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Australian cities multiple choice: Geelong
Do you know the quiet achiever, Geelong?
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Last updated: September 28, 2022
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| First submitted | September 24, 2022 |
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1.
Geelong is the second largest city in which state?
Victoria
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Tasmania
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South Australia
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Western Australia
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2.
Which of these was not invented in Geelong?
The ute
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Barbed wire
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The refrigerator
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The rotary clothes line
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3.
In the 1990s there was a financial crisis in Geelong when what institution collapsed?
HIH Insurance
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The Corio Port Authority
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The Geelong City Council
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The Pyramid Building Society
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4.
The Geelong Football Club, founded 1859, are known as the...
Cats
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Sharks
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Cougars
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Dolphins
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5.
Which of these celebrities did not grow up in Geelong?
Nick Cave
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Guy Pearce
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Portia de Rossi
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Chrissy Amphlett
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6.
The Barwon river gets its name from
A Wathawurrung word meaning magpie
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The first family of squatters to take up land by the river
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The name of the cartographer who laid out the design of the city
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The river in Donnington, Lincolnshire, the home town of Matthew Flinders
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7.
Which of the following was not a student at Geelong Grammar School?
King Charles
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Rupert Murdoch
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General Sir John Monash
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Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser
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8.
The university based in Geelong is...
Deakin
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Gordon
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Federation
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Charles Sturt
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9.
In the 19th century, Geelong's nickname was
Surf City
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The Pivot
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Tallowtown
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The Woolshed
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10.
Which international company has not been a major employer in Geelong
IBM
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Ford
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Shell
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Alcoa
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11.
What does Geelong have in common with Cape Town, Buenos Aires and Montreal?
They were all founded in 1838
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They are UNESCO Cities of Design
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They all made a bid to host the 1976 Olympic Games
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Each became the home of an emigrant son or daughter of Charles Dickens
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12.
What's in the old woolstore in Moorabool Street?
The National Wool Museum
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The Barwon Textiles Workshop
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The Geelong Tourist Information Bureau
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The Gordon Institute of Technical and Further Education
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13.
Moorabool is a Wathawurrung word meaning what?
Wind
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Monster
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Seawater
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Sea breeze
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14.
What was the function of the large ball erected above the tower of Geelong Telegraph Station in 1862?
It was a beacon to guide ships to the port
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It would rise and fall with barometric pressure
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It protected the telegraph wires from lightning
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It was dropped every day at 1pm as a time signal
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15.
The barcode fountain at the Waterfront Art Trail reproduces the barcode of which iconic Geelong company?
Cotton On clothing
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Noddy's soft drinks
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Godfrey Hirst carpets
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Phosphate Co-operative Company of Australia
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