South Australia Trivia

1. Driving through the picturesque Adelaide Hills, you may come to this town and sample some apfelstrudel and Black Forest cake. Which town?

From Quiz South Australia - Odds and Sods

Answer: Hahndorf

Hahndorf was originally settled in 1839 by refugees from Prussia and Silesia. Birdwood, Cudlee Creek and Williamstown are also towns of SA, but not necessarily in the Hills. Birdwood was originally named Blumberg.

From Quiz South Australia (A mixed bag)

Answer: Musgrave Ranges

The Musgrave Range is on a large plateau in the north of the state. It is located on Aboriginal native title land and are not readily accessable to many people.

From Quiz Adelaide Australia

Answer: Torrens

The river Torrens flows down from the Adelaide hills through the suburbs and city of Adelaide and into the Gulf St Vincent. The river level is controlled by a weir allowing enough water for paddle boats and rowing clubs to enjoy. Every so often the water is drained out so the river floor can be cleaned. The river is quite polluted, swimming is either not allowed or not recommended. For fishermen not fussy about what they catch the water is home to numerous European Carp, a noxious fish in Australia.

From Quiz South Australia

Answer: Botanic Park

Womadelaide is a three day festival of world music and culture held in Botanic Park on the outskirts of the Adelaide CBD. It attracts musicians and tourists from all corners of the globe.

From Quiz Adelaide

Answer: Queen Adelaide

The City of Adelaide was named after Queen Adelaide of England, who lived from 1792 to 1849. She was the wife of King William IV.

From Quiz South Australia - Odds and Sods

Answer: Naracoorte Caves Conservation Park

Bentwing bats migrate each spring to Naracoorte Caves CP in the south-east of the state, where they join the resident bat population. Infra-red cameras installed in the caves allow visitors to view the bats without disturbing these tiny creatures. Between November and February you can watch thousands of bats flying from the cave to feed on insects in the evening. Innes National Park is on the sourthern tip of Yorke Peninsula, and Pinkawillinie is on upper Eyre Peninsula.

From Quiz South Australia (A mixed bag)

Answer: Southern Hairy Nosed Wombat

The Southern Hairy Nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus Latifrons) is a rare native masupial native to South Australia. It lives in underground burrows and is vegetarian. Due to their burrowing habits and the undermining of fences, they were hunted nearly to extinction by farmers but are now fully protected. They are the size of a small pig and extremely solid. They are closely related to the koala. They can also be known to mess up the front end of your car very badly if you run into them.

From Quiz Flinders Ranges

Answer: St Mary Peak

St Mary Peak is the highest peak in the Flinders Ranges but not the highest in South Australia. All of these prominent peaks form part of the Wilpena Pound Rim which is the most popular tourist area of the Flinders Ranges.

From Quiz Adelaide Australia

Answer: Colonel Light

The statue of Colonel Light looks over the city he founded from Montefiore Hill. The Colonel designed the city within a ring of parklands. These parklands remain today and are home to numerous sporting clubs, walking trails and gardens.

From Quiz South Australia

Answer: Coopers Pale Ale

Pale Ale is the highest selling of the Coopers range. Sparkling Ale features a red label, Dark Ale is brown and stout is yellow.

From Quiz Bound for South Australia

Answer: Kangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island lies just off the tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula. The ferry docks at Penneshaw, and the island's largest town, Kingscote, is a short drive around the north coast. Kingscote is home base to a thriving tourism industry based largely upon the island's wildlife. Seal Bay, on the island's south coast, is home to a large breeding colony of sea-lions. The bay is a conservation park and the sea-lions are protected by law, but visitors are welcome to walk down onto the beach to within a few metres of the sea-lions. There is also a boardwalk from which the sea-lions can be viewed.

From Quiz Adelaide

Answer: 693

The Park Lands include facilities for for golf, cycling, aquatic activities, tennis and horse racing.

From Quiz South Australia - Odds and Sods

Answer: Bute and Port Broughton

Every long weekend in October, local service clubs sell homemade cream puffs from this corner as a fundraiser. You have to be there early though.

From Quiz Flinders Ranges

Answer: southern

Melrose is the southern most town of the Flinders Ranges and on one of the main routes to the Finders from Adelaide. Their town slogan is "Gateway to the Flinders".

From Quiz Adelaide Australia

Answer: 36ers

The Adelaide 36ers are named for the year 1836, the founding date of the colony of South Australia. Other national sporting teams in Adelaide include the Adelaide Crows and Port Power football teams, the Lightning womens basketball team and the Redbacks cricket side. Generally Adelaide's sporting teams have proven themselves more than competitive on the national front.

From Quiz South Australia

Answer: Victor Harbor

The southern coastal town of Victor Harbor has its peace shattered at the start of every summer as year 12 students converge on the town to let their hair down and blow off some steam after their final exams.

From Quiz Adelaide

Answer: William

Colonel William Light surveyed Adelaide in 1837. He also was the surveyor of Christchurch, New Zealand and the two locations are sister cities.

From Quiz South Australia - Odds and Sods

Answer: Maslin Beach

The cliffs are quite a sight. As is the beach itself on a summer's day - vast expanse of empty beach to the north, happy crowded beach to the south. Take plenty of drinking water and 30+ sunscreen. As they say, 'when in Rome ...' Moana is the next suburb to the north of Maslin, Myponga occurs further south, and Minlacowie is on the coast of southern Yorke Peninsula.

From Quiz Flinders Ranges

Answer: coal

The coal was mined and then transported by rail 270 km to Port Augusta Power Stations. These power stations then had their produced electricity transmitted 300km to the city of Adelaide.

From Quiz Adelaide Australia

Answer: The Family

Notorious murderer Bevan Spencer Von Einem was charged with the murder and torture of a 15 year old boy. His trial revealed evidence of a group of people working together to commit unspeakable crimes against young men. It was rumoured a number of high profile Adelaide identities were involved. Perhaps Adelaide's most famous crime was the abduction of the three Beaumont children in 1966. Taken from a busy city beach they have never been seen again.

From Quiz South Australia

Answer: Cricket

The Southern Redbacks are the South Australia's cricket team. Although they usually struggle to win many games, they have produced such national stars as Jason Gillespie and Darren Lehmann.

From Quiz Adelaide

Answer: 1869

On Saturday 23 January at about 3:15 am a small but noisy procession wound its way from the East End Market towards the Victoria Square environs. To the lively strains of the Concordia Band eight carts laden with produce were driven by market gardeners to a site between Gouger and Grote Streets. In only a few hours about 500 purchasers quickly bought out the entire stock of goods for sale, so that for those hurrying to the scene of activity after 6:00 am, there was nothing left to buy. So began the first day of the Adelaide Central Market (then called City Market) back in 1869 in Grote Street on a site without any structure other then a fence and a couple of gas lights. The official opening was a year later in 22 January 1870. Source: The Adelaide Central Market web site

From Quiz South Australia - Odds and Sods

Answer: Wallaroo and Lucky Bay

It's quite popular. The crossing takes about two hours, but to drive around the Gulf to the same point would be four hours.

From Quiz South Australia (A mixed bag)

Answer: The Ghan, Indian Pacific and Overland

The Ghan travels from Adelaide to Darwin. The section from Alice Springs to Darwin was only recently finished.(Well over 100 years after the Adelaide to Darwin rail line was commenced). The Indian Pacific runs from Adelaide to Perth and Sydney. The original journey from Sydney to Perth included gauge breaks at Broken Hill (NSW), Peterborough, Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie(WA). The Overland runs from Adelaide to Melbourne and is the oldest inter-capital city train not to have a change of gauge at the state border. The Sunlander and Tilt Train are Queensland intracity trains that run from Brisbane to Cairns with the Tilt Train being a luxurious tourist train.

From Quiz Adelaide Australia

Answer: Glenelg

Adelaide's one and only tram track will take you from the city centre to the beachside suburb of Glenelg. Glenelg was the site where the colony of South Australia was proclaimed. Today Glenelg has become a popular place to gather either on the beach, the surrounding parks or the numerous cafes that line its main street Jetty Road.

From Quiz South Australia

Answer: Glenelg

Glenelg is commonly referred to as 'The Bay'. It is Adelaide's most popular beach and is always bustling on a sunny day.

From Quiz Bound for South Australia

Answer: Mount Gambier

The volcano of Mount Gambier was formed around 4900 years ago, while the city of Mount Gambier was settled around 1840. The volcano is now dormant, and a lake fills what was the volcano's crater. This lake, known as the Blue Lake, undergoes an amazing transformation each year, changing from a dull grey to a brilliant turquoise blue each November to March. The southeastern region of South Australia is known for its limestone caves and Mount Gambier is no exception, with Cave Gardens located in the centre of town in a park opposite the town Post Office. The cave featured in the Cave Gardens display was once the water source for the town, with water being pumped up from its base.

From Quiz Adelaide

Answer: it was the 'right' whale to hunt

Southern Right Whales were regarded by early whalers as the 'right' whale to hunt, because they swam very slowly and close to the shore. They also floated when harpooned and yielded large quantities of oil and whalebone. Source: VicNet.

From Quiz South Australia - Odds and Sods

Answer: Edithburgh

You can see those things for miles as you drive south. Warooka and Stenhouse Bay are windy towns too while Ardrossan is further north on the eastern coast of the peninsula.

From Quiz South Australia (A mixed bag)

Answer: Port Adelaide Power

Port Adelaide Football Club was established in 1870. It is the oldest league club in South Australia and is known as the magpies in the local competition. Port Adelaide has only been in the AFL since 1997 and has achieved one premiership since joining the AFL.

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