AUSTRALIA
EXPLORERS
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
FIRST SENTENCE
WAR
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NAMES THE STATES AND TERRITORIES OF AUSTRALIA

NSW, QUEENSLAND, VICTORIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

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WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE FIRST FLEET?

CAPTAIN ARTHUR PHILLIP

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WHO WAS THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA?

SIR EDMUND BARTON

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'IN THE LIGHT OF THE MOON, A LITTLE EGG LAY ON A LEAF'

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR

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WHAT DATE IS ANZAC DAY?

25TH APRIL

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NAME THE CAPITAL CITIES OF EACH STATE AND TERRITORY

SYDNEY - NSW, BRISBANE - QUEENSLAND, MELBOURNE - VICTORIA, ADELAIDE - SOUTH AUSTRALIA, PERTH - WESTERN AUSTRALIA, HOBART - TASMANIA, DARWIN - NORTHERN TERRITORY, CANBERRA - AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

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NATIONALITY OF THE FIRST WHITE MAN TO LAND IN AUSTRALIA

DUTCH

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WHO WAS THE FIRST MAN TO LAND ON THE MOON?

NEIL ARMSTRONG

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"IN AN OLD HOUSE IN PARIS, LIVED TWELVE LITTLE GIRLS IN TWO STRAIGHT LINES"

MADELINE

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WHAT DOES ANZAC STAND FOR?

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ARMY CORPS

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NAME THE OCEANS THAT SURROUND AUSTRALIA

PACIFIC OCEAN, INDIAN OCEAN, SOUTHERN OCEAN

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WHO WAS THE FIRST ENGLISHMAN TO LAND IN AUSTRALIA?

WILLIAM DAMPIER

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WHAT IS THE LARGEST RIVER IN THE WORLD?

AMAZON

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"FIRST OF ALL, LET ME GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT, THIS IS A JOURNAL NOT A DIARY"

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID

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WHAT WAS THE TIME AND DATE THAT THE 'GUNS FELL SILENT' AT THE END OF WORLD WAR ONE?

11AM, 11TH NOVEMBER 1918

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NAME THE LARGEST MOUNTAIN, LARGEST RIVER, LARGEST LAKE IN AUSTRALIA

KOSCIUSKO, MURRAY, EYRE

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NAME THE FIRST TWO DUTCHMEN TO LAND IN AUSTRALIA.

DIRK HARTHOG

ABEL TASMAN

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NAME THE THREE TYPES OF TRIANGLES.

ISOSCELES, SCALENE, EQUILATERAL 

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"MR AND MRS DURSLEY OF NUMBER FOUR PRIVET DRIVE WHERE PROUD TO SAY THAT THEY WERE PERFECTLY NORMAL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH"

HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE

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WHAT WAS SIGNIFICANT ABOUT REMEMBRANCE DAY 2019?

THE CENTENARY OF REMEMBRANCE DAY

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NAME THE FOUR SEAS THAT SURROUND AUSTRALIA 

TIMOR, CORAL, ARAFURA, TASMAN

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WHERE AND WHEN DID CAPTAIN ARTHUR PHILLIP FINALLY LAND IN AUSTRALIA?

PORT JACKSON / SYDNEY COVE

26TH JANUARY 1788

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NAME THE PLANETS IN ORDER FROM THE SUN.

MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH, MARS, JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE

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"THE SUN DID NOT SHINE, IT WAS TOO WET TO PLAY, SO WE SAT IN THE HOUSE ALL THAT COLD, COLD WET DAY"

THE CAT IN THE HAT - DR SEUSS

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WHAT YEARS DID WORLD WAR ONE BEGIN AND END?

1914, 1918