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Quiz about Australia Unearthed Notes from the Dig
Quiz about Australia Unearthed Notes from the Dig

Australia Unearthed. Notes from the Dig Quiz


Date: 1st October 2703. Location: Australia. Notes: Continent visible-waters receded. Population: Small tribe-Kosciusko region, Large tribe-Uluru. Appear friendly. Mission: Recovery of artifacts - circa 1970-2005 AD. Attempt lifestyle reconstruction.

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Author
Nannanut
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
192,582
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
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Avg Score
7 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. East coast. Area known as New South Wales - Sydney region. Dig team reports unusually large object with teeth and huge smiling face. Looks big enough to be a gateway to some sort of park - amusement perhaps? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Small dig in suburbia unearths bottle. Poor condition. Dig notes reveal contents given attribute "the drink you have when you're not having a drink". Partial label only. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Report just in from NSW Mid-North Coast. Dig workers report large yellow structure - could be some sort of fruit. (Check research notes for description of fruit - from memory believed to be some type of food?) Ascertain purpose of constructing large fruit. Confirm variety of fruit. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Update. Teams in West Sydney area unearthed massive airtight vault. Recovered - 3 large furry animal depictions. (Research shows all now extinct). Believed to be Echidna, Kookaburra and Platypus. Paperwork recovered reveals use of "pet names" Millie, Olly and Syd. Just in! - similar find at northern dig in Brisbane area - predates Sydney objects. Appears to be large winking kangaroo. Paperwork reveals no name. Note. Research name. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Preservation teams called in. Suburban find - old book. Believed to be recipe book. Great excitement - one page almost intact and legible. Title of biscuit recipe - unreadable. Research note. Check "ingredients" - unknown fluids and solids listed. Oats, Golden Syrup, butter, flour, sugar? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. More food finds today. This one intact. Bottle with partial red and yellow label. Contents - resemble our own museum collection of 19th and 20th century axle grease. Similar colour and consistency. Smell indescribable. Note - call for tasting volunteers. Label partial only - product name begins with "V". Research list of possible names.

Answer: (One word - eight letters - starts with 'V')
Question 7 of 10
7. Flag found at small country coastal dig. No match to any official national or state flags on record. Green background. Kangaroo with boxing gloves in fighting pose. Possibly commemorating some sort of sporting event? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Major dig find. Large rusted metal item unearthed in Sydney suburban grid. Appears to be red vehicle of some sort. Numbers GTHO4 identifiable. Also reference to Allan Moffatt. This may be racing car of some sort. Note - research and find out type of car. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Latest news. Archeologists have recovered strong evidence throughout the suburban grids that the people of this land were pet lovers. Towels, caps, shirts and flags depicting roosters, broncos, panthers, tigers, bulldogs, rabbits and sea eagles are in the recovery preservation tanks at this moment. One obscure reference remains to be deciphered. NRL? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Most valuable find to date. Old DVD style disc (bringing ancient player on this dig now vindicated) - seems to be factual record of lifestyle practices of early 21st century Australia. Reveals anthropological account of two women believed to be mother and daughter. Details food preferences, cooking styles, manners, fashions and speech mannerisms of the era. Note - research item - who were these residents of Fountain Lakes?

Answer: (Two names. 3 words (K and K))

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1. East coast. Area known as New South Wales - Sydney region. Dig team reports unusually large object with teeth and huge smiling face. Looks big enough to be a gateway to some sort of park - amusement perhaps?

Answer: Luna Park

Archives show Luna Park opened 1930s. Fire closed park in 1960s. Several attempts at re-opening. Finally open to public April 2004 minus something called "Big Dipper". Note - research "Big Dipper" and why it was missing. Early newsclippings suggest noise factor. Check.
2. Small dig in suburbia unearths bottle. Poor condition. Dig notes reveal contents given attribute "the drink you have when you're not having a drink". Partial label only.

Answer: Claytons

Archival findings: Claytons developed as non alcoholic alternative to spirits. (Puzzled!) Some reports read - "tasted like cough medicine". Odd people.
Note. Research shows "Claytons" adopted into general language usage - describing anything that is not the real thing.
3. Report just in from NSW Mid-North Coast. Dig workers report large yellow structure - could be some sort of fruit. (Check research notes for description of fruit - from memory believed to be some type of food?) Ascertain purpose of constructing large fruit. Confirm variety of fruit.

Answer: The Big Banana

Notes: Now know this to be "banana". Long elongated fruit - apparently good eating. Large iconic structure - possibly some sort of crude temple. Locals possibly worshipped fruit (Check).
4. Update. Teams in West Sydney area unearthed massive airtight vault. Recovered - 3 large furry animal depictions. (Research shows all now extinct). Believed to be Echidna, Kookaburra and Platypus. Paperwork recovered reveals use of "pet names" Millie, Olly and Syd. Just in! - similar find at northern dig in Brisbane area - predates Sydney objects. Appears to be large winking kangaroo. Paperwork reveals no name. Note. Research name.

Answer: Matilda

Dig notes. All furry artifacts now believed to be part of sporting rituals. Sydney find related to ancient sporting event - "Olympic Games" circa 2000. Brisbane - more difficult - obscure reference to an event - "Commonwealth Games" (No recent records of "Commonwealth" - check). Date confirmed 1982.
5. Preservation teams called in. Suburban find - old book. Believed to be recipe book. Great excitement - one page almost intact and legible. Title of biscuit recipe - unreadable. Research note. Check "ingredients" - unknown fluids and solids listed. Oats, Golden Syrup, butter, flour, sugar?

Answer: Anzac Biscuits

Unable to recreate as ingredients long since vanished. Archival check from old Australian War Memorial records - Anzac Biscuits created to send to troops in World War One. Baked hard. Shipped well. Obviously still in use as food item in late 20th Century. Moment of nostalgia - all reports indicate pleasant tasting item.
6. More food finds today. This one intact. Bottle with partial red and yellow label. Contents - resemble our own museum collection of 19th and 20th century axle grease. Similar colour and consistency. Smell indescribable. Note - call for tasting volunteers. Label partial only - product name begins with "V". Research list of possible names.

Answer: Vegemite

One taster found. Still in hospital recovery vehicle - salt overload. Old archival footage found in London from before the final flood indicates this to be staple food of Australian infants. Something about rosy cheeks. Surely not? Need more proof of this odd practice. Check further.
7. Flag found at small country coastal dig. No match to any official national or state flags on record. Green background. Kangaroo with boxing gloves in fighting pose. Possibly commemorating some sort of sporting event?

Answer: The winning of the America's Cup

New note - flag designed by RAAF (now defunct defence unit) personnel and adopted by Australia's winning America's Cup yachting syndicate. 1983. Also copied obscure reference - "winged keel" - odd. More sporting references. Note. Many recovered dig items point to a sporting nation.
8. Major dig find. Large rusted metal item unearthed in Sydney suburban grid. Appears to be red vehicle of some sort. Numbers GTHO4 identifiable. Also reference to Allan Moffatt. This may be racing car of some sort. Note - research and find out type of car.

Answer: Falcon

Now established. Product of Ford motor company. 1972. Valuable find - still more sporting artifacts. Rumours car was unearthed on property of prominent FT member (late 20th Century) still not discounted but doubtful.
9. Latest news. Archeologists have recovered strong evidence throughout the suburban grids that the people of this land were pet lovers. Towels, caps, shirts and flags depicting roosters, broncos, panthers, tigers, bulldogs, rabbits and sea eagles are in the recovery preservation tanks at this moment. One obscure reference remains to be deciphered. NRL?

Answer: National Rugby League

Sadly first impressions have now been turned over in favour of emerging hypothesis. This was a sports mad nation. No evidence exists that these people even had pets.
10. Most valuable find to date. Old DVD style disc (bringing ancient player on this dig now vindicated) - seems to be factual record of lifestyle practices of early 21st century Australia. Reveals anthropological account of two women believed to be mother and daughter. Details food preferences, cooking styles, manners, fashions and speech mannerisms of the era. Note - research item - who were these residents of Fountain Lakes?

Answer: Kath and Kim

Final notes. Now have excellent factual lifestyle references. Most successful dig. Research confirms Kath and Kim define early 21st Century Australia. Transcripts of speech patterns - complete. Catalog of fashion and food styles - complete. Manners manual in compilation. Expect full notes and conference papers to follow. PhD pending.
Source: Author Nannanut

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