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Australia Multiple Choice
Try to guess the right answers to these questions all about Australia.
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Last updated: March 23, 2019
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1. What is the capital of Australia?
A planned city, it was announced in 1911 as the official capital of Australia
Canberra
Melbourne
Sydney
Brisbane
2. What is the biggest immigrant language of Australia?
About 2.5% of immigrants speak Mandarin at home
Indonesian
Italian
Hindi
Mandarin
3. On the first day of which year was Australia announced its independence from the British?
1880
1945
1901
1851
4. Located on the coast of Queensland, world's largest coral reef goes under which name?
It is also world's biggest single structure made by living organisms
Australian Coral Reef
Great Barrier Reef
Saya Del Malha
Southern Reef
5. What is the approximate population of Australia as of 2018?
Australia is the world's 3rd lowest densely populated country with only 3 people per square kilometers
25 million
33 million
14 million
47 million
6. What is the historical European name for the mainland Australia?
New Holland
Southern Britain
North Tasmania
New South Wales
7. What is the largest and capital city of the Northern Territory?
Hobart is in Tasmania, Cairns in Queensland and Alice Springs is the 3rd biggest city of NT
Alice Springs
Darwin
Cairns
Hobart
8. Which one of these does NOT appear on the Australian coat of arms?
Koala
Badges of the six states
Commonwealth Star
Kangaroo
9. The longest national highway in the world goes all around the Australian coast. What is its name?
A road trip covers approximately 15,097 km’s / 9,380 miles via Highway 1
Highway 1
Pan Australian Highway
Route A
E4
10. Australia was inhabited by indigenous people for about how many years before the Europeans arrived?
100,000 years
50,000 years
300,000 years
25,000 years
11. Which one of these states does Australia's longest river, the Murray River, NOT run through?
Queensland
South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
12. True or False? - There are less kangaroos than people in Australia
True
False
13. Who is NOT Australian from these celebs?
Peter Jackson, the film director, is from New Zealand
Steve Irwin
Peter Jackson
Kylie Minogue
Chris Hemsworth
14. Who was the first known European to have explored Australia?
Janszoon landed in Australia in February 1606 and Torres sailed through the Torrest strait in October in the same year
James Cook
Luís Vaz de Torres
Abel Tasman
Willem Janszoon
15. What is the name of the peninsula in the northeast?
Labrador is in Canada, Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and Rockhampton is an Australian city
Cape of Good Hope
Rockhampton
Labrador
Cape York
16. What does "Crossing the Ditch" mean in Australia?
Getting rid of something or someone
Driving across the Outback
Taking away a beer with you
Travelling from Australia to New Zealand or vice verse
17. Between the years of 1788 and 1868, around 162,000 people were sent to Australia from Britain. What kind of people were they?
The ones with diseases
Slaves
Convicts
Warriors
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