this?
France
10. Who trained champion racehorses Tulloch, Kingston Town and Gunsynd?
Tommy Smith
Round 10 – Trivia
1. There are over 200 species of cicada in Australia. True or false?
True.
2. Harry Seidler was a famous Australian what?
Architect
3. What nationality was Walter Burley Griffen?
American
4. The Chiko Roll was created by an Australian. True or false?
True.
5. Australian chemist C.P Callister created what in 1923?
Vegemite
6. The first what went on sale in Australia on 28 November 1948?
The first Holden
7. In which year was Aussie icon the Hills Hoist invented? 1935, 1945, or 1957?
1945
8. In ‘Advance Australia Fair’ what line immediately PRECEEDS the line ‘We’ve boundless plains to share’?
For those who’ve come across the seas
9. What is the 23rd word of the National Anthem?
By
10. Name the Seven Little Australians from eldest to youngest.
Meg, Pip, Judy, Nell, Bunty, Baby and the General.