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Melbourne True or False?
Can you guess whether these statements about Melbourne are true or false?
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Last updated: May 19, 2023
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| First submitted | September 1, 2021 |
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1. Melbourne served as Australia's first capital
The Australian parliament sat in Melbourne until moving to Canberra in 1927
True
False
2. Melbourne is home to the tallest building in Australia
The tallest building in Australia is Q1 on the Gold Coast
True
False
3. Melbourne has the largest tram (streetcar) network in the world
The second-largest is St Petersburg's
True
False
4. Melbourne is the world's southernmost city with a population of over one million
True
False
5. Melbourne was established by British colonists from New South Wales
Melbourne was established by British colonists from Tasmania
True
False
6. Melbourne has a higher population than the US state of Arizona
Melbourne has a population of 5 million; Arizona has a population of 7 million
True
False
7. The MCG is larger than any stadium in Europe
The MCG has a capacity of over 100,000; Europe's largest stadium, Camp Nou, seats 99,354
True
False
8. Melbourne is the setting of the soap opera Neighbours
True
False
9. It occasionally snows in Melbourne
Snowfall is not uncommon in the outer suburbs and has been known to fall on skyscrapers in the central city
True
False
10. Nearly all the teams in the Australian Football League are based in Melbourne
Only half of AFL teams are based in Melbourne
True
False
11. Melbourne has the largest Greek-born population of any city outside Greece or Cyprus
True
False
12. The Melbourne Cup has the highest prize money of any horse race in Australia
The Everest in Sydney is higher
True
False
13. You can catch a ferry from Melbourne to Tasmania
As of 2022, the Spirit of Tasmania's Victorian port is in Geelong
True
False
14. The Australian Open has always been held in Melbourne
It has been held in several other cities in Australia and New Zealand
True
False
15. The first British shots of World War I were fired in Melbourne
On 5 August 1914 a warning shot was fired across the bows of a German merchant vessel attempting to leave Port Philip after the British declaration of war
True
False
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