Australia Quiz

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Australia Quiz Questions

1) What is the meaning of Australia?
a) North land
b) East land
c) West land
d) South land

2) Which animal carries its babies in a pouch?
a) Lion
b) Tiger
c) Kangaroo
d) Zebra

3) Which animal lays eggs?
a) Platypus
b) Wolf
c) Jackal
d) Dog

4) When is Australia Day?
a) 26 January
b) 1 May
c) 15 August
d) 26 September

5) Which of the following is not a State?
a) Queensland
b) Western Australia
c) South Australia
d) Northern Territory

6) Which Australian captain declared the innings in a Test when his individual score reached 334 equalling that of Don Bradman?
a) Ian Chappel
b) Mark Taylor
c) Alan Border
d) Kim Hughes

7) What is Don Bradman’s Test batting average?
a) 52
b) 29
c) 99.94
d) 100

8) What is dingo?
a) Flower
b) Tree
c) Bird
d) Wild dog

9) Which is Australia’s tallest bird?
a) Ostrich
b) Emu
c) Parrot
d) Dove

10) When was Paul Keating Prime Minister of Australia?
a) 1983-1991
b) 1991-1996
c) 1976-1983
d) 1966-1967

11) Which Strait separates Australia and Papua New Guinea?
a) Magellan Strait
b) Bering Straot
c) Palk Strait
d) Torres Strait

12) Who bowled underarm in a One Day International?
a) Dennis Lillee
b) Share Warne
c) Trevor Chappell
d) Mark Waugh

13) What does A stand for in ANZUS?
a) Australia
b) America
c) Asia
d) Arabia

14) Who declared Sydney Olympics 2000 open?
a) Queen Elizabeth II
b) Governor General William Deane
c) Prime Minister John Howard
d) IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch

15) Which Governor General of Australia was Archbishop of Brisbane?
a) Peter Hollingworth
b) Paul Reeves
c) Michael Jefferey
d) William Hayden

16) Which of the following in not a dependency of Australia?
a) Christimas Island
b) Norfolk Island
c) Cook Islands
d) Cocos Islands

17) How was Australia known in the 18th Century?
a) Rhodesia
b) Nyasaland
c) Bechuanaland
d) New Holland

18) Which structure in Delhi resembles Sydney Opera House?
a) Jantar Mantar
b) Lotus Temple
c) Qutub Minar
d) Red Fort

19) Who is Australian of the Year 2007?
a) Fiona Wood
b) Ian Frazer
c) Peter Cosgrove
d) Tim Flannery

20) Which Hollywood actor and director was born in USA and moved to Australia at the age of 12?
a) John Travolta
b) Mel Gibson
c) Antonio Banderas
d) Bruce Willis

21) By how many hours Australian Eastern Standard Time is ahead of Indian Standard Time?
a) 3.30
b) 5.30
c) 6.00
d) 8.00

22) Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973?
a) Patrick White
b) Peter Doherty
c) Bernard Katz
d) Robin Warren

23) Who won Wimbledon Men’s Singles Title in 1987?
a) Patrick Cash
b) Peter Doohan
c) John Newcombe
d) Neale Fraser

24) Who did the title role in the film Elizabeth directed by Shekhar Kapur?
a) Nicole Kidman
b) Anna Paquin
c) Cate Blanchett
d) Judy Davis

25) Which of the following films is a musical?
a) Lonely Hearts
b) Bliss
c) The Piano
d) Moulin Rouge

Australia Quiz Questions with Answers

1) What is the meaning of Australia?
d) South land

2) Which animal carries its babies in a pouch?
c) Kangaroo

3) Which animal lays eggs?
a) Platypus

4) When is Australia Day?
a) 26 January

5) Which of the following is not a State?
d) Northern Territory

6) Which Australian captain declared the innings in a Test when his individual score reached 334 equalling that of Don Bradman?
b) Mark Taylor

7) What is Don Bradman’s Test batting average?
c) 99.94

8) What is dingo?
d) Wild dog

9) Which is Australia’s tallest bird?
b) Emu

10) When was Paul Keating Prime Minister of Australia?
b) 1991-1996

11) Which Strait separates Australia and Papua New Guinea?
d) Torres Strait

12) Who bowled underarm in a One Day International?
c) Trevor Chappell

13) What does A stand for in ANZUS?
a) Australia

14) Who declared Sydney Olympics 2000 open?
b) Governor General William Deane

15) Which Governor General of Australia was Archbishop of Brisbane?
a) Peter Hollingworth

16) Which of the following in not a dependency of Australia?
c) Cook Islands

17) How was Australia known in the 18th Century?
d) New Holland

18) Which structure in Delhi resembles Sydney Opera House?
b) Lotus Temple

19) Who is Australian of the Year 2007?
d) Tim Flannery

20) Which Hollywood actor and director was born in USA and moved to Australia at the age of 12?
b) Mel Gibson

21) By how many hours Australian Eastern Standard Time is ahead of Indian Standard Time?
b) 5.30

22) Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973?
a) Patrick White

23) Who won Wimbledon Men’s Singles Title in 1987?
a) Patrick Cash

24) Who did the title role in the film Elizabeth directed by Shekhar Kapur?
c) Cate Blanchett

25) Which of the following films is a musical?
d) Moulin Rouge