Sport
1. Who won the first test match between Australia and England in 1877?
Australia, by 45 runs
2. Who was Australia’s first ever Olympic Gold medallist?
Edwin Flack Two gold medals in 1896
3. The Gold Coast Cougars play which sport?
Baseball
4. Who was Australia playing when Mark Taylor matched Don Bradman’s highest test score of 334?
Pakistan
5. Which horse came second to Rogan Josh in the 1999 Melbourne cup?
Central Park
6. Who was the only Australian swimmer to win gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics?
Duncan Armstrong
7. What was the first NATIONAL premiership competition of any sporting code in Australia?
The National Soccer League
8. Who skippered Liberty in the 1983 America’s Cup?
Dennis Connor
9. What does the acronym CAMS stand for?
Confederation of Australian Motorsport
10. What was Don Bradman’s highest individual test score? Clue: we gave it to you in Question 4.
334
Australian History
1. When did The Overland Telegraph between Port Augusta and Darwin became operational?
1872
2. Where was ‘Waltzing Matilda�?first performed in public?
Winton, Queensland
3. Where did the first Commonwealth Parliament sit after Federation?
Melbourne
4. When did the first Holden go on sale?
28 November, 1948
5. Compulsory voting was first introduced in Queensland. True or false?
True
6. Who was the last man to be hanged in Australia?
Ronald Ryan
7. Who disrupted the official opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge?
Captain Francis Edward de Groot
8. When was the title of Uluru transferred to the traditional owners?
September, 1985
9. What year did Christopher Skase flee to Spain?
1991
10. In which state did the British test their first atomic bomb?
Western Australia
Entertainment
1. Who are the only two Australians to have won an Academy Award for Best Actor?
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Peter Finch and Geoffrey Rush
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2. How many Gold Logies has Graham Kennedy won?
Six
3. Who recorded the 1999 album ‘Messenger�?
Jimmy Little
4. Actress Kimberley Cooper stars in which Australian TV soapie?
Home and Away
5. In which year did the hit movie Strictly Ballroom premiere?
1992
6. ‘Most People I Know�?is the biography of which Australian pop star?
Billy Thorpe
7. Which 1996 film starring Jackie Chan was filmed in Australia?
Jackie Chan’s First Strike
8. What was Kylie Minogue’s first single?
Locomotion
9. Where is ‘The Dish�?
Parkes, NSW
10. Which national park did Skippy live in?
Waratah National Park
Plants and Animals
1. The Bird’s Nest Fern is native to Australia. True or False?
True
2. What is Australia’s floral emblem?
Golden Wattle
3. Where would you find a Tasmanian Tiger?
Nowhere, they’re extinct
4. When was the Sturt Desert Rose adopted as the Territory’s faunal emblem?
1974
5. What was the first non-native animal introduced into Australia?
The dingo
6. A Darling River Hardyhead is a what?
Fish
7. 115 species of Australian snakes are venomous. True or False?
True
8. What is the common name given to the white and pink cockatoo found in dry regions of Australia?
Major Mitchell
9. What kind of insect is a ‘Greengrocer�?
Cicada
10. The poinsettia is native to Australia. True or False?
False, it’s native to Mexico and Central America
Local Knowledge
1. What is the street address of the Darwin Botanic Gardens?
Geranium Street, Stuart Park
2. In what year was the original town of Palmerston renamed Darwin?
1911
3. What are the Territory’s two faunal emblems?
Wedge-tailed Eagle and Red Kangaroo
4. What is Government Minister Mick Palmer’s middle name?
James
5. What is the highest point in the Territory?
Mt Zeil, Macdonnell Ranges, 1 511m
6. Brown’s Mart was originally built as what?
A mining exchange
7. What would you find along the Stuart Highway about 100km south of Tenant Creek?
Devil’s Marbles
8. In which Darwin suburb would you find Applegum Drive?
Karama
9. Where is the ‘Lost City?
Litchfield National Park
10. The point where the NT, SA and QLD borders meet is known as Poeppel Corner. What was Poeppel’s first name?
Augustus
General Knowledge
1. When Shane Warne said ‘Unfortunately, I gave into temptation�? what was he referring to?
Being caught smoking
2. In which year was Australia Day first celebrated?
1818
3. ‘Canberra�?is believed to come from an Aboriginal word meaning what?
Meeting Place
4. In Aussie rhyming slang what is a ‘Captain Cook�?
A look
5. Who was the 2000 Australian of the Year?
Sir Gustav Nossal
6. Who said ‘You have to understand �?I am not just a broadcaster, I am a marketeer�?
John Laws
7. What is Australia’s second-oldest capital city?
Hobart
8. Who was Governor of News South Wales when the Rum Rebellion took place?
William Bligh
9. Who first suggested the continent be named ‘Australia�?instead of ‘New Holland�?
Matthew Flinders
10. Australian bushranger Frederick Ward was also known as who?
Captain Thunderbolt
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
Politics
1. Which former Australian Treasurer said: ‘One of the most effective responses to unemployment in this country is to have more jobs�?
John Howard, 1979
2. Lord Hopetoun was Australia’s first what?
Governor-General
3. Who was the first Aborigine in any Australian parliament?
Neville Bonner
4. Pauline Hanson was the federal member for which Queensland electorate?
Oxley
5. In the Territory’s statehood referendum, what percentage of voters said No?
51.9%
6. Who played Jim Hacker in ‘Yes, Minister�?
Paul Eddington
7. What brand were the boxer shorts George Brown flashed on national television?
Playboy
8. Who was the first woman to be elected to the House of Representatives?
Enid Lyons
9. Who was the Victorian Premier before Jeff Kennett?
Joan Kirner
10. During which year did Paul Keating make his infamous ‘banana republic�?comment?
1986
Current Affairs
1. Which well-known Darwin business identity reportedly developed Deep Vein Thrombosis on a round-the-world trip?
Theo Manolas
2. What was the most frequently drawn number in Saturday Lotto last year?
22
3. What was the Territory’s most popular vehicle in 2000?
Holden Commodore
4. How many species will be placed at risk with the arrival of cane toads in Kakadu?
154
5. A new study has found that Aussies have more what than their British counterparts?
Sex
6. Which creature devours dog food, cable wire, tuna and women’s underwear?
The Big-headed Ant
7. Hollywood director Martin Campbell is planning a remake of which classic Australian film?
A Town Like Alice
8. What is the name of Christopher Skase’s doctor?
Felipe Nicolau
9. Fishing writer Alex Julius wants a big what?
Barra
10. Who said ‘I’m to exhausted to have a love life�?
The Duchess of York
Who am I?
I was born in Sydney in 1908 and educated at Wesley College, Melbourne and the University of Melbourne.
After studying law and working as a solicitor I won the Federal seat of Fawkner at a by-election in 1935.
In 1940 I became Minister for Labour and National Service in the Menzies government.
I married in 1946 and was appointed Minister for Immigration in 1949.
I became Treasurer in 1958 and held the post until 1966.
I became Prime Minister on Australia Day 1966.
I am Harold Holt.
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