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100

Who was Harold Holt and what happened to him?


Australian Prime minister who died in 1967 after going for a swim in the ocean in Portsea, Victoria he disappeared feared drowned his body was never recovered.


100

The name of the Australian National Anthem?

Advance Australia Fair

100

Famous Australian snack, delicious cream filling chocolate sandwich?

Tim Tam

100

Regarded as the world's largest living organism, and is often listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the natural world?

Great Barrier Reef 

100

This is the biggest island in the world?

Greenland

200

In 1962 three inmates escaped from which prison that was supposedly an inescapable prison near San Francisco?


Alcatraz

200

The two animals chosen to be on the Australian Coat of Arms because they cannot walk backward, reflecting a forward-thinking culture?

Kangaroo & Emu

200

White bread with sprinkles (known as 100s and 1000s in Australia)

Fairy Bread

200

In the United Kingdom this is the national sport?

Cricket

200

This city was formerly known as Constantinople?

Istanbul

300

Who did John F Kennedy defeat in 1960 to win the presidential election?


Richard Nixon


300

This famous writer wrote many plays during the Elizabethian Age?

William Shakespeare

300

Biscuit in Australia that was originally created for World War I?

Anzac biscuit

300

Bagels originated from this country?

Poland

300

This country invented tea?

China

400

Which country made and gifted the Statue of Liberty to America?

France

400

In 1666 this calamity (horrible event; disaster) occurred?

Great London Fire

400

Layers of pasta with source and cheese in between is called? 

Lasagna 

400

Broadway is located in which US city?

New York

400

This country has a red flag with a star in the middle?

Marocco

500

When was Melbourne first settled?

30 August 1835

500

Sir Francis Drake, who was the first Englishman to sail around the world, was sent by this monarch?

Queen Elizabeth

500

In Australian what do you eat if you are watching the football? 

Meat pie 

500

This chess piece cannot move in a straight line?

Knight

500

There are this many countries starting with the letter 'Z'?

Zimbabwe and Zambiya