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Multiple Choice City Quiz – Sydney

Can you answer these multiple choice questions about the city of Sydney, Australia? Good luck!
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Last updated: March 13, 2025
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1. What state or territory is Sydney a part of?
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Queensland
Victoria
2. What explorer landed at Botany Bay in 1770?
James Cook
Ferdinand Magellan
Arthur Philip
Abel Tasman
3. What inspired the shape of the Sydney Opera House's design?
Clouds
Egg shells
Mountains
Sailboats
4. Which of these bridges can you see in Sydney?
5. Which of these beaches can be found in Sydney?
Arcachon Beach
Bondi Beach
Cottesloe Beach
Dockweiler Beach
6. What is the name of the river flowing through Sydney?
Murray River
Parramatta River
Sydney River
Yarra River
7. What animal is Sydney's Australian rules football team named for?
Kangaroos
Koalas
Snakes
Swans
8. What is the word for a person from Sydney?
Syd
Sydneyer
Sydneysider
Sydnian
9. Who is Sydney's international airport named for?
Sir Donald Bradman
Ned Kelly
Alberto Santos-Dumont
Charles Kingsford Smith
10. Who was supposed to board flight 714 to Sydney?
Bianca (The Rescuers)
Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)
Ethan Hunt (Mission: Impossible)
Tintin (The Adventures of Tintin)
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47 Comments
Gademotsili99
+2
Level 61
Mar 13, 2025
Congrats Poirot!
baptistegorce
+1
Level 57
Mar 13, 2025
Thanks!
Maxibon
+2
Level 73
Mar 13, 2025
Congrats!!!

We are making such big progress

baptistegorce
+1
Level 57
Mar 13, 2025
Thank you!

Yeah, that's great to see how colossal the evolution of this project has been over the past few days.

Dimby
+2
Level 83
Mar 13, 2025
Oof. 3/10. No Sydneysider am I.
sgrover484
+1
Level 44
Jul 4, 2025
me too, my worst in the series yet
loganite
+4
Level 94
Mar 13, 2025
I got a good chuckle out of seeing Ned Kelly listed as an option for the airport namesake. ;)
LuckyCat
+2
Level 72
Mar 13, 2025
Third non-QM MCCQ Feature! nice
baptistegorce
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Level 57
Mar 13, 2025
Actually second. But yeah, that's cool to see that other users will be spotlighted with this series!
Ainmclarach
+3
Level 71
Mar 13, 2025
Typo in the first question, it says terrtory instead of territory, but still an excellent quiz!
baptistegorce
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Level 57
Mar 13, 2025
Glad you liked it! I fixed the typo.
jdtrue
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Level 91
Mar 14, 2025
I googled the inspiration for the Opera House and it came back with bird wings, not sail boats.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Mar 14, 2025
Post the original source for the claim.
barmanitan
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Level 84
Mar 16, 2025
I found these, but most other sites indeed just say sails so I think it's fine

technologystudent page

operabar page

SeanSmithereens
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Level 97
Mar 23, 2025
And here I am just wondering what this quiz's source for that question is...

The sources I can find claim Utzon was inspired by several things in nature, including bird wings. One of those sources is this video on the official YouTube channel of the Sydney Opera House:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Phiq8szxpA

MrWrest
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Level 27
Mar 23, 2025
The original inspiration was actually oranges.

https://ways2wander.com/how-an-orange-peel-gave-birth-to-sydney-opera-house-the-story-behind-australias-iconic-monument/

Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Apr 25, 2025
I changed the wrong answers to things that are very obviously wrong so that there won't be confusion.

The Wikipedia article makes many references to sails but none to birds or oranges or anything else.

talisflor
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Level 24
May 14, 2025
Yes, the Wikipedia page calls those architectural elements sails because they look like sails. That is of exactly zero relevance to the question as it is currently phrased, though, and I think it would be hard to find a source more authoritative than the video posted in this thread.
DocEckleburg
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Level 68
Jun 11, 2025
The company that built it calls them 'the sails' if that helps https://www.arup.com/projects/designing-the-sydney-opera-house/.
Anderis
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Level 76
Apr 2, 2025
Man, I somehow got 0/10 in an honest attempt at Multiple Choice quiz. lol.
eurotec
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Level 56
Apr 7, 2025
Wow, I actually got 2/10. I've little to no knowledge about Sydney but I knew it's existence and location. Got 1 and 9 correct. Nice quiz.
BulgarianAir
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Level 50
May 10, 2025
The original inspiration for the Sydney Opera House design was orange peels.
Jacktheguy
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Level 93
Jun 11, 2025
No it isn't. It makes way more sense for sailboats to be the inspiration.
admaioremdeietc
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Level 68
May 15, 2025
The 714 to Sydney was one of Tintin’s stranger, although charming, adventures.
MrMagoo
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Level 84
Jun 11, 2025
It's been a while since I read it, but didn't he actually make the flight and then it was hijacked by Rastapopoulos's crew?
penguinbutgeo
+2
Level 51
Jun 11, 2025
No, I'm pretty sure that he boarded a billionaire's private flight (I forgot his name) and that flight got hijacked by Rastapopulos.
Ampersandwich
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Level 61
Sep 17, 2025
Haha this was my first ever Tintin to read! (Kind of a weird one to start on)

Tintin boards billionaire Laszlo Carreidas’ jet to Sydney, but almost all the crew is working for Rastapopulous (who is on an island), so they hijack it and take it to a volcanic island to steal Carreidas’ money

My fav is The Calculus Affair!

YoshiSoda
+1
Level 54
Dec 2, 2025
Mine is personally Tintin and the Picaros, I looove the goofiness the the guerilla squad when they were drunk in that scene where Alcaraz (I hope I am right there) think they were getting attacked by Tapioca (a peak name btw)
ZarRee
+2
Level 62
Jun 3, 2025
The opera house was inspires by oranges. None of these options are correct
ChrisAEP
+1
Level 65
Jun 11, 2025
That's a myth.
adeejinnz
+1
Level 55
Jun 11, 2025
Nice easy topic for me -10/10. Been to Sydney multiple times and my brother lives nearby.
Jezilly
+1
Level 80
Jun 11, 2025
As a Sydneysider I am pissed I didn't get 10/10. Never heard of the flight one. Tin Tin is not really popular here.
QuizApe
+1
Level 72
Jun 11, 2025
Can you replace one of the bridge photos with the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle? That should throw more people off.
polygong
+1
Level 56
Jun 11, 2025
8/10 - not bad for a Canadian
idontkn1
+3
Level 94
Jun 11, 2025
I think a definitive answer for the Sydney Opera house question is not possible so I think it would be appropriate to find a different question. Almost all sources cite that it was natural curves and not anything definite. That they happened to look like sails was just how things turned out. Just like Cassian Andor turned out to look like late 60s/early 70s Paul McCartney. I doubt anyone at Disney/Lucas said lets make the hero of our story look like a left handed bassist but low and behold they made the exact match.
MDW
+1
Level 56
Jun 12, 2025
There are multiple rivers in Sydney, not just one as the question suggests. Perhaps a rephrasing to ask What is the name of the main river that flows into Sydney Harbour?
Ampersandwich
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Level 61
Sep 17, 2025
I got the question wrong but it’s self explanatory. London had tons of other rivers but you only hear the Thames.
Hedgehog76
+1
Level 74
Jun 30, 2025
Had no idea on most questions, barely got 5/10 with educated guesses. "Bondi beach" was the only Australian beach, I heard of, but I didn't know it belongs to Sydney. Thought, it is somewhere up north on the east coast.
Benniereyyy
+1
Level 54
Jul 6, 2025
Opera house design came from lemons 👍
MDW
+1
Level 56
Aug 4, 2025
Maybe after the Olympics Brisbane will get a quiz. 200 other cities are obviously more influential in some minds...
pinkvaporeon
+2
Level 66
Sep 16, 2025
So tickled by the inclusion of one of the more obscure (and bonkers) tintin adventures
baptistegorce
+2
Level 57
Sep 16, 2025
Obscure? Surely not. Rather than complaining, take that as an opportunity to discover this amazing comic series!
Ampersandwich
+2
Level 61
Sep 17, 2025
I LOVE THE TINTIN CLUE!!! Especially since it was the first one I bought and read! (I now have all 24!)

Really hope I can go someday to visit my family Down Under!

baptistegorce
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Level 57
Sep 18, 2025
That's my favourite one. I had to include it. Glad you liked it!
YoshiSoda
+2
Level 54
Dec 2, 2025
I LOVE THIS ONE SO MUCH TOO!
Nevson64
+1
Level 67
Jan 11, 2026
The only one I missed was the airport one…. I enjoyed the Tintin clue :)
Hinckford
+1
Level 87
Jan 24, 2026
I got the first five right and the other five wrong!
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