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🇦🇺 Australia, Primary and Secondary

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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 Second FleetThe First FleetThe Royal Fleet

2. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are recognised as having lived in Australia for how long, making theirs the oldest continuous culture in the world?

Since the 1700sTens of thousands of yearsA few hundred yearsAbout one thousand years

3. Which spiky, egg laying Australian mammal is covered in sharp quills and eats ants and termites?

BandicootPossumWombatEchidna

4. What is the capital city of Queensland?

CairnsBrisbaneTownsvilleGold Coast

5. What is the capital city of Western Australia?

AlbanyBroomeFremantlePerth

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

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

7. Before Federation in 1901, Australia was made up of how many separate British colonies?

TwoSixTenThree

8. How many states make up Australia?

EightSixTenFour

9. Captain James Cook charted Australia's east coast in 1770, sailing on behalf of which country?

the NetherlandsSpainGreat BritainPortugal

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

Vote twice on two separate daysNumber every candidate in order of preferenceChoose exactly two candidatesVote only for a party, not a person

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