Australia Quiz

Australian Facts

100

Australia is made up of ____ states and ____ territories. Extra points if you can name all of them.

Australia contains six states: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, and Tasmania and two internal territories: the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory.

200

What is the name of the most popular sport in Australia?

AFL (Australian Football League)

300

What is the date of Australia Day?

January 26th

400

What is the name of the Australian national anthem?

Advance Australia Fair

500

In what year were the Sydney Olympics?

2000

Australian Food

100

What is vegemite made out of?

yeast and vegetable extract

200

Name the food that is made of meringue with whipped cream and topped with different fruits? It is named after a famous ballet dancer.

Pavlova

300

What do you call the Aussie favourite sponge cake cubes dipped in chocolate and rolled in coconut?

Lamingtons

400

How many meat pies does Australia eat every year? (Hint: It's in the millions)

270 million

500

What happened for dawn over the weekend?

She got engaged over the weekend

Australian Animals

100

What is a baby kangaroo called?

A joey

200

Wombats are related to which animal?

Koala

300

In the list of the world's 10 most deadly snakes, how many of them are from Australia?

9

400

There are only two mammals in the world that are oviparous, and both of them live in Australia. Which animals are they?

The Echidna and The Platypus

500

Where does a koala get water from?

from the eucalyptus leaves that it eats.

More Australian Facts

100

What do the following words mean: A jumbuck, A tucker bag, A nong, Dacks

A sheep, A food bag, A silly person, trousers

200

Decode this sentence: This arvo, I'm going to my mates place to feed his chooks and then I'm going to make a sammie.

This afternoon, I'm going to my friends house to feed his chickens and then I'm going to make a sandwich.

300

Name at least two Australian inventions

Eg: wifi, the black box, the bionic ear, the hills hoist, plastic money, The ultrasound etc.

400

Name as many famous Australians (who were on TV) as you can.

Eg. Steve Irwin, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Cathy Freeman, Ned Kelly etc

500

Which place in Australia has the cleanest air in the world?

Tasmania