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Australian cities multiple choice: Cairns
Cairns is a nice, nice city
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Last updated: March 28, 2024
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1. The city was named after...
Arthur, 2nd Earl of Cairns
Tall rocky outcrops off the coast
Colonial administrator William Cairns
The Middle English name for Cannes in France
2. Cairns is in which state or territory?
Queensland
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Australian Capital Territory
3. In the 1940s, which artist lived in the shanty town known as Malaytown?
Nora Heysen
Jeffrey Smart
Donald Friend
Grace Cossington Smith
4. Cairns is in the the country of which Indigenous people?
Kaurna
Arrente
Nyul Nyul
Yirrganydji
5. The world's longest single-day mail run (about 1,450 km) begins in Cairns and ends in...
Cloncurry
Cape York
Townsville
Normanton
6. Why did Europeans first settle in Cairns?
Whaling
Rubber-tapping
To harvest sandalwood
To fish for bêche-de-mer
7. The floral emblem of Cairns is the...
Little Evodia
Lemon Myrtle
Golden Penda
Native Jasmine
8. When did Tropical Cyclone Jasper hit Cairns?
January 1900
December 1941
December 1974
December 2023
9. Why are there nails in a verandah post outside the Cairns Museum?
They are starting hooks for crochet bombers
They were for hitching horses in colonial times
Remnants of a Vietnam War protest, and left as an example of local history
They were used to display funeral notices early in the 20th century
10. At the urging of the Commonwealth Government, what did 15,000 Cairns residents do during the Second World War?
Bought handguns
Billeted American servicemen
Formed a volunteer coast guard to patrol the beaches
Moved away from the region in case of Japanese invasion
11. Which river flows through Cairns?
Barron
Cairns
Fitzroy
Daintree
12. What is Freshwater Station?
An aqua fun park
A railway station
A living history farm
A seawater desalination plant
13. After Australia, what are the most common countries of birth of Cairns residents?
China, Iran, Chile, England
Vietnam, Turkey, Italy, Russia
India, Greece, Fiji, New Zealand
England, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines
14. Which is not a suburb of Cairns?
Aeroglen
Bungalow
Lamington
Yorkeys Knob
15. The Manunda Hawks, the Port Douglas Crocs and the South Cairns Cutters are teams in the local league of which sport?
AFL
Sailing
Soccer
Basketball
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