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Australia and Beyond: Trivia Challenge

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which event is commemorated on ANZAC Day in Australia?

a)

The end of World War II

b)

The landing of Australian and New Zealand troops at Gallipoli

c)

The signing of the Australian Constitution

d)

The discovery of gold in Victoria

2.

Which Australian state was the first to grant women the right to vote?

a)

Victoria

b)

South Australia

c)

New South Wales

d)

Queensland

3.

Which continent is the only one without an active volcano?

a)

Africa

b)

Australia

c)

Europe

d)

South America

4.

Mount Everest is located on the border between which two countries?

a)

India and China

b)

Nepal and China

c)

Bhutan and Nepal

d)

India and Nepal

5.

Which Australian explorer is known for leading the first successful crossing of the Blue Mountains in 1813?

a)

John Oxley

b)

Burke and Wills

c)

Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth

d)

Ludwig Leichhardt

6.

Who invented the first effective vaccine for polio?

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Jonas Salk

c)

Edward Jenner

d)

Alexander Fleming

7.

What is the value of the acceleration due to gravity on Earth at sea level?

a)

6.67m/s26.67\, \text{m/s}^2

b)

9.8m/s29.8\, \text{m/s}^2

c)

3.14m/s23.14\, \text{m/s}^2

d)

1.62m/s21.62\, \text{m/s}^2

8.

Which Australian scientist is famous for developing the cochlear implant, also known as the "bionic ear"?

a)

Elizabeth Blackburn

b)

Howard Florey

c)

Graeme Clark

d)

Ian Frazer

9.

Who wrote the classic Australian novel "Cloudstreet"?

a)

Tim Winton

b)

Peter Carey

c)

Colleen McCullough

d)

Patrick White

10.

Which Shakespeare play features the characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

a)

Macbeth

b)

Hamlet

c)

Othello

d)

King Lear

11.

Who is the author of the classic novel "Pride and Prejudice"?

a)

Emily Brontë

b)

Jane Austen

c)

Charles Dickens

d)

Virginia Woolf

12.

Which Australian won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973?

a)

Patrick White

b)

Tim Winton

c)

Peter Carey

d)

Colleen McCullough

13.

Which country won the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup?

a)

Australia

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

United States

14.

Which Australian city hosted the 2023 World Science Festival?

a)

Sydney

b)

Brisbane

c)

Melbourne

d)

Perth

15.

Which Australian city was affected by major flooding in early 2022, leading to widespread evacuations and damage?

a)

Adelaide

b)

Brisbane

c)

Hobart

d)

Darwin