Geography
This remote Australian island is closer to Indonesia than to the Australian mainland and is famous for its annual red crab migration.
What is Christmas Island?
This Australian animal looks like someone combined a duck, beaver and otter—and the male is also venomous.
What is a platypus?
This Australian actress went from Neighbours to playing Harley Quinn and the world’s most famous doll.
Who is Margot Robbie?
In 1788, this fleet of 11 British ships arrived at Sydney Cove, beginning European settlement in Australia.
What was the First Fleet?
At many Australian gatherings, guests are often told to bring this—meaning their own drinks.
What is BYO?
This state shares a land border with every other mainland state.
What is South Australia?
Often called the “world’s happiest animal,” this small marsupial is especially famous on Rottnest Island.
What is a quokka?
This Australian actor wields a magical hammer as Thor in the Marvel films.
Who is Chris Hemsworth?
Australia officially became a single nation on 1 January of this year.
What is 1901?
On Christmas Day, many Australians swap snow and fireplaces for seafood, sunshine and this outdoor cooking tradition.
What is a barbecue?
If you visited one Australian beach every day, it would take approximately this many years to see them all.
What is 27 years?
This Australian bird is famous for copying sounds so accurately that it can imitate camera shutters, chainsaws and other birds.
What is the superb lyrebird?
This Australian singer began acting on Neighbours before becoming known worldwide for songs including “Can’t Get You Out of My Head.
Who is Kylie Minogue?
This 1854 rebellion on the Victorian goldfields became a symbol of democracy and resistance to government authority.
What was the Eureka Stockade?
This remembrance ceremony is traditionally held before sunrise on 25 April.
What is an Anzac Day Dawn Service?
This Australian town is so hot that many residents live underground in homes called “dugouts.”
What is Coober Pedy?
This unusual Australian marsupial produces cube-shaped droppings, helping prevent them from rolling away when it marks its territory.
What is a wombat?
This Australian wildlife expert became internationally famous as “The Crocodile Hunter” and regularly opened his shows with “Crikey!”
Who is Steve Irwin?
In 1932, Australian soldiers armed with machine guns unsuccessfully tried to control an invasion of these large flightless birds.
What are emus?
Every Boxing Day, this famous yacht race begins in Sydney Harbour and finishes in Tasmania.
What is the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race?
This famous red landmark rises 348 metres above the surrounding plain—higher than the Eiffel Tower.
What is Uluṟu?
This Australian bird may look prehistoric, but its powerful legs and dagger-like inner claws have earned it a reputation as one of the world’s most dangerous birds.
What is a cassowary?
This Australian actress played the elf Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings films and won an Oscar for portraying Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator.
Who is Cate Blanchett?
This Australian prime minister disappeared while swimming near Melbourne in 1967 and was never found.
Who is Harold Holt?
At Australian weddings, birthdays and celebrations, guests may shout this phrase before someone drinks their entire beverage without stopping.
What is “Skull!”