Animals
Where do marsupials carry their young?
In their pouch
What bridge has the nickname of 'the coat hanger'?
Sydney Harbour Bridge
What is the name of the TV station funded by the Australian Government?
The ABC
Which Aussie band shares its name with a swimming stroke?
Australian Crawl
What is the nickname of the Australian national soccer team?
Socceroos
What is the Aussie slang word for afternoon?
Arvo
Which animal is Rottnest Island in WA famous for?
Quokka
What is the name of the mountain range that runs along the East Coast of Australia?
The Great Dividing Range.
What year did TV start in Australia.
Television in Australia began in 1956.
For Australian teenagers in the '70s and '80s, "Countdown" was a television program that would be missed only upon threat of instant death. Do yourself a favour, and name the "Humdrum" host who brought pop idols into fans' homes every week for thirteen years.
Ian Molly Meldrum
Who is Australia’s most decorated Olympic athlete in terms of medals?
Ian Thorpe
What's the biggest city in Australia.
Sydney
Which Australian marsupial is famous for its ability to “play dead”?
The Opossum (Common Brushtail)
What is the name of the oldest rainforest in the world?
The Daintree Rainforest in Queensland, Australia, is widely regarded as the world's oldest rainforest, estimated to be over 180 million years old.
Name the family drama set during WWII that ran from 1976 to 1983.
The Sullivans
In the Men At Work song "Down Under", what did the man in Brussels give the singer to eat?
A vegemite sandwich
Who was the Australian tennis player known as “The Woodpecker”?
Rod Laver
Constructed in 2005 in Queensland, at 1,056 feet tall and with 78 floors, what’s the name of the tallest building in Australia? It was also the tallest residential building in the world until 2011!
Q1
What is the name any native Australian animal that is known as a macropod - which comes from the Latin term for ‘large foot’?
Kangaroos, wallabies, bettongs and potoroos
What strait separates mainland Australia from Tasmania?
Bass Straight
Which long-running soap opera began airing in 1981 and featured a famous wombat?
1. Neighbours
2. Sons and Daughters
3. A Country Practice
4. Cop Shop
3. A Country Practice
In which of these movies did Olivia Newton-John not appear?
Grease
Xanadu
Sharknado 5
The Man from Snowy River
The Man from Snowy River
Which sport is the most popular in Australia?
!!!Australian Rules Football – 75.7 Million Fans!!!!
Rugby League – 70.2 Million Fans
Cricket – 14 Million Fans
Tennis – 12.5 Million Fans
Which desert is the largest in Australia?
The Great Victoria Desert
Which continent do Cane Toads originally come from?
4. The Americas
Which Australian state has the most designated wine region?
Victoria
The introduction of television was pinned to an important event in Australian and world affairs. What was the event, that occurred in the spring and summer of 1956?
Summer Olympics
The Melbourne Olympics started a mere four weeks after television commenced, and it was the first time that events were broadcast live around the world.
With which band do we associate the artist Iva Davies?
Icehouse
In which sport did Australia win its first Olympic gold medal?
Swimming
Which Australian city was founded twice due to flooding in its original location?
Brisbane
When were camels first introduced into Australia?
2. 1840
What is the oldest historical area of Sydney?
Brazil
A kids show featuring a mute bear, started in 1965. His name was Humphrey B. Bear, but do you know what his middle initial stood for?
1. Beautiful
2. Big
3. Bear
4. Brown
Answer: Bear
Yep, he may have been big, and brown and even beautiful (in a bear-y sort of way), but the star of 'Here's Humphrey', was named Humphrey Bear Bear! He amused preschoolers for generations before the show was cancelled in 2008. What a funny old fellow he was.
Which classic Aussie rock band had national and international hits with “Friday on My Mind” and “She’s So Fine”?
The Easy Beats
Which Australian golfer has won both the Masters and the Open Championship?
Adam Scott
Which popular tourist destination town in NSW gets to see the sun rise first in Australia?
Byron Bay
Which Australian animal’s scientific name is ‘Tachyglossus aculeatus’?
Echidna
In which national park can you find the southernmost tip of mainland Australia?
Wilsons Promontory
What was the original title of the TV drama Prisoner, which first aired in 1979?
1.Cell Block H
2. Women Behind Bars
3. The Governor’s Prison
4. Inside Women’s Prison
1.Cell Block H
Which internationally famed Australian singer was born Helen Porter Mitchell?
Dame Nellie Melba
Olivia Newton-John
Kylie Minogue
Dame Joan Sutherland
Dame Nellie Melba
Dame Nellie was an internationally feted soprano with a powerful and lyrical voice. She performed publicly between 1886 and 1928. Her choice of stage name was derived from the city of her birth, Melbourne. Melba was made Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1918 and had dishes named after her by the great French chef Escoffier. These included Peach Melba and Melba Toast.
Which famous Australian cyclist won the Tour de France in 2011?
Cadel Evans
Of all the currently-active teams in the Australian Football League, which was founded first? The club traces its roots to an 1858 letter from Tom Wills.
Melbourne Demons