Music
Which song from a female Australian artist became world famous in 2017?
Dance Monkey de Tones and I
Who is this ?
Crocodile Dundee
Which country colonized Australia ?
The United Kingdom
Name the two names used for the great rock in the middle of the Australian desert
Uluru and Ayers Rock
Name one of the criteria one must meet to be considered an aborigine.
To have an Aboriginal ancestry, to identify as an Aboriginal, to be considered as such by Aboriginals
With the lyrics, find the singer : “I'm gonna swing from the chandelier. From the chandelier. I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist. Like it doesn't exist.”
Sia
What is the name of the Australian actor who has the main role in the Avatar movies?
Sam Worthington
Who were the people onboard the First Fleet (composed of 11 boats)?
Soldiers and officers of course but also a lot of convicts (around 750) (because the countries they were from wanted to get rid of them)
What is the name of the large coral reef system off the coast of Queensland, Australia?
The great Barrier reef
What does each color stand for on the Aboriginal flag ?
Black : the colors of their skin as opposed to Australians who have European ancestry ; yellow : the sun (the giver of life and protector according to their believes) ; red : the color of the earth and the blood of the Aboriginals
Which Australian band sang “Highway to hell” ?
ACDC
Which actor is in the Matrix, Lord of the Rings and Priscilla Queen of the Desert, among others?
Hugo Weaving
What phenomenon happened in 1851?
Clue: it also happened in the US around the same time, in California.
Due to Gold Rushes, even more people were sent to live in the colonies and new cities were formed. It made Australia an attractive place.
What types of landscape are most common in Australia?
Deserts and plains
What percentage of Australia's population identify as Indigenous ?
10,5 %, 20 % or 3,2 %
According to the 2021 Census, 3.2% of the Australian population identified as being Indigenous, it includes mainland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Is there country music in Australia ?
Yes
Which famous film tells the story of a lonely man wandering in his car through an Australia parched by ecological cataclysms ?
Mad Max (2 et 3 et Fury Road)
What does the 26th of January correspond to?
This is the National Day. It corresponds to the arrival of the First Fleet, but it is now contested by many Aborigenes as well as other Australians that support them, they call it Invasion Day.
Where is the second highest peak in Australia ?
Mount Ossa
What is the percentage of Australian inhabitants born overseas ?
29,3%, 22,2% or 48,5%
29,3% of the Australian inhabitants are born overseas also called as part of the first generation ; 22,2% corresponds to the second generation which means that one or both of their parents are born overseas ; 48,5% corresponds to the third plus generation which means that they and their parents are born in Australia
Name one instrument that was created in Australia
Didgeridoo, rhombe, tjurunga, boomerang, claves
Which character from the Marvel franchise is played by an Australian actor ?
Thor (Chris Hemsworth)
From which European country did the first navigator who arrived in Australia come?
> Holland ( Willem Janszoon)
How many federated states are there in Australia ?
6 (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia)
Is Canberra, the capital city of Australia, part of the top 5 of the most populated cities in Australia ?
No it is the eighth most populated cities of Australia with 482,250 inhabitants ; 1st Sydney (5,259,764), 2nd Melbourne (4,976,157), 3rd Brisbane (2,568,927), 4th Perth (2,192,229), 5th Adelaïde (1,402,393) // Le Mans (145,155), Paris intra-muros (2,145,906) and agglomération de Paris (10,816,803)