Australian cities multiple choice: Perth

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1. What is in the Bell Tower?

Owls' nests ✓

The Perth Planetarium ✓

A war memorial erected by public subscription in 1920 ✓

18th century bells originally from London's Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields ✓

2. Which national capital city is closest to Perth?

Dili, East Timor ✓

Jakarta, Indonesia ✓

Kotte, Sri Lanka ✓

Canberra, Australia ✓

3. Each year, the player deemed fairest and best in the WAFL wins which award?

Dally M Medal ✓

Magarey Medal ✓

Sandover Medal ✓

Brownlow Medal ✓

They are all best and fairest awards for footballers: the Dally M for the NRL, the Magarey for the SANFL and the Brownlow for the AFL.

4. Which one of these people did not grow up in Perth?

Actor Judy Davis ✓

Actor Heath Ledger ✓

Comedian Judith Lucy ✓

Prime Minister John Curtin ✓

Curtin was from Victoria, but lived in Perth as an adult

5. What is the name of the statue in the river at Crawley?

Eliza ✓

Yagan ✓

First Contact ✓

Percy Buttons's Aspiration ✓

They are all statues in Perth. Eliza is frequently dressed up in costumes and decorations.

6. If you're at the Perth General Post Office, where's the nearest quokka?

Perth Zoo ✓

Rottnest Island ✓

Mundaring State Forest ✓

Walyunga National Park ✓

Rottnest Island is famous for wild quokkas

7. Why has Perth been called the City of Light?

It was the first city in the world to have electric street lamps ✓

Since 1977 the city streets have been festooned with fairy lights ✓

It has more hours of daylight than any other Australian state capital ✓

John Glenn noticed the city lit up at night as he orbited the Earth in 1962 ✓

Not only were streets and houses lit up, but people went outside and shined their torches up for Glenn to see

8. What is the Fremantle Doctor?

A mobile health service ✓

A yacht that won the America's Cup ✓

The mascot of the Adventure World amusement park ✓

A sea breeze that blows from the southwest in summer ✓

9. Who or what are Selby Lemnos and Fiona Stanley?

hospitals ✓

public parks ✓

tonight show hosts ✓

Members of Parliament ✓

10. Where is the double helix staircase known as DNA Tower?

Kings Park ✓

Royal Perth Hospital ✓

Reabold Hill Summit Lookout ✓

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research ✓

Constructed in 1966 and based on a staircase in the Château de Blois, France

11. How did Rockingham get its name?

From the rocky reef offshore ✓

From a line in a poem by Robert Burns ✓

After a town in British Columbia, Canada ✓

After a ship that was wrecked in Cockburn Sound ✓

I just wanted to get Cockburn Sound into a quiz

12. What are named after Edith Cowan, Walter Murdoch and John Curtin

pubs ✓

suburbs ✓

highways ✓

universities ✓

13. Perth is the capital city of which state?

Tasmania ✓

Queensland ✓

South Australia ✓

Western Australia ✓

14. Which river runs through the city?

Ord ✓

Avon ✓

Swan ✓

Canning ✓

15. Which iconic book set in Perth is about the Pickles and Lamb families?

Cloudstreet by Tim Winton ✓

Upsurge by J. M. Harcourt ✓

The Bodysurfers by Robert Drewe ✓

Destroying Avalon by Kate McCaffrey ✓

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