Australia Multiple Choice

Try to guess the right answers to these questions all about Australia.

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1. What is the capital of Australia?

Melbourne ✓

Canberra ✓

Sydney ✓

Brisbane ✓

A planned city, it was announced in 1911 as the official capital of Australia

2. What is the biggest immigrant language of Australia?

Mandarin ✓

Italian ✓

Hindi ✓

Indonesian ✓

About 2.5% of immigrants speak Mandarin at home

3. On the first day of which year was Australia announced its independence from the British?

1901 ✓

1851 ✓

1880 ✓

1945 ✓

4. Located on the coast of Queensland, world's largest coral reef goes under which name?

Australian Coral Reef ✓

Southern Reef ✓

Saya Del Malha ✓

Great Barrier Reef ✓

It is also world's biggest single structure made by living organisms

5. What is the approximate population of Australia as of 2018?

25 million ✓

47 million ✓

33 million ✓

14 million ✓

Australia is the world's 3rd lowest densely populated country with only 3 people per square kilometers

6. What is the historical European name for the mainland Australia?

New Holland ✓

North Tasmania ✓

New South Wales ✓

Southern Britain ✓

7. What is the largest and capital city of the Northern Territory?

Alice Springs ✓

Hobart ✓

Darwin ✓

Cairns ✓

Hobart is in Tasmania, Cairns in Queensland and Alice Springs is the 3rd biggest city of NT

8. Which one of these does NOT appear on the Australian coat of arms?

Commonwealth Star ✓

Koala ✓

Badges of the six states ✓

Kangaroo ✓

9. The longest national highway in the world goes all around the Australian coast. What is its name?

E4 ✓

Route A ✓

Pan Australian Highway ✓

Highway 1 ✓

A road trip covers approximately 15,097 km’s / 9,380 miles via Highway 1

10. Australia was inhabited by indigenous people for about how many years before the Europeans arrived?

300,000 years ✓

50,000 years ✓

25,000 years ✓

100,000 years ✓

11. Which one of these states does Australia's longest river, the Murray River, NOT run through?

Victoria ✓

South Australia ✓

Queensland ✓

New South Wales ✓

12. True or False? - There are less kangaroos than people in Australia

False ✓

True ✓

13. Who is NOT Australian from these celebs?

Kylie Minogue ✓

Peter Jackson ✓

Chris Hemsworth ✓

Steve Irwin ✓

Peter Jackson, the film director, is from New Zealand

14. Who was the first known European to have explored Australia?

James Cook ✓

Luís Vaz de Torres ✓

Willem Janszoon ✓

Abel Tasman ✓

Janszoon landed in Australia in February 1606 and Torres sailed through the Torrest strait in October in the same year

15. What is the name of the peninsula in the northeast?

Cape York ✓

Cape of Good Hope ✓

Rockhampton ✓

Labrador ✓

Labrador is in Canada, Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and Rockhampton is an Australian city

16. What does "Crossing the Ditch" mean in Australia?

Taking away a beer with you ✓

Driving across the Outback ✓

Getting rid of something or someone ✓

Travelling from Australia to New Zealand or vice verse ✓

17. Between the years of 1788 and 1868, around 162,000 people were sent to Australia from Britain. What kind of people were they?

Warriors ✓

Slaves ✓

Convicts ✓

The ones with diseases ✓

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