Australia-mix
Australia Geography
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Grammar
2024 Trivia
100
What Australian animal´s name means ´no drink´in Aboriginal language.
Koala.
100
What is Australia's biggest city?
Sydney, is slightly bigger than Melbourne
100
Translate ´todos los dias´
Every day.
100
The plural of sheep?
Sheep
100
What was the name of the song that won Eurovision?
'The Code' performed by Nemo
200
What is the aboriginal name for "Ayer's rock"?
Uluru.
200
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra.
200
What does shoplifting mean?
To steal things from a shop.
200
Correct this sentence - People is very angry about the new law and people is protesting in the streets.
People are very angry about the new law and people are protesting in the streets.
200
In May what natural phenomenon, previously unable to be seen from the UK, was visible? Name the common and scientific name.
The Northern Lights, or Aurora borealis
300
What is the name of Australia´s largest bird?
The Emu.
300
What is the name of the long Coral reef along the east coast?
The Great Barrier Reef
300
Correct the false friend in this sentence - ´I don’t know why you get so offended by his jokes. You’re so sensible.´
I don’t know why you get so offended by his jokes. You’re so sensitive.
300
Regular verbs always get this ending in the past simple. Name the ending and the three pronounciations.
The ending is -ed.
The past tense -ed ending is sometimes pronounced /t/, sometimes /d/ and sometimes /id/
300
What was the most popular car in Spain in 2024?
Dacia Sandero ultra
400
What is the football that is played most in Australia?
Aussie Rules (or Australian Rules Football)
400
Geographically, what is Australia´s nearest neighbour?
Papua New Guinea - only 4 kilometres separate the countries at the closest point
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400
Spell two homonyms for ´rite´.
Right and Write
400
What are the past simple of these five base verbs? bring, wear, fly, pay, choose
Bought, wore, flew, paid, chose.
400
Which European country received the most applications my asylum seekers?
Germany was the top destination for asylum seekers in the EU+. Germany registered 213,499 asylum applications in 2024. This was a decrease from 2023 when there were 351,915 applications.
500
What was the name of the Englishman who "discovered" Australia?
Captain James Cook.
500
What is the name of the island south of the main island, with the main city called Hobart.
Tasmania.
500
What is the scientific name for height used on a map?
The altitude.
500
What are the two meanings for the homograph for ´palm´
Palm of the hand and palm tree.
500
What are the names of the book and author who won this year's Booker prize?
´Orbital´ by Samantha Harvey was named the winner of the Booker Prize 2024