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Australian cities multiple choice: Newcastle
Do you know your Newcastle trivia?
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Last updated: October 11, 2022
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| First submitted | October 11, 2022 |
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1.
Newcastle is the second largest city in
Tasmania
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South Australia
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New South Wales
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Western Australia
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2.
The southern suburbs border what lake?
Lake Mungo
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Tuggerah Lake
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Lake Macquarie
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Grahamstown Lake
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3.
Commandant's Baths, a sea bath built by convict labour in 1820, is better known as...
Lag's Lagoon
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The Bogey Hole
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The Plunge Pool
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The Newcastle Bath
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4.
Which 1975 hit song by Bob Hudson contains the line: "In Newcastle they have very strange mating habits"?
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Summer love
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Bony Moronie
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The Newcastle song
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All my friends are getting married
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5.
In 2010, what distinction did travel publishers Lonely Planet give to Newcastle?
They released the Newcastle City Guidebook
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It was the featured destination for February in their 2011 calendar
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They named it one of the top 10 must-see destinations in the world
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They moved their Australian headquarters to the Newcastle suburb of Merewether
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6.
Which "comedy cabaret big band" from Newcastle launched the careers of many nationally successful performers?
The Last Laugh
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The Laugh Resort
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The Castanet Club
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The Farrelly Brothers
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7.
Why was Newcastle in the world news in December 1989?
Bushfire
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Earthquake
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Hosting a G20 summit
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Eight whales beached themselves along the coast at Worimi
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8.
Why was Fort Scratchley built at Nobbys Head?
As a residence for the Governor
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To house a customs and immigration centre
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As a training base for the Newcastle Volunteer Rifles
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To defend the colony in the event of a Russian invasion
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9.
Which local band became hugely successful after winning two national competitions in 1994?
Spiderbait
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Silverchair
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Regurgitator
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Powderfinger
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10.
Newcastle was the site of Australia's first what?
horse race
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ferry service
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public school
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telephone exchange
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11.
Where in suburban Newcastle can you see koalas and wombats?
Botanic Gardens
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Blackbutt Reserve
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Just about everywhere
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University of Newcastle
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12.
The police station known as the Lock Up was opened in 1861. What is it used for today?
A planetarium
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A police station
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A wedding reception venue
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A studio and exhibition space for artists
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13.
Newcastle was established to service what industry?
forestry
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agriculture
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coal mining
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cattle grazing
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14.
What can be found along the coast just south of Swansea Heads?
caves
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mangroves
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Newcastle Golf Club
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Newcastle Breakwater
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15.
What is the tall structure in King Edward Park?
A lookout
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An obelisk
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A clocktower
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A climbing frame shaped like a rocket
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