THE BIG SCHOOL QUIZ 2023

Many of the futuristic locations in what iconic 1999 Keanu Reeves film are actually in Sydney, Australia?

• The Whole Truth

• The Matrix

• Knock Knock

• Avatar

From 1 July 2023, the number of work hours allowed to student visa holders will be capped at an amount of _______ per fortnight, during study terms and semesters.

• 20 hours

• 24 hours

• 40 hours

• 48 hours

The Australian version of the United States’ “Burger King”, founded in 1971, is known as “______ Jack’s.” Fill in the one word blank, a term for needing or displaying the need for food.

• Hungry

• Hunger

• Hangry

• Angry

What city and capital of Victoria was once known as Batmania?

• Sydney

• Melbourne

• Canberra

• Tasmania

There's a Finnish rock band that formed in the 1980s led by Pertti Neumann that shares its name with an ancient lineage of dogs found in Australian. What is this band name?

• Dunko

• Bingo

• Dingo

• Bunge

Which species of bird, found in Australia, is the second-largest living bird by height?

• Emu

• Ostrich

• Kiwi

• Cassowary

What is Australia's biggest telecom company?

• Tesla

• Telsra

• Telstra

• Telesa

What festively-named island in the Indian Ocean roughly 200 miles south of Indonesia is one of Australia's seven external territories?

• New Year Island

• Anzac Island

• Festival Island

• Christmas Island

What is the largest city in Western Australia, which is actually closer to Bali, Indonesia than to the Australian capital Canberra?

• Perth

• Adelaide

• Bunbury

• Northam

Australia hosts the Olympics in _________

• 1956

• 1976

• 2000

• 2032