Test your Aussie general knowledge with the inaugural Australian Rural & Regional News Quiz, coming to you each week – or so – from Australia Day 2024 on.
1. What constellation is depicted on the Australian flag?
2. Which Australian batsman has the highest average in Test cricket, and what is his average?
3. What do you call a group of platypuses?
4. Which is longer, the Great Wall of China or the Dingo Fence?
5. What animals are on the Commonwealth Coat of Arms?
6. Who was the first Australian Prime Minister born in regional Australia?
7. What is the name of the highway that links WA to SA via the Nullarbor Plain?
8. What is the nickname of the Sydney Harbour Bridge?
9. What is the highest grossing Australian movie?
10. What is the square-shaped sponge cake that is coated in a layer of chocolate icing and desiccated coconut, and often described as the “National Cake of Australia”?
11. Which Australian was the first player to reach 200 wickets and 2,000 runs in Test cricket?
12. What separates Tasmania from the Australian mainland?
13. What proportion of Australia is desert?
14. What is a baby koala known as?
15. How many time zones are there in Australia-not including Daylight Saving Time?
16. Which classic Aussie film features the phrase, “Tell him he’s dreaming”?
17. What is the name of the train that runs between Sydney and Perth?
18. Jane Turner and Gina Riley played which Australian characters?
19. What is the name of the road that travels past the 12 Apostles?
20. In what year of the 1930s did the Sydney Harbour Bridge open?
Bonus Question: Of the 25 deadliest snakes in the world, how many are found in Australia? Answer in next week’s Quiz.
Answers: 1.Southern Cross 2.Don Bradman-99.94 3.A paddle 4.The Dingo Fence-three times as long 5.Kangaroo and emu 6.James Scullin-born in Trawalla, Victoria 7.Eyre Highway 8.The Coat Hanger 9.Crocodile Dundee 10.Lamington 11.Richie Benaud 12.Bass Strait 13.One third 14.Joey 15.Three time zones 16.The Castle 17.The Indian Pacific 18.Kath & Kim 19.The Great Ocean Road 20.1932
