General Info
Australia and NZ, places to see
History
Geography
Mix
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What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
100
Recognize the city.
Sydney (Sydney Opera House)
100
What was the original use of Australia? (What did the British originally use it for?)
It was a penal colony, they kept the prisoners there.
100
Complete the sentence:
Australia is the _______ inhabited continent on earth. The country has one of the lowest rainfall rates in the world.
driest
100
When is Australia Day celebrated?
On January 26 (celebrates the arrival of the first British ships - the first permanent settlement)
200
What is the capital of New Zealand?
Wellington
200
What is the name of this island?
Located 45 minutes south of Perth and a 5-minute ferry ride across Shoalwater Bay, this is one of Australia’s premier nature-based tourism destinations. Venture to this island and you’ll come face to face with the largest colony of little penguins on the west coast, more than 1200 of them share their island home with over 50 species of seabirds and rare Australian sea lions.
Penguin Island
200
What was the name of the British explorer who first claimed Australia for Britain?
James Cook (1770)
200
What is the currency of New Zealand?
New Zealand Dollar
200
What is celebrated on the second Monday of June in most of the Australia?
The King's Birthday
300
How many inhabitants are there in New Zeland? (tolerance 1 million)
5 million
300
Recognize the city based on the picture
Canberra, parliament house
300
Who were most likely the first inhabitants of New Zealand?
ancestors of Maori, came from Eastern Polynesia
300
Complete the sentence
Australia is the ___________continent in the world (size) and the world's ________ largest country.
Australia is the smallest continent in the world and the world's sixth largest country (After Russia, Canada, USA, China, Brazil)
300
What is this bird called? Can they fly?
Kiwi, flightless birds endemic to New Zealand
400
How many inhabitants are there in Australia? (tolerance 3 million)
27 million
400
This Australian city is allegedly the most isolated major city in the world. It is at the mouth of the Swan River.
Perth
400
What was the name of the first European who reached New Zealand? What was his nationality?
Abel Tasman, a Dutch, (however it was James Cook who explored the country)
400
What is the largest city of New Zealand?
Auckland
400
What traditional major parties are there in New Zealand?
National party, Labour party
(however, now due to proportional representation=poměrný volební systém, there are six parliamentary parties in the 54th Parliament)
500
Whose flag is this?
New Zealand's
500
What is the name of this sight?
Australian War Memorial, Canberra
500
When did New Zealand become formally independent from the Britain?
1947/after WWII
500
What is the largest natural lake in New Zealand?
Taupo
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500
What is celebrated on Anzac Day?
Anzac Day is celebrated to remember Australian and New Zealand soldiers killed in battles
600
What is the official language of Australia? How many other languages are used throughout the country according to the materials you received?
English, more than 200 languages (some sources say even more than 300)
600
What is the name of this monument? Where is it?
Swan Bell Tower, Perth
600
What was the name of the treaty which promised the protection to Maori and made the North Island of New Zealand a British colony.
Treaty of Waitangi
600
What is the highest mountain of New Zealand?
Mount Cook (Aoraki), the Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand
600
What is celebreated on February 6 in New Zealand?
Waitangi Day, remembering the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi
700
What is the seond largest ethnical group in New Zealand after the people of European descent?
The Maoris
700
What is the name of this beach?
_______ is a beach in Sydney, Australia, about one kilometre long and roughly seven kilometres from the centre of the city. It is one of the world's greatest beaches, and is one of Sydney's main tourist attractions.
Bondi Beach
700
When did the European explorers discover Australia?
1606
700
A giant monolith, one of the isolated masses of rock, in southwestern Northern Territory, central Australia. It has long been revered by a variety of Australian Aboriginal peoples of the region.
Uluru/ Ayers Rock
700
What is the name of this animal? Hint: also a cartoon character
Tasmanian devil. In CZ Ďábel medvědovitý, známý též jako tasmánský čert.
800
How many points does the star in the lower left corner of the Australian flag have? What is the star called?
What do the remaining stars represent?
Commonwealth Star, it has 7 points (six sovereign states, seventh - all of the territories)
The rest of the flag is a picture of the Southern Cross constellation which can only be seen in the southern hemisphere.
(Six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in Australia.)
800
What is the name of this attraction?
The Waitomo Glowworm Caves
The Waitomo Glowworm Caves attraction is a cave at Waitomo on the North Island of New Zealand. It is known for its population of Arachnocampa luminosa, a glowworm species found exclusively in New Zealand.
800
When was the Commonwealth of Australia founded? What six colonies were federated as sovereign states?
1901, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania
In addition to that, there are two internal territories—the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory.
800
What is Australia's highest mountain?
Mount Kosciuszko
800
Complete the sentence:
Dunedin, New Zealand is recognised by the Guinness World Records as the world's _______street
Dunedin, New Zealand is recognised by the Guinness World Records as the world's steepest street
