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Quiz about People of the 20th Century Australia

People of the 20th Century (Australia) Quiz

This quiz is about people who made the headlines in Australia during the Twentieth Century. I hope you find it interesting.

A multiple-choice quiz by Mommakat. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Mommakat

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
335,768

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
750

Last 3 plays: colbymanram (3/10), Guest 1 (9/10), lg549 (10/10).

Question 1 of 10

1. Which aviator/aviatrix made the first flight across the Pacific in 1935? Hint

Charles Lindberg

Charles Kingsford Smith

Amelia Earhart

Wilbur Wright

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Question 2 of 10

2. In 1946 a 12-year-old Timorese boy stowed away in the wheel housing of a plane bound for Australia. Who was he? Hint

Bas Wie

Wes Die

Thomas Pak

Sabu

3. Dr Gilbert Bogle and a female companion were found dead on the banks of the Lane Cove River in Sydney on the morning of lst January 1963. The case has never been officially solved. Who was the woman with him? Hint

Margaret Carter

Margaret Camplin

Margaret Campion

Margaret Chandler

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the Australian Olympic champion who was suspended for many years owing to behaviour deemed not to be acceptable at the 1964 Olympic Games? Hint

Dawn Fraser

Murray Rose

Shane Gould

Herb Elliott

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these Australian Prime Ministers died while in office? Hint

Malcolm Fraser

Harold Holt

Paul Keating

Billy McMahon

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which Australian Prime Minister was removed while still in office in 1975? Hint

Gough Whitlam

Paul Keating

Malcolm Fraser

Bob Hawke

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was the first female recipient of a heart transplant in Australia in April 1984? Hint

Felicity Cooper

Fiona Coote

Faith Cotter

Flora Cowper

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which Australian was the first woman to sail solo round the world, non-stop, in 1988? Hint

Jessica Watson

Kate Coster

Kay Cottee

Kath Foster

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Question 9 of 10

9. How did the surgeon, Dr Victor Chang, who was a leading heart surgeon in Australia, die? Hint

Heart attack

Gunshot wound

Stroke

Natural causes

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the perpetrator of Australia's worst mass murder? Hint

Martin Ryan

Martin Bryant

Martin O'Brien

Martin Bryson

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which aviator/aviatrix made the first flight across the Pacific in 1935?

Answer: Charles Kingsford Smith

Charles Kingsford Smith, or Smithy, as he was affectionately known to Australians, flew from Sydney to San Francisco in a single engine plane with a navigator and became the first man to cross the Pacific by plane.

2. In 1946 a 12-year-old Timorese boy stowed away in the wheel housing of a plane bound for Australia. Who was he?

Answer: Bas Wie

He was discovered when the plane landed in Darwin. He was shockingly injured. Public sympathy helped sway the decision of the authorities and he was allowed to stay. He was placed in a foster home and lived in Darwin from that time on and became a respected and honoured member of the community.

Answer: Margaret Chandler

Margaret Chandler was known to Bogle and they had been at the same party the previous evening. Several theories have been put forward but the case remains officially unsolved.

4. Who was the Australian Olympic champion who was suspended for many years owing to behaviour deemed not to be acceptable at the 1964 Olympic Games?

Answer: Dawn Fraser

Dawn Fraser was considered to be Australia's greatest female sprint swimmer with 8 Olympic medals to her credit - 4 gold and 4 silver, won at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Games.

5. Which of these Australian Prime Ministers died while in office?

Answer: Harold Holt

Holt disappeared on the l7th December 1967 while attempting to swim in rough seas at Cheviot Beach, Victoria. His body was never recovered.

6. Which Australian Prime Minister was removed while still in office in 1975?

Answer: Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam was sacked by the Governor General of the time, Sir John Kerr, and the control of the Government was handed over to Malcolm Fraser, the then Leader of the Opposition. It was the subject of a film called "The Dismissal" (183).

7. Who was the first female recipient of a heart transplant in Australia in April 1984?

Answer: Fiona Coote

Fiona underwent the history making operation in St Vincent's Hospital. The surgeon who performed the operation was Dr Victor Chang. At the time she was the youngest recipient at the age of 14.

8. Which Australian was the first woman to sail solo round the world, non-stop, in 1988?

Answer: Kay Cottee

Kay took six months to complete the journey in her yacht, "First Lady".

9. How did the surgeon, Dr Victor Chang, who was a leading heart surgeon in Australia, die?

Answer: Gunshot wound

Dr Chang was found murdered in a Sydney street in July 1991. His body was found next to his car with two bullet wounds to the head. Dr. Victor Chang was the surgeon who operated on Fiona Coote.

10. Who was the perpetrator of Australia's worst mass murder?

Answer: Martin Bryant

On the 28th April 1996, Bryant went on a shooting rampage at Port Arthur in Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding another 22. This was Australia's worst mass murder. He was sentenced to 35 life sentences cumulatively in Tasmania's Risdon Prison.

Source: Author Mommakat

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