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Australian cities multiple choice: Alice Springs
Do you know about the Alice?
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Last updated: November 6, 2022
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1. Who was Alice?
Among other achievements, Sir Charles Todd masterminded the laying of the telegraph line across Australia
Lady Todd
Alice Mofflin, philanthropist
Queen Victoria's third child
Alice Manfield, mountain guide
2. What was the town called before it was named Alice Springs?
After explorer John McDouall Stuart
York
Tudor
Stuart
Hanover
3. Of all Australian cities, Alice Springs has the highest ratio of these to people
Goats
Schools
Casinos
Art galleries
4. Blatherskite Park has a purpose-built what?
BMX track
Crocodile lagoon
Inland surfing lake
Camel racing track
5. Which people are Indigenous to the country that incudes Alice Springs?
Yolngu
Larrakia
Arrernte
Wambaya
6. Which State capital is the nearest to Alice Springs?
Perth
Sydney
Adelaide
Brisbane
7. Which transcontinental train stops in Alice Springs?
The Ghan runs between Adelaide and Darwin. The Indian Pacific runs between Perth and Sydney. The Great Southern runs between Adelaide and Brisbane. The Overland runs between Adelaide and Melbourne.
The Ghan
Overland
Indian Pacific
Great Southern
8. Why did Jean Paget want to make "a town like Alice"?
From Nevil Shute's rollicking novel A Town Like Alice, which has been adapted for film, tv and radio
It was her childhood home
It was a good place for women to live
It was a haven of peace and harmony during the war
She saw pictures of a pretty town in the sun in an English magazine
9. Why was the Henley-on-Todd regatta cancelled in 1993?
Henley-on-Todd takes place on the river bed in the dry season. The boats are bottomless so the crews can run.
There was water in the river
There was no water in the river
There was a crocodile in the river
There was blue-green algae in the river
10. Where are the oldest buildings in Alice Springs?
The telegraph station was built in 1871, the police station in 1886, Adelaide House in 1926, and Hartley Street School in 1929
The telegraph station
Hartley Street School
Heavitree Gap Police Station
Adelaide House (the first hospital in town)
11. What began in Alice Springs in 1951?
QANTAS began in Winton, Queensland in 1920. RFDS began in Cloncurry, Queensland in 1928. Australaian television began experimentally in Melbourne in 1929 and commercially in Sydney in 1956.
QANTAS
School of the Air
Australian television
Royal Flying Doctor Service
12. What's in the Old Alice Springs Gaol?
A youth hostel
The Women’s Museum of Australia
The Northern Territory Police Museum
The Alice Springs Library and Archives
13. Between 1927 and 1931, Alice Springs was the capital city of...
Yeah, nah, didn't work
Australia
The Northern Territory
The Territory of Central Australia
South Australia and the Northern Territory
14. What's the postcode?
0870
1200
5550
8200
15. Where does 90% of the water supply come from?
The Todd River
The Anzac Aquifer
Roe Creek Borefield
Public and private rainwater tanks
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