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Quiz about Down Under Knowledge
Quiz about Down Under Knowledge

Down Under Knowledge Trivia Quiz


Planning to travel to Down Under, or just a geography nut? Perhaps you'll find this quiz fun.

A multiple-choice quiz by Jaye. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Jaye
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
93,812
Updated
Feb 15 24
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
3023
Last 3 plays: Guest 1 (10/10), Guest 103 (8/10), Guest 107 (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Where was the popular television series 'Flying Doctors' situated?
Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who takes credit for the earliest coastal exploration of Australia? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. To which colony, now part of Australia, did the Brits decide to send the convicts in the 1700s?

Answer: (Two or three words)
Question 4 of 10
4. Which of these animals is not a mammal that can be found Down Under? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The aboriginal name is Uluru, what is the English name? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. When it is noon in Western Australia, what time is it in the Northern Territory? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This Australian strange, dark yeast-extract substance that looks and spreads like thick tar is called...

Answer: (one word)
Question 8 of 10
8. How many kilometres is it by road from Sydney to Alice Springs? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Sydney's most famous beach with a strong surf is called what? It's also the name of a nearby suburb.

Answer: (One or two words-- begins with "B")
Question 10 of 10
10. The aboriginal name is Kata Tjuta but what is the English? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Where was the popular television series 'Flying Doctors' situated?

Answer: Cooper's Crossing

Coober Pedy is where you will find people living underground mining for opals. Port Augusta is where the prisoners were kept. Wollongong is just a typical Aussie sounding name and situated just south of Sydney.
2. Who takes credit for the earliest coastal exploration of Australia?

Answer: The Dutchman Willem Janszoon

Willem Janszoon was sailing near Papua New Guinea and inadvertently sailed into the Gulf of Carpentaria, mapping over 300km of the (now) Queensland coastline. This occurred in 1606.
3. To which colony, now part of Australia, did the Brits decide to send the convicts in the 1700s?

Answer: New South Wales

Prisons in Britain were overflowing, so they came up with this solution.
4. Which of these animals is not a mammal that can be found Down Under?

Answer: Kookaburra

All of them are native, but the kookaburra is a bird.
5. The aboriginal name is Uluru, what is the English name?

Answer: Ayers Rock

6. When it is noon in Western Australia, what time is it in the Northern Territory?

Answer: 1:30 pm

In the Northern Territory, it is 1:30 pm.
7. This Australian strange, dark yeast-extract substance that looks and spreads like thick tar is called...

Answer: Vegemite

Have you ever smelled it? It smells as bad as it tastes! Only Australians will touch it.
8. How many kilometres is it by road from Sydney to Alice Springs?

Answer: 2930

It's 1690 kilometres from Adelaide to Alice Springs, 895 from Sydney to Melbourne and 3990 from Sydney to Perth.
9. Sydney's most famous beach with a strong surf is called what? It's also the name of a nearby suburb.

Answer: Bondi Beach

Need I say more? Bondi Beach is also where you'll find a popular TV series filmed.
10. The aboriginal name is Kata Tjuta but what is the English?

Answer: The Olgas

Uluru is the aboriginal name for Ayers Rock, Nitmiluk for Katherine Gorge and The Ghan is a train.
Source: Author Jaye

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