| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What is the most visited tourist attraction in Ballarat? | Sovereign Hill | 88%
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| What's the biggest lake in Ballarat? | Wendouree | 88%
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| Which events of the 1956 Olympic Games were held in Ballarat? | Canoeing and rowing | 82%
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| Why was Ballarat founded? | Gold | 82%
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| What's the name of the castle in Leigh Creek? | Kryal | 76%
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| Where is Prime Minister's Avenue, a rather alarming collection of busts of past Australian Prime Ministers? | Ballarat Botanical Gardens | 71%
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| Which educational institution has four campuses in Ballarat? | Federation University | 71%
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| Which Ballarat feature is the oldest in Australia, and possibly the world? | Avenue of Honour | 65%
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| Which highway runs north-south through the centre of the city? | Midland | 53%
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| And which poet managed the stables at Craig's Royal Hotel in the 1860s? | Adam Lindsay Gordon | 47%
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| What is Monte Christo? | A bushland reserve | 35%
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| The name Ballarat (originally Ballaarat) comes from the Aboriginal term balla arat, meaning... | resting place | 35%
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| What was the site of the Eureka Stockade? | Unknown | 35%
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| The proprietor of Craig's Royal Hotel also owned which Melbourne Cup winner? | Nimblefoot (1870) | 29%
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| Ballarat is the site of Australia's biggest trade in... | cattle | 24%
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