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🇦🇺 Australia, Primary and Secondary

Years 3 to 10 · Read up first

10 questions. Get 8 right to earn 10 minutes. All 10 right = +5 bonus. They start easy and get harder as you go, so treat the first few as a warm-up. Every one you miss comes back with the answer and why.

1. In 1788, a fleet of British ships arrived at what is now Sydney to set up a colony. What was this fleet called?

The Sydney FleetThe First FleetThe Second FleetThe Royal Fleet

2. What is the capital city of Australia?

MelbourneSydneyBrisbaneCanberra

3. What is the capital city of Tasmania, an island state south of the mainland?

HobartBurnieLauncestonDevonport

4. The First Fleet in 1788 carried many people to Australia who had been sentenced to what?

Missionary workGold miningTransportation as convictsMilitary service

5. What is the capital city of Queensland?

BrisbaneCairnsTownsvilleGold Coast

6. In which Australian colony did the Eureka Stockade rebellion of 1854 take place?

QueenslandSouth AustraliaNew South WalesVictoria

7. How many states make up Australia?

FourTenSixEight

8. What are the two houses of Australia's federal Parliament called?

The House of Representatives and the SenateThe Assembly and the CouncilThe Commons and the LordsThe Congress and the Cabinet

9. Which flightless Australian bird, the second tallest bird in the world, has strong legs built for fast running across open country?

KookaburraCassowaryKiwiEmu

10. Australia's system of voting for the House of Representatives asks voters to do what with the candidates, rather than just choosing one?

Number every candidate in order of preferenceChoose exactly two candidatesVote only for a party, not a personVote twice on two separate days

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