Australia Quiz

1. What is the meaning of Australia?
  • Correct Answer: South land

2. Which animal carries its babies in a pouch?
  • Correct Answer: Kangaroo

3. Which animal lays eggs?
  • Correct Answer: Platypus

4. When is Australia Day?
  • Correct Answer: 26 January

5. Which of the following is not a State?
  • Correct Answer: Northern Territory

6. Which Australian captain declared the innings in a Test when his individual score reached 334 equalling that of Don Bradman?
  • Correct Answer: Mark Taylor

7. What is Don Bradman’s Test batting average?
  • Correct Answer: 99.94

8. What is dingo?
  • Correct Answer: Wild dog

9. Which is Australia’s tallest bird?
  • Correct Answer: Emu

10. When was Paul Keating Prime Minister of Australia?
  • Correct Answer: 1991-1996

11. Which Strait separates Australia and Papua New Guinea?
  • Correct Answer: Torres Strait

12. Who bowled underarm in a One Day International?
  • Correct Answer: Trevor Chappell

13. What does A stand for in ANZUS?
  • Correct Answer: Australia

14. Who declared Sydney Olympics 2000 open?
  • Correct Answer: Governor General William Deane

15. Which Governor General of Australia was Archbishop of Brisbane?
  • Correct Answer: Peter Hollingworth

16. Which of the following is not a dependency of Australia?
  • Correct Answer: Cook Islands

17. How was Australia known in the 18th Century?
  • Correct Answer: New Holland

18. Which structure in Delhi resembles Sydney Opera House?
  • Correct Answer: Lotus Temple

19. Who is Australian of the Year 2007?
  • Correct Answer: Tim Flannery

20. Which Hollywood actor and director was born in USA and moved to Australia at the age of 12?
  • Correct Answer: Mel Gibson

21. By how many hours Australian Eastern Standard Time is ahead of Indian Standard Time?
  • Correct Answer: 5:30

22. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973?
  • Correct Answer: Patrick White

23. Who won Wimbledon Men’s Singles Title in 1987?
  • Correct Answer: Patrick Cash

24. Who did the title role in the film Elizabeth directed by Shekhar Kapur?
  • Correct Answer: Cate Blanchett

25. Which of the following films is a musical?
  • Correct Answer: Moulin Rouge

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