Geography
Animals
People
Language
Random stuff
100
Australia's nickname
What is the Land Down Under (aka Oz)?
100
A huge flightless bird, native to Australia.
What is an emu?
100
These people probably arrived in Australia about 40,000 years ago from Southeast Asia.
Who are the aborigine people?
100
"Bloke"
What is a "guy"?
100
This famous building has one of the strangest roofs - shaped like sails, shells or birds' wings - and sits in the harbour at Sydney.
What is the Sydney Opera House?
200
A famous large red mountain in the middle of the outback, sacred to aborigines.
What is Ayers Rock (aka Uluru)?
200
A marsupial capable of jumping up to 28 feet and running up to 50 mph.
What is a Kangaroo?
200
Between 1788 and 1868, 160,000 of these people were sent to Australia by the British government.
Who are convicts?
200
"Nipper"
What is a "young child", aka an ankle-biter?
200
Canberra
What is Australia's capital city?
300
Largest Coral Reef in Australia - NO, never mind that - THE WORLD!
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
300
A group of 2 animals native to Australia - mammals that lay eggs.
What is a monotreme? (Platypus and Echidna)
300
A annual day set aside to acknowledge past laws and practices that brought suffering to the Aboriginal people.
What is Sorry Day?
300
"Dunny"
What is a toilet?
300
People use these hardwood trees (aka gum trees) to build furniture and houses; its oil is used to make medicine, soap and cleaning products.
What is the Eucalyptus?
400
Australia's highest mountain.
What is Mount Kosciusko?
400
A bird who can imitate other bids and most other sounds including a camera or a chainsaw.
What is the Lyrebird?
400
The fastest growing religion in Australia.
What is Islam?
400
"bush mutton"
What is "roast cockatoo"?
400
There are nine times as many of these animals as there are people.
What are sheep?
500
Australia's largest lake
What is Lake Eyre?
500
This animal is not native to Australia but was brought in to eat the beetles that were killing sugar cane crops. Its population shot up from 101 to millions and it never did eat the beetles.
What is the Cane Toad? (aka Bufo marinus, Marine Toad, Giant Toad, Mexican Toad, Giant American Toad)
500
A comedy-adventure about a stereotypical Australian, starring Paul Hogan.
What is Crocodile Dundee?
500
"I bin luk kwesjin mat." (Aboriginal Kriol)
What is "He was amazed."?
500
Before it was built people had to walk across the desert or ride on camels.
What is the Trans-Australian Railway?
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