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Australian cities multiple choice: Whyalla
How well do you know the port town of Whyalla?
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Last updated: March 30, 2023
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| First submitted | March 29, 2023 |
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1. What shape is the Whyalla jetty?
circular
triangular
wineglass
five-pointed star
2. What was the name of the town before 1920?
Albion
Kingston
Port Helena
Hummocks Hill
3. Whyalla is a seaport on which peninsula?
Eyre
Yorke
Cobourg
Bellarine
4. Which company founded the town?
BHP
Elders
Harris Scarfe
Australian Gas Light Company
5. Royal Australian Navy corvette mine sweeper HMAS Whyalla was built in the Whyalla shipyards during the Second World War. What is her current function?
Training base for navy divers
Maritime museum in Whyalla
A man-made reef in Spencer Gulf
Breakwater at the Whyalla Marina
6. Whyalla is the only place in the world where these animals congregate in the breeding season
Giant cuttlefish
Bar-tailed godwit
Red-napped snake
Southern blue devil fish
7. Whyalla is in which state or territory?
Victoria
South Australia
New South Wales
Northern Territory
8. Where's the airport?
Mullaquana
Whyalla Barson
Whyalla Jenkins
Cowleds Landing
9. Where are the museums of local history, transport and telecommunications?
Iron Knob
Jubilee Park
Whyalla Stuart
Mount Laura Station
10. Why was the Whyalla Conservation Park threatened with closure in 1987?
Vandalism
Erosion from coastal winds
Rapid decline in the koala population
A mining company wanted to explore for iron ore
11. In 2012, Australia's then Trade Minister, Craig Emerson, held a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, where he sang a song. What was it called?
No Whyalla wipeout
The road to Whyalla
Whyalla don't you love me?
Do you know the way to Whyalla?
12. A sculpture outside a business premises in McDouall Stuart Avenue was inspired by which short story by Henry Lawson?
The loaded dog
The drover's wife
The bush undertaker
A child in the dark, and a foreign father
13. What's on top of the hill behind the marina?
A lighthouse
A picnic area
A lookout tower
An anti-aircraft gun from the Second World War
14. Where is nude bathing permitted?
False Bay
Backy Point
Murrippi Beach
Whyalla Recreation Centre, Tuesdays only
15. Whyalla is at one end of the...
Booktrail
Heysen Trail (hiking)
Seafood Frontier Road Trip
Bicentennial National Trail (horseriding)
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