Statistics for Tasmania State Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Capital?	Hobart	98%
Second-largest city?	Launceston	93%
Stretch of water that separates Tasmania from Mainland Australia.	Bass Strait	80%
Infamous penal colony on the Tasman Peninsula.	Port Arthur	80%
River on which that site sits?	Derwent River	73%
Dual-peaked mountain in Tasmania's World Heritage Wilderness Area.	Cradle Mountain	64%
Sub-Antarctic island, which is the southernmost point in Australia's integral territory.	Macquarie Island	55%
Governor of the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) after which Tasmania was formerly named.	Anthony van Diemen	52%
Aboriginal woman from Bruny Island (Lunawanna-alonnah) who was widely believed to be the last surviving Tasmanian Aboriginal.	Truganini	52%
Perpetrator of Australia's worst mass shooting, which prompted the conservative federal government to introduce strict gun control laws.	Martin Bryant	45%
Mountainous peninsula with pristine beaches on the state's East Coast?	Freycinet Peninsula	43%
Latitudinal range in which Tasmania sits, known for its powerful winds.	Roaring Forties	43%
Wine-making region near second-largest city?	Tamar Valley	39%
Proposed dam in the western wilderness areas that triggered large scale environmental protests in the 1980s.	Franklin Dam	32%
Location of first European settlement?	Sullivans Cove	14%