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Multiple Choice City Quiz - Canberra

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Last updated: June 3, 2025
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1. What mountain range is Canberra at the northern tip of?
Dingo Mountains
Canberra Mountains
Great Australian Mountains
Australian Alps
2. What was the name of the indigenous tribes that inhabited the area where Canberra is today?
Nativial Aussies
Dimiscus Indigenous People
Kukurra tribe
Aboriginal Australians
3. What country did the architects, who planned out Canberra, Walter and Marion Griffon come from?
Australia
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
4. As of the 2016 census, what percent of Canberra's population came from overseas?
3%
12%
8%
32%
5. Name of the largest flower festival in the Southern Hemisphere that is held in Canberra.
Kunchurra Flower Festival
Canberra Flower Festival
Floriade
Griffin Flower Festival
6. Who was the first European land owner in this region who named the area Canberry?
Samuel Whitlock
Michael Vector
Joshua John Moore
Charles Canberry
7. Which of these was not a proposed name of Canberra?
Platypusia
Yass-Canberra
Home
Cookaburra
8. Canberra was created from a comprimise when Sydney and _______ couldn't decide who would be the capital city.
Brisbane
Perth
Darwin
Melbourne
9. What is the oldest serving public building in Canberra?
Canberra Museum of History
Church of St. John The Baptist
Canberra Federal Church
Canberra Primary School
10. Canberra is in its own territory of Australia. What territory surrounds Australian Capital Territory?
Tasmania
New South Wales
Victoria
Darwin
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13 Comments
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Level 57
May 4, 2025
I think there is a typo for Joshua John Moore but otherwise great quiz!
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Level 61
May 4, 2025
This is personally my favorite quiz. I think sticking to one source, Wkipedia, is better
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Level 61
May 4, 2025
I found I mistake with the third one. I fixed it now and all choices are randomized
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Level 72
May 4, 2025
Hey nice Feature!
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Level 61
May 4, 2025
This is probably my best quiz in the MCCQ category. I am glad you like it😁
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Level 72
May 4, 2025
I think it could use with some punctuation tho
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Level 61
May 4, 2025
okay, punctuation time! (sad yay) done
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Level 61
May 4, 2025
what do you mean by Hey nice Feature though?
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Level 71
Oct 30, 2025
I'm wondering the same too...

Why so hard... I've never heard of many of these despite having been there.

I guess that's a down-side of making a quiz about a place you've never been to...

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Level 82
May 5, 2025
I love the idea of the New South Whales in the final question. I presume that is to replace all the ones killed by decades of Wailing?
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Level 61
May 5, 2025
I don't know, sure is a Whale of a Tale tho
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Level 46
Jun 3, 2025
You misspelled New South Wales. Also, isn't Canberra at the tip of The Brindabella Mountain Range?
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Level 61
Jun 3, 2025
The Brindabella Mountain Range is part of the Australian Alps. Fixed the spelling