BSC Trivia Quiz 2011. Question 1 What year did cyclone Tracy hit Darwin? Answer: 1874.
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Transcript of BSC Trivia Quiz 2011. Question 1 What year did cyclone Tracy hit Darwin? Answer: 1874.
BSC Trivia Quiz 2011
Question 1
What year did cyclone Tracy hit Darwin?
Answer: 1874
Question 2
Where was Ned Kelly’s last stand?
Answer: Glenrowen
Question 3
Name Australia’s most-western point?
Answer: Steep Point (Shark Bay)
Question 4
Australians hold the world record for which amazing feat?A. Fastest Beer Bottle
Opening.B. Largest Christmas
CrackerC. Most Sheep Sheared in
24 HoursD. Largest Chicken Dance. Answer: B
Question 5
How many ships were in the first fleet?
Answer: 11
Question 6
What Is Tasmania’s Former name?
Answer: Van Deiman’s Island
Question 7
In what state is Australia's tallest Waterfall?
Answer: Queensland
Question 8
What is the longest River in Australia?
Answer: The Murray-Darling
Question 9
What is the tallest mountain in Australia?
Answer: Mt. Kosciusko.
Question 10
What National Park was Crocodile Dundee filmed in? Answer: Kakadu
National Park.
Question 11
Waltzing matilda translated in German means what?
Answer: Carrying a Backpack
Question 12
The Australian lyre bird is famous for?
Answer: Imitating 15 different birds
Question 13
Who was the most recent Australian to win the men's singles at Wimbledon?
Answer: Llayton Hewitt
Question 14
What Australian company is the largest surfwear manufacturer? Answer: Quicksilver
Question 15
How Many Countries are larger than Australia?
Answer: Five.
Question 16
Who is the Lead Singer of Silverchair?
Answer: Daniel Johns
Question 17
What date did the new parliament house open? Answer: 9th May 1998
Question 18
Who are the actors that play “Kath and Kim”?
Answer: Jane Turner and Gina Reily
Question 19
What is the second largest city in NSW?
Answer: Newcastle
Question 20Where is
the Big Prawn?
Answer: Ballina
Question 21
The Idiot Fruit and Darling Peas are poisonous.
True or False??
Answer: True
Question 22Which of the
following is not an Australian innovation?A.Chiko RollB.Lawn SprinklerC.Plastic Bank
NotesD.Dual Toilet Flush
Answer: B
Question 23
What is the chemical symbol for iron?
Answer: Fe
Question 24
Who wrote the Harry Potter books?
Answer: J.K Rowling
Question 25
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Jupiter
Question 26
Who designed the Sydney opera house?
Answer: Joern Utzon
Question 27What are
the names of the blues brothers?
Answer: Jake and Elwood
Question 28
What does Phar Lap mean?
Answer: Lightning
Question 29
What is the floral emblem of Australia?
Answer: Wattle
Question 30
what do the letters of the TV channel SBS stand for? Answer: Special
Broadcasting Service
Question 31
What colour does acid turn on litmus paper?
Answer: Red
Question 32
Which animal produces the biggest baby?
Answer: Blue Whale
Question 33
What is calcium carbonate normally known as?
Answer: Chalk
Question 34
How many holes are in a ten pin bowling ball?
Answer: 3
Question 35
All states and territories have the same blood alcohol limit for non-probationary drivers.
True of False??
Answer: True.
Question 36
What is Australia’s largest inland city?
Answer: Canberra
Question 37What
Aboriginal term for a waterhole is also the name of an Australian clothing company?
Answer: Billabong
Question 38
Name this original wiggle?
Answer: Greg Page
Question 39
Which South Australian opal-mining town do many live underground to escape the heat?
Answer: Coober Pedy