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The Ultimate Australiana Quiz | Geography

Australiana is what the Ancient Romans called miscellaneous and curious things about Australia. Sound good?

A multiple-choice quiz by Quacker. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Quacker

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
58,101

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
5

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
3 / 5

Plays
1716

Last 3 plays: Guest 175 (2/5), Jane57 (5/5), Guest 1 (4/5).

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Question 1 of 5

1. Which term is used in Southeastern Australia (from north of Sydney, southwards to Melbourne) for Aboriginal people? Hint

Murri

Maori

Koorie

Nunga

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Question 2 of 5

2. Melbourne is the birthplace of which three fantastic sports? Hint

Test cricket, Australian Rules football and Trugo

Test cricket, hockey (or 'field hockey' as North Americans call it) and Bingo

One-Day cricket, Rugby League and Trugo

Test Cricket, Hockey and Bingo

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Question 3 of 5

3. A pot is a ___ ounce glass of beer. Hint

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Question 4 of 5

4. A schooner metric holds 425 ml of what typically Australian beverage? Hint

milk

vodka

fruit juice

beer

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Question 5 of 5

5. Which of these Australian cities is the furthest away from another city with a population of at least 100,000 people? Hint

Broken Hill

Sydney

Perth

Darwin

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which term is used in Southeastern Australia (from north of Sydney, southwards to Melbourne) for Aboriginal people?

Answer: Koorie

A Koorie is the word most often used by Aborigines from south-eastern Australia. Nunga is used in South Australia, Murri in Queensland and the Maori are the original Polynesian inhabitants of New Zealand.

2. Melbourne is the birthplace of which three fantastic sports?

Answer: Test cricket, Australian Rules football and Trugo

Test cricket takes five days and is difficult to explain but extremely rewarding when you understand the tactics, Australian Rules ('footy') is very exciting and can be checked out at afl.com.au and trugo is a strange and sadly dwindling game played on bowling greens which involves the rolling of discs along the lawn with a stick.

3. A pot is a ___ ounce glass of beer.

Answer: 10

A pot is a ten ounce glass of beer. Australia has some lovely beers try to find Holgate and Yarra Valley if you can.

4. A schooner metric holds 425 ml of what typically Australian beverage?

Answer: beer

The word 'schooner' is synonymous with beer and if you were to ask for a schooner of milk, fruit juice or vodka you would get some very strange looks indeed.

5. Which of these Australian cities is the furthest away from another city with a population of at least 100,000 people?

Answer: Perth

Perth, with close to two million people, is the furthest city from the next major city of more than a one hundred thousand people (Adelaide) in the world. Adelaide has over one million people. The Russian car brand, Lada, is inordinately popular in Perth.

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