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Australia Multiple Choice
Try to guess the right answers to these questions all about Australia.
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Last updated: March 23, 2019
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1. What is the capital of Australia?
A planned city, it was announced in 1911 as the official capital of Australia
Melbourne
Sydney
Brisbane
Canberra
2. What is the biggest immigrant language of Australia?
About 2.5% of immigrants speak Mandarin at home
Italian
Hindi
Indonesian
Mandarin
3. On the first day of which year was Australia announced its independence from the British?
1901
1945
1851
1880
4. Located on the coast of Queensland, world's largest coral reef goes under which name?
It is also world's biggest single structure made by living organisms
Southern Reef
Saya Del Malha
Great Barrier Reef
Australian Coral Reef
5. What is the approximate population of Australia as of 2018?
Australia is the world's 3rd lowest densely populated country with only 3 people per square kilometers
25 million
47 million
33 million
14 million
6. What is the historical European name for the mainland Australia?
New South Wales
Southern Britain
North Tasmania
New Holland
7. What is the largest and capital city of the Northern Territory?
Hobart is in Tasmania, Cairns in Queensland and Alice Springs is the 3rd biggest city of NT
Darwin
Cairns
Alice Springs
Hobart
8. Which one of these does NOT appear on the Australian coat of arms?
Badges of the six states
Commonwealth Star
Koala
Kangaroo
9. The longest national highway in the world goes all around the Australian coast. What is its name?
A road trip covers approximately 15,097 km’s / 9,380 miles via Highway 1
Highway 1
E4
Route A
Pan Australian Highway
10. Australia was inhabited by indigenous people for about how many years before the Europeans arrived?
50,000 years
100,000 years
300,000 years
25,000 years
11. Which one of these states does Australia's longest river, the Murray River, NOT run through?
South Australia
Victoria
Queensland
New South Wales
12. True or False? - There are less kangaroos than people in Australia
True
False
13. Who is NOT Australian from these celebs?
Peter Jackson, the film director, is from New Zealand
Kylie Minogue
Chris Hemsworth
Steve Irwin
Peter Jackson
14. Who was the first known European to have explored Australia?
Janszoon landed in Australia in February 1606 and Torres sailed through the Torrest strait in October in the same year
Luís Vaz de Torres
James Cook
Abel Tasman
Willem Janszoon
15. What is the name of the peninsula in the northeast?
Labrador is in Canada, Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and Rockhampton is an Australian city
Labrador
Rockhampton
Cape York
Cape of Good Hope
16. What does "Crossing the Ditch" mean in Australia?
Taking away a beer with you
Driving across the Outback
Travelling from Australia to New Zealand or vice verse
Getting rid of something or someone
17. Between the years of 1788 and 1868, around 162,000 people were sent to Australia from Britain. What kind of people were they?
Slaves
Convicts
Warriors
The ones with diseases
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