Trivia Quiz on Australia

1. On which coast of australia is sydney

A) West

B) North

C) South

D) East

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2. On which river does Melbourne, Australia, stand

A) Murray River

B) Darling River

C) Fitzroy River

D) Yarra

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3. What continent is bounded on the north by the Timor Sea, The Arafura Sea & the Torres Straights

A) Asia

B) Australia

C) Antarctica

D) Europe

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4. What is the Capital of: Australia

A) Canberra

B) Sydney

C) Melbourne

D) Brisbane

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5. Where is the famous Blaze nightclub located?

A) Melbourne

B) Sydney

C) London

D) New York

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6. Does Botany Bay lie to the north or south of Sydney

A) North

B) East

C) West

D) South

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7. What in Queensland Australia , is the worlds longest at 3,450 miles

A) Great Barrier Reef

B) Nullarbor Plain

C) Overland Telegraph Line

D) Fence

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8. In what Australian state would you find Ballarat

A) New South Wales

B) Queensland

C) Tasmania

D) Victoria

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9. Derived from the latin 'australis', what does Australia mean

A) Northern

B) Eastern

C) Southern

D) Western

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10. In what Australian state would you find Moree

A) Queensland

B) Victoria

C) New south wales nsw

D) South Australia

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11. Which city is on the east coast of australia

A) Perth

B) Canberra

C) Sydney

D) Adelaide

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12. The name of which animal means does not drink

A) Kookaburra

B) Camel

C) Koala

D) Platypus

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13. In what Australian state would you find Bunbury

A) New South Wales

B) Victoria

C) South Australia

D) Western australia

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14. What country introduced the secret ballot for government 1856

A) United Kingdom

B) Australia - Victoria

C) France

D) Germany

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15. Ralph Freeman designed which Australian landmark

A) Sydney Opera House

B) Anzac Bridge

C) West Gate Bridge

D) Sydney harbour bridge

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16. In what Australian state would you find Parkes

A) New south wales nsw

B) Victoria

C) Queensland

D) South Australia

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17. Because the emu and the kangaroo cannot walk backwards, they are on the australian ______

A) National emblem

B) Emblem of the nation

C) Coat of arms

D) Royal insignia

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18. In what Australian state would you find Canberra

A) New South Wales

B) Act

C) Victoria

D) Queensland

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19. What is the Australian sea wasp

A) Stingray

B) Portuguese man o' war

C) Sea urchin

D) Jellyfish

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20. In which Australian state or territory is the Kimberley Plateau and Eighty Mile Beach

A) Western australia

B) Northern Territory

C) Queensland

D) South Australia

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21. What is the longest river in Australia

A) Murray River

B) Murray-Darling

C) Darling River

D) Murrumbidgee River

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22. In the US its 911 in the UK 999 what in Australia

A) 911

B) 000

C) 112

D) 999

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23. What country had an airline called Rottnest

A) Australia

B) New Zealand

C) Canada

D) United Kingdom

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24. Victoria is the only Australian state without what

A) Letter S in name

B) Letter E in name

C) Letter N in name

D) Letter U in name

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25. Which is the world's second largest monolith

A) Mount Augustus

B) El Capitan

C) Ayers rock

D) Devils Tower

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26. What is the federal district in southeastern Australia, bordered by the state of New South Wales

A) New South Wales

B) Victoria

C) Tasmania

D) Australian capital territory

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27. In what Australian state would you find Woomera

A) New South Wales

B) South australia

C) Western Australia

D) Queensland

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28. What season is it in Australia when it is summer in England

A) Winter

B) Spring

C) Autumn

D) Summer

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29. In what Australian state would you find Swan Hill

A) Victoria

B) New South Wales

C) Queensland

D) South Australia

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30. Alice Springs is a place in which country

A) Australia

B) Canada

C) New Zealand

D) United States

E) (other)

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31. In which country are Cape Otway, Mount Gambier, and the Grampian Mountains

A) New Zealand

B) Canada

C) Australia

D) Ireland

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32. In what Australian state would you find Horsham

A) New South Wales

B) Victoria

C) South Australia

D) Western Australia

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33. In what Australian state would you find Coffs Harbour

A) Queensland

B) Victoria

C) New south wales nsw

D) South Australia

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34. Because the emu and the kangaroo cannot walk backwards, they are on the Australian ______?

A) Flag

B) Coat of arms

C) National emblem

D) Currency note

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35. Which Famous Building Was Designed By Jorn Utzon?

A) Sagrada Família

B) Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

C) Fallingwater

D) Sydney Opera House

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36. Canberra is the capital of ______

A) Australia

B) Canada

C) New Zealand

D) Austria

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37. What is The Daily Planet in Australia

A) Biggest Brothel – Listed company

B) A daily newspaper published in Sydney

C) A chain of cinemas in Melbourne

D) An online travel booking site

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38. In what Australian state would you find Hobart

A) Victoria

B) Tasmania

C) New South Wales

D) South Australia

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39. Where in the world is Radwick racecourse situated

A) Sydney Australia

B) Melbourne, Australia

C) Auckland, New Zealand

D) Brisbane, Australia

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40. In what country is the Eucumbene Dam

A) Australia New S Wales

B) New Zealand

C) Canada

D) United States

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41. Australia was originally created to serve as a British ______ colony.

A) Territorial

B) Settlement

C) Penal

D) Exile

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42. Which poet gave his name to a cape south of Brisbane

A) Byron

B) Keats

C) Wordsworth

D) Shelley

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43. What is the capital of the Northern Territorry of Australia?

A) Alice Springs

B) Darwin

C) Brisbane

D) Canberra

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44. In what Australian state would you find Katherine

A) Northern Territory

B) Queensland

C) Western Australia

D) New South Wales

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45. In what Australian state would you find Inverell

A) New south wales nsw

B) Queensland

C) Victoria

D) South Australia

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46. In what Australian state would you find Wollongong

A) Victoria

B) Queensland

C) Tasmania

D) New south wales nsw

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47. What is the highest peak in Australia

A) Mount Townsend

B) Mount Ossa

C) Mount Kosciuszko

D) Mount Bogong

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48. Sydney is on the east coast of ______

A) Australia

B) New Zealand

C) Asia

D) Antarctica

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49. After Athens which is the largest Greek speaking city in the world

A) Sydney

B) Thessaloniki

C) New York

D) Melbourne

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50. In what Australian state would you find Stirling

A) Victoria

B) New South Wales

C) Queensland

D) Western australia

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