Bushrangers
Film techniques
Tropes
Mise-en-scène
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100

Australia's bushrangers were mainly from families that were ethnically ___________________:

A. Irish
B. Aboriginal
C. Maori
D. Chinese 

A. Irish

100

Which film technique would create a sense of chaos, urgency, and immediate danger as characters navigate rough terrain:

A. Wide Landscape Shots
B. Low-Angle Shots
C. High-Contrast Lighting
D. Handheld Camera Work
E. Sound of cicadas, crows, and wind

D. Handheld Camera Work

100

True or false: Australian bushrangers are usually depicted as eloquent (well-spoken) and dashing (handsomely groomed and dressed).

False

100

Best description for the Australian landscape of bushrangers:

A. vast, harsh and unforgiving
B. lush, abundant and productive
C. tropical, dense and inviting

A. vast, harsh and unforgiving

100

Bombala Railway opened five years after the first private motor vehicles were purchased by people in Bombala and Delegate.  What impact would this have on the success and popularity of rail travel from Bombala?

A. a positive impact
B. a negative impact
C. no impact

B. a negative impact

200

Which of the following are notorious Australian bushrangers:

A. Captain Tinderbox, Dan Smith, The Jones Gang
B. Captain Thunderbolt, Ben Hall, The Clarke Gang
C. Captain Lightning, James Jones, The Smith Gang

B. Captain Thunderbolt, Ben Hall, The Clarke Gang

200

Which film technique would capture the vast, isolating, and untamed Australian bush:

A. Wide Landscape Shots
B. Low-Angle Shots
C. High-Contrast Lighting
D. Handheld Camera Work
E. Sound of cicadas, crows, and wind

A. Wide Landscape Shots

200

True or false: In Australian folklore, Ned Kelly has been universally hated.

false

200

The Woolingubrah Inn was shipped to Australia from America.  What do you think it was used for?

A. storing livestock feed
B. banking services
C. hotel and pub for travellers

C. hotel and pub for travellers

200

True or false: Travelling by rail from Bombala to Cooma was most popular in July and August.

False. The trains were freezing and sometimes snowbound.

300

Which era in Australia's history featured the most bushrangers?

A. Rum rebellion
B. Federation drought
C. Gold Rush
D. WWI

C. Gold Rush

300

Which film technique looks up at the bushrangers, making them appear larger-than-life, heroic, or imposing, to reinforce their status as legendary folk heroes or dangerous threats:

A. Wide Landscape Shots
B. Low-Angle Shots
C. High-Contrast Lighting
D. Handheld Camera Work
E. Sound of cicadas, crows, and wind

B. Low-Angle Shots

300

Which famous bushranger wore metal armour?

Ned Kelly

300

When is it most likely that the Woolingubrah Inn was built?

A. 1820
B. 1860
C. 1910

B. 1860

300

True or false: In the 1920s, the quickest way to get from Bombala to Cooma was by rail.

False. The quickest way was by car or bus.

400

True or false:  Bushrangers robbed a property in Bombala.

True.

400

Which film technique would build tension and a sense of dread:

A. Wide Landscape Shots
B. Low-Angle Shots
C. High-Contrast Lighting
D. Handheld Camera Work
E. Sound of cicadas, crows, and wind

E. Sound of cicadas, crows, and wind

400
True or false: A typical Australian bushranger trope is that they were noble Robin Hoods - stealing only from the rich and sometimes giving to the poor.

True

400

Bombala Railway opened in which year:

A. 1821
B. 1851
C. 1921
D. 1931

C. 1921

400

Why did Bombala Railway have a shed with a boiler that was used to warm up metal containers the size of 2 litre milk bottles filled with water?

For the passengers to keep their feet warm in winter

500

When bushrangers robbed banks, what did they als do that brought sympathy from the community.

Burn loan and mortgage documents.

500

Which film technique would capture and emphasise the searing heat and gritty reality of the outback:

A. Wide Landscape Shots
B. Low-Angle Shots
C. High-Contrast Lighting
D. Handheld Camera Work
E. Sound of cicadas, crows, and wind

C. High-Contrast Lighting

500

The word trope comes from the ancient Greek word trópos, meaning:

A. a landscape or portrait
B. a picture or frame
C. an outfit or costume
D. a manner or style

D. a manner or style

500

Mise-en-scene means putting on stage or a setting in which language?

French

500

Which of the following brought an end to bushranging in Australia:

A. a more professional police force
B. introduction of telegraph and telephone services
C. negative public sentiment towards bushrangers
D. all of the above

D. all of the above

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