Australian History A-Z - Statistics

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Answer Stats
Clue Answer % Correct
E Type of bird Australia fought a "war" against in 1932 Emu
100%
J Country that made the attack on D Japan
97%
I Zookeeper who died after being pierced in the chest by a stingray barb in 2006 Steve Irwin
97%
C British explorer who charted maps of Eastern Australia James Cook
93%
P Type of colony Australia used to be to the United Kingdom Penal colony
93%
Q The third oldest airline in the world – after KLM and Avianca Qantas
93%
U Climbing on this monolith was permanently banned in 2019 Uluru
93%
T The Black War precipitated the near-extermination of the indigenous population of this island Tasmania
90%
B Type of curved stick that was used by the Aboriginals to hunt small prey Boomerang
83%
D Site of the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia Darwin
83%
R World's longest fence was built to keep this invasive animal out of agricultural lands Rabbit
80%
N The U.K. tested these in Maralinga, South Australia between 1956–1963 Nuclear Weapons
73%
O Long before the famous one on Bennelong Point, Sydney had several entertainment venues described by this name Opera House
73%
L Australia's name derives from this language, meaning the "unknown southern land" Latin
70%
A National day that was first celebrated on 25 April, 1916 Anzac Day
63%
K The world’s very first full-length feature film, actually made in Australia, was about this notable outlaw Ned Kelly
63%
Y Cyril Callister invented Vegemite from mainly this ingredient in 1922 Yeast extract
63%
G First and only female prime minister of Australia to this date Julia Gillard
53%
V Name that was originally given to T by Abel Tasman {Van} {Diemen}’{s} Land
53%
F Name of the first British ships that arrived in Australia First Fleet
47%
S Children of the Aboriginals that were forcibly removed from their families {Stolen} Generations
47%
H Australia's iconic domestic car brand, which ceased local manufacturing in 2017 Holden
43%
M Taxonomic name for the platypus and echidna that was coined by Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire – Greek for "single-hole" Monotreme
40%
Z Company that got merged to form Rio Tinto in 1962 – world's fourth largest mining company by revenue today: Consolidated ____ Zinc
33%
X Queenslander beer brand that got its name through how brewers historically used "X" to mark the strength and quality of their ale XXXX
30%
W Set of historical laws that aimed to forbid people of non-European ethnic origin from immigrating to Australia White Australia
27%
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