Society
What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra.
What popular food spread is considered a cultural icon?
Vegemite
What is the name of the largest coral reef system in the world located in Australia?
Great Barrier Reef
According to DNA evidence, what is the longest continuing culture in the world?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Which member of One Direction died last year?
Liam Payne
What is the name of the Australian national anthem?
Advance Australia Fair
What is commemorated on the 25th of April every year in Australia?
Anzac Day
What is the longest river in Australia?
The Murray River
What year did British convicts land in Australia?
1788
Who is the Australian Prime Minister?
Anthony Albanese
What is the population of Australia (to the nearest million)?
27 million (26.64 according to 2023 data)
Name TWO prominent sporting events that occur on Boxing Day in Australia.
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race & Boxing Day Test (cricket)
What environmental disaster in 2019-2020, known as “Black Summer,” devastated millions of hectares of land in Australia?
Bushfires
Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza. True or False.
True.
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Which member of the Kennedy family was running for US President before dropping out and endorsing Donald Trump?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
What is the official head of state in Australia?
King Charles III
Explain the difference between an Acknowledgement of Country and a Welcome to Country.
An Acknowledgement of Country can be delivered by anyone to show respect for the Traditional Custodians of the land, while a Welcome to Country is a formal ceremony performed only by an Indigenous Elder or authorised person to give permission for people to be on their land and may include cultural elements like dance or song.
What percentage of Australians live within 50 kilometres of the coast?
85%
Martin Luther King Jr., Barbara Walters, and Anne Frank were all born in the same year. True or False.
True. They were all born in 1929.
Deborah-Lee Furness was married to which Australian triple-threat A-Lister from 1996-2003?
Hugh Jackman
What is the purpose of the Australian Census that is conducted every five years?
Collection data on population, housing, and other societal trends
An acclaimed Australian author died in December of 2024. Name the author, the book series that he wrote and the name of the school that he ran.
John Marsden, The Tomorrow Series, Candlebark school.
What is Australia’s target year for achieving net-zero carbon emissions?
2030
Australia is a part of the British Commonwealth, what year was the Commonwealth founded?
1931
Who were the 2024 Australians of the Year?
Georgina Long and Richard Scolyer