Australia: Fun facts
What is australia's national animal?
The Kangaroo, specifically the Red Kangaroo.
What year was the Sydney Olympics?
2000
What's a kiwi?
It's a fruit, or a bird, or a person from New Zealand:)
What is the capital city of New Zealand?
Wellington
True
What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
Who were the first people in Australia?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were the first peoples of Australia, inhabiting the continent for over 60,000 to 65,000 years
What famous fantasy movies were filmed in New Zealand?
The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies.
Which country was the first to give women the right to vote in 1902?
New Zealand
The unicorn is the national animal of which country?
Scotland
What is the population of Australia?
As of September 2025, Australia's population reached approximately 27.7 million.
Where was the first game of Australian Rules Football played?
Melbourne (1858)
Which iconic bird is a national symbol of New Zealand?
The Kiwi
Who were the first people to discover New Zealand?
New Zealand was first discovered and settled by Eastern Polynesians, who arrived in waka (canoes) between 1250 and 1300 CE, eventually developing a distinct Māori culture.
What is the name of the figure skater who performed a viral routine to "Stateside" by PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson?
Alysa Liu
What is a baby kangoroo called?
A joey<3
When did australia become colonized?
Australia was colonized by the British starting on
January 26, 1788.
True or false: New Zealand has more sheep than people?
True
Which ocean surrounds New Zealand?
The Pacific Ocean
Who are your teachers favorite actors who are also coincidentally Australian? They recently starred in a movie together.
Margot Robbie & Jacob Elordi<3
What is the small Australian marsupials known as the "world's happiest animal" called?
The Quokka
Who was the first European to land in Australia?
Willem Janszoon (often mistaken for James Cook).
Approximately, what percentage of the population of New Zealand is Maori?
Based on the 2023 Census and 2025 estimates from Stats NZ, approximately 17.5% to 17.8% of the New Zealand population identifies with the Māori ethnic group.
What is the Māori name for New Zealand, often translated as "Land of the Long White Cloud"?
Aotearoa
What movie won the most amount of Oscars in 2026?
One Battle after another won the most amount of Oscars with a total of 6!!