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General Knowledge Australia: July 2019

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the Prime Minister of Australia?

a)

Malcolm Turnbull

b)

Bill Shorten

c)

Scott Morrison

d)

Barnaby Joyce

2.

Who is the leader of the Australian Labor Party?

a)

Penny Wong

b)

Bill Shorten

c)

Scott Morrison

d)

Anthony Albanese

3.

Which of these oceans is not one that surrounds Australia?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Southern Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

4.

What is the capital city of New Zealand?

a)

Christchurch

b)

Wellington

c)

Auckland

d)

Queenstown

5.

Who is the captain of Collingwood Football Club?

a)

Jordan De Goey

b)

Steele Sidebottom

c)

Dayne Beams

d)

Scott Pendlebury

6.

What is the largest city in Australia (by population)?

a)

Melbourne

b)

Perth

c)

Adelaide

d)

Sydney

7.

What is the tallest mountain in Australia?

a)

Mt Kosciuszko

b)

Mt Perisher

c)

Mt Bogong

d)

Mt Buller

8.

What is the highest-grossing movie of all time?

a)

Avatar

b)

Titanic

c)

Avengers: Endgame

d)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

9.

Who is the Prime Minister of the UK?

a)

Theresa May

b)

Scott Morrison

c)

Boris Johnson

d)

David Cameron

10.

Who is the captain of Melbourne Storm?

a)

Billy Slater

b)

Cooper Cronk

c)

Greg Inglis

d)

Cameron Smith

11.

Who won the women's final in the 2019 French Open?

a)

Serena Williams

b)

Ash Barty

c)

Simona Halep

d)

Sam Stosur

12.

Who is the Prime Minister of New Zealand?

a)

Jacinda Ardern

b)

Donald Trump

c)

Angela Merkel

d)

Theresa May

13.

What is the capital city of Indonesia?

a)

Shanghai

b)

Medan

c)

Bali

d)

Jakarta

14.

What is Brexit?

a)

The name of a political party in the United Kingdom.

b)

The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

c)

A type of cracker.

d)

The separation of Scotland from the rest of the United Kingdom.

15.

Why was the Australian television show MasterChef in the news this week?

a)

The show had their highest ever ratings.

b)

The MasterChef FInale episode was affected by food poisoning.

c)

The winner was the youngest in the show's history .

d)

Judges Matt Preston, Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris left the show after a pay dispute.

16.

Who is the Premier of Victoria?

a)

Kevin Rudd

b)

Daniel Andrews

c)

Annastacia Palaszczuk

d)

Michael O'Brien

17.

What is the number one single on the ARIA charts this week?

a)

Senorita (Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello)

b)

Old Town Road (Lil Nas X)

c)

Bad Guy (Billie Eilish)

d)

I Don't Care (Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber)

18.

Which one of these is closest to the population of Hobart?

a)

240,000

b)

830,000

c)

1,050,000

d)

2,000,000

19.

Approximately how many kilometres is the drive between Melbourne and Perth?

a)

400km

b)

1400km

c)

3400km

d)

5400km

20.

Who is on the Australian $10 note?

a)

Dame Mary Gilmore and AB "Banjo" Patterson

b)

David Unaipon and Edith Cowan

c)

Dame Nellie Melba and Sir John Monash

d)

Queen Elizabeth II