Australia
This famous Australian animal carries its baby in a pouch and can jump very high.
What is a Kangaroo?
This violent weather phenomenon is a rotating column of air touching the ground.
What is a tornado?
The leader of the Normans shown in the tapestry later became king of England.
Who is Willam the Conqueror?
The two rival families fighting for the English throne during the War of the Roses.
Who are the York and the Lancaster?
This institution represents the people and helps make laws in the United Kingdom.
What is the Parlement?
This large city is famous for its Opera House and Harbour Bridge.
What is Sydney?
This central region of the United States is nicknamed “Tornado Alley” because of the high number of tornadoes each year.
What are the Great Plains?
This battle is represented at the end of the tapestry.
What is the Battle of Hastings?
This playwrighter later made Richard III famous in one of his historical plays.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This English king was executed in 1649 after the English Civil War.
Who is Charles I?
The capital city of Australia.
What is Camberra?
Buildings designed to resist hazards are part of this culture of prevention.
What is risk culture?
This king of England died in 1066, creating a succession crisis.
Who is Edouard the Confessor?
This Tudor king ended the War of the Roses after the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.
Who is Henry VII Tudor?
This document, adopted in 1689, strengthened the powers of Parliament.
What is the Bill of Rights ?
This precious metal attracted thousands of migrants to Australia in the 19th century.
What is Gold?
Meteorologists use this technology to detect tornadoes and storms.
What is a radar?
The tapestry includes this object that appeared in the sky in 1066 and frightened people.
What is Halley’s Comet?
The two princes who disappeared during the reign of Richard III.
Who are the "Princes in the Tower"?
This political revolution of 1688 established the supremacy of Parliament over the monarchy.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
This natural wonder is the world’s largest coral reef system, located off Australia’s northeast coast.
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
This large-scale system brings together weather data to detect and track severe storms across Tornado Alley.
What is a weather monitoring system (or storm tracking system)?
This famous island abbey appears in the Bayeux Tapestry.
What is Mont Saint-Michel?
Wealthy noblemen, known as the "Kingmaker", I died during the battle of Barnet in 1471.
Who is Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick?
The British Prime Minister lives at this famous address in London.
What is 10 Downing Street?