Literature and Arts
1. In which year did Patrick White become the first Australian to be awarded the Nobel prize for Literature?
1973
2. Who was the controversial winner of the 1995 Miles Franklin Award?
Helen Demidenko/Darville
3. What is the name of the fictional cricketer created by The Panel’s Tom Gleisner?
Warwick Todd
4. The Boy from Oz is a musical about who?
Peter Allen
5. The Archibald Prize is awarded annually for the best what?
Portrait
6. Melina Marchetta wrote which best-selling Australian childrens book?
Looking for Alibrandi
7. Who wrote the play ‘The One Day of The Year�?
Alan Seymour
8. Name the three best-selling novels by Sydney author Mathew Reilly.
Contest, Temple and Ice Station
9. What does NIDA stand for?
National Institute of Dramatic Art
10. Name all of the Seven Little Australians
Meg, Pip, Judy, Nell, Bunty, Baby and the General