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Australian english
100
How much of Australia is classified as desert A) 8% B) 16% C) 25% D) 35%
D-35%
100
Australians hold the world record for which amazing feat? A) Fastest Beer bottle opening B) Largest Christmas Cracker C) Most Sheep Sheared in 24 hours D) Largest Chicken Dance
B - Largest Christmas Cracker
100
Modern Kangaroos are herbivorous but in the past there were meat eating Kangaroos. True or False ?
True
100
Once people come to Australia, they join the team.
Tony Abbott
100
Do all Australians speak with an Australian accent?
Australian English is spoken by people who are born in Australia and /or grow up with an Australian English speaking peer group. These people come from a range of different ancestries. However, there are of course many Australians who do not use an Australian English accent, either because they have lived overseas for many years or because they migrated to Australia at an age when their accent has already become relatively stabilised. It is true that adults can, and indeed do, change their accents, however early exposure to a dialect is the usual mechanism for acquiring a native like accent.
200
What is South Australia’s largest island?
Kangaroo Island
200
Approximately how many rabbits are there in Australia today? A) 3 million B) 30 million C) 300 million D) 3,000 million.
C - 300 million
200
In 1997 The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimated there were how many sheep in Australia ?
120 Million
200
On Australia Day 2010, as we enter this second decade of the 21st century, Australians can be optimistic about our future, but we cannot afford to mistake optimism for complacency
Kevin Rudd
200
Where does the Australian English accent come from?
The Australian English accent began in the early days of the new white colony that began in Sydney in 1788. It would have been first spoken by the children who were born into the new colony and exposed to a whole range of different dialects mainly from the south east of England. This new dialect was created by the colonial children out of the raw ingredients of the accents they heard around them.
300
What is the tallest waterfall in Australia?
Wallaman falls,QLD
300
What outback town’s population swells from 120 to crowds of over 5000 for a racing carnival?
Birdsville
300
How many toes does an Emu have ?
3
300
Who is Australia’s only Formula One driver?
Mark Webber
300
Are there different varieties of the Australian English accent?
There are three major subgroups of the Australian accent: Standard Australian English, Aboriginal Australian English, and Ethnocultural Australian English. Standard Australian English is spoken by the majority. Aboriginal Australian English is spoken by the majority of Indigenous Australians. Ethnocultural varieties may be spoken by people as an expression of ethnic, cultural or non-mainstream identity. Speakers often switch between the different subtypes. Within each of these subtypes there is a continuum of variation.
400
What is the longest river in the Northern Territory?
Victoria
400
In rhyming slang, if someone said they we going to have a “bo-peep”, what they be doing?
Having a sleep
400
The Southern Cassowary flies only at night. True or False ?
False
400
There's an ease that I have living in Australia. The best things about Sydney are free: the sunshine's free, and the harbour's free, and the beach is free.
Russell Crowe
400
What role does the Australian language and its accent play in the Australian identity?
Australian English is a fundamental symbol of the Australian identity and the accent is probably the most recognisable element of this regional dialect of the English language. It immediately tells the listener that the speaker is Australian even if they use other linguistic features that are not typically considered Australian. An accent is a symbol or an emblem of who you are. It expresses your identity.
500
Name Australia’s western-most point?
Steep point (Shark Bay)
500
What is Kylie Minogue’s lingerie line called?
Love Kylie
500
Its thought that Dingos were introduced to Australia ... ? 500 years ago 800 years ago 1900 years ago 4000 years ago
4000 years ago
500
Australia is the only island continent on the planet, which means that changes caused by planet-warming pollution - warmer seas, which can drive stronger storms, and more acidic oceans, which wreak havoc on the food chain - are even more deadly here.
Jeff Goodell
500
Some people say that Australian English sounds like it does because of the flies and the amount of pollen in the air. Is there any truth in this?
An accent is a product of social history – not climate, not the amount of pollen in the air, and certainly not the number of flies.
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