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AUSTRALIA
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Official name
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Commonwealth of Australia
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Capital
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Canberra
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What's the correct phonetic spelling of the above?
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KAN-bra
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Biggest city
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Sydney
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Second-biggest city
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Melbourne
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Third-biggest city
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Brisbane
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Biggest city in Northern Territory
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Darwin
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Biggest city in the West
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Perth
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Most populous state
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New South Wales
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Longest river
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Murray River
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Largest lake
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Lake Eyre
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Currency
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Australian dollar
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Official language
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None
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Official national anthem
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Advance Australia Fair
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National flower
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Golden Wattle
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National gemstone
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Opal
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This star constellation can be found on Australia‘s flag
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Southern Cross
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City located near the geographic centre
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Alice Springs
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Large sandstone rock "near" the above
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Uluru
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Other name for the above
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Ayers Rock
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If an Australian crosses the Ditch, where will he end up?
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in New Zealand
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Largest coral reef system
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Great Barrier Reef
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Highest, almost unpronounceable mountain
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Mount Kosciuszko
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Vast, remote interior of Australia
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Outback
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Sparsely populated regions outside the metropolitan areas
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the Bush
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Australia's two biggest deserts
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Great Victoria Desert
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Great Sandy Desert
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Probably the only place where Chinese are the majority
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Christmas Island
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Current monarch
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Elizabeth II
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Current prime minister
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Scott Morrison
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Longest-serving prime minister
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Robert Menzies
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Prime Minister who went swimming (in office) and was never seen again
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Harold Holt
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Australia got its independence from whom?
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United Kingdom
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What is celebrated on January 26?
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Australia Day
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The two most popular nicknames
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Oz
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the Land Down Under
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Name for the indigenous Australians
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Aborigines
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Group of ships that arrived in 1788
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First Fleet
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Island state originally known as Van Diemen's Land
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Tasmania
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Policy banning Asians and Pacific Islanders from entering to Australia, 1901-1973
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White Australia Policy
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Three best-known animals
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Emu
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Kangaroo
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Koala
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Which leaves does the latter love to eat?
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Eucalyptus
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These two animals are the only egg-laying mammals and live of course in Australia
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Echidna
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Platypus
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How do you call a labrador-poodle breed mix?
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Labradoodle
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Biggest political parties
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Coalition
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Labor Party
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Universal health care system
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Medicare
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It will always return
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Boomerang
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Famous bush poet
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Banjo Paterson
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His most famous work
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Waltzing Matilda
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Famous character with a huge glasses and purple hair
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Dame Edna Everage
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Best-known Australian TV soap opera
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Neighbours
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Most popular tourist attractions in the biggest city
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Sydney Opera House
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Sydney Harbour Bridge
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Tube-shaped musical instrument of Indigenous Australians
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Didgeridoo
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Famous band 1: Stayin' alive
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Bee Gees
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Famous band 2: Back in Black
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AC/DC
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Sport that attracts the most people
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Australian rules football
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This cricketer is seen as the greatest batsman of all time
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Donald Bradman
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Official nickname of the Australian national soccer team
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the Socceroos
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Most famous beach in Sydney
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Bondi Beach
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Pest-exclusion fence longer than 5,000 km
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Dingo Fence
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This way of taking a photo of yourself is actually an Australian invention
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Selfie
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What does arvo mean?
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Afternoon
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What does barbie mean?
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Barbecue
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What does sheila mean?
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Woman
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If an Australian invites you to "Macca's", where will you end up?
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McDonald's
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Australian version of Burger King
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Hungry Jack's
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Which military corps is honored every 25 April?
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ANZAC
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Passenger train that crosses the Australian desert north to south
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The Ghan
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Truck pulling many trailers
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Road Train
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National airline company
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Qantas
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Largest airport
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Kingsford Smith Intl.
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What is 'Kalgoorlie'?
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a city
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What is 'Migaloo'?
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a white whale
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Very famous food spread
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Vegemite
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Meringue dessert and national dessert (disputed with New Zealand)
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Pavlova
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Actress known for The Hours
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Nicole Kidman
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The Crocodile Hunter
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Steve Irwin
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Founder of WikiLeaks
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Julian Assange
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Media mogul and establisher of Fox News
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Rupert Murdoch
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Recording device to investigate flight accident, invented by Australians
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Black box
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Mapping service by Google, established by Australians
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Google Maps
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Melbourne used to be called by this superheroic name
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Batmania
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Lake Hillier is a very special lake. What colour does its water have?
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Pink
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Most popular pizza topping
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Pizza Hawaii
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A town in Queensland was named after a year. Which one?
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1770
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Invented deadly animal used to scare tourists
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Drop Bear
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Australian term for a ranch
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Station
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Anna Creek is the biggest ^ and with 24,000 km2
slightly larger than this Middle East country
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Israel
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Best-selling newspaper
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The Australian
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National broadcasting company
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ABC
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In 1933, this state voted to secede, the government prohibited it
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Western Australia
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Australian term for a disadvantaged state
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Cinderella State
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1906 silent film and oldest full-length film
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The Story of the Kelly Gang
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This soprano can be found on the $100 note
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Dame Nellie Melba
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'Down Under', by this band, became a patriotic song in Australia
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Men at Work
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Great quiz by the way.