| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The Geelong Football Club, founded 1859, are known as the... | Cats | 93%
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| Geelong is the second largest city in which state? | Victoria | 93%
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| The university based in Geelong is... | Deakin | 86%
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| What's in the old woolstore in Moorabool Street? | The National Wool Museum | 75%
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| Which international company has not been a major employer in Geelong | IBM | 68%
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| The Barwon river gets its name from | A Wathawurrung word meaning magpie | 54%
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| In the 1990s there was a financial crisis in Geelong when what institution collapsed? | The Pyramid Building Society | 50%
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| Which of these celebrities did not grow up in Geelong? | Nick Cave | 46%
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| Which of the following was not a student at Geelong Grammar School? | General Sir John Monash | 36%
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| In the 19th century, Geelong's nickname was | The Pivot | 32%
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| What does Geelong have in common with Cape Town, Buenos Aires and Montreal? | They are UNESCO Cities of Design | 32%
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| Which of these was not invented in Geelong? | Barbed wire | 29%
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| What was the function of the large ball erected above the tower of Geelong Telegraph Station in 1862? | It was dropped every day at 1pm as a time signal | 18%
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| The barcode fountain at the Waterfront Art Trail reproduces the barcode of which iconic Geelong company? | Noddy's soft drinks | 11%
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| Moorabool is a Wathawurrung word meaning what? | Monster | 0%
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