Australian Geography Trivia
Question: What company currently produces Vegemite, the Australian spread?
Answer: Kraft Foods
Question: What proportion of Australia is desert?
Answer: 1 Third
Question: What did Australia abolish in 1985?
Answer: Death Penalty
Question: What is the state capital of South Australia?
Answer: Adelaide
Question: What is the predominant color on the flag of Australia?
Answer: Blue
Question: What is the name of the largest desert in Australia?
Answer: Great Victoria Desert
Question: In which region of Australia is Uluru, Ayers Rock?
Answer: Northern Territory
Question: What is the highest mountain in Tasmania?
Answer: Mt Ossa
Question: What is the largest city in Australia?
Answer: Sydney
Question: What is the name of the currency used in Australia?
Answer: Dollars
Question: In what year was the Sydney Opera House opened?
Answer: 1973
Question: What comprises approximately two-thirds of the land mass of Christmas Island?
Answer: National Park
Question: What is Australia's national floral emblem?
Answer: The Golden Wattle
Question: Complete the name of the natural feature that lies off Australia: Great Barrier ...
Answer: Reef
Question: What is the capital city of Tasmania?
Answer: Hobart
Question: What is the name of the river that Hobart lies along?
Answer: Derwent River
Question: What marsupial features on the Coat of Arms of Australia?
Answer: Kangaroo
Question: What is the 'nickname' for Tasmania?
Answer: Apple Isle
Question: In which continent is the country Australia in?
Answer: Australia
Australian Sights and Sounds Trivia
Question: What is the official language of Australia?
Answer: English
Question: What is the name given to the desert that covers a lot of Australia?
Answer: The Great Australian desert
Question: What is the capital of Australia?
Answer: Canberra
Question: In 1999, who did Australia vote to keep as their head of state?
Answer: The Queen
Question: Big Ben is the name of a volcano on which Australian island?
Answer: Heard Island
Question: When is Australia Day?
Answer: Jan-26
Question: Australia is separated from which country by the Tasman Sea?
Answer: New Zealand
Question: What is the capital city of Northern Territory in Australia?
Answer: Darwin
Question: How do Australians refer to English people?
Answer: Pomes
Question: Near which sea is the capital city of Darwin located?
Answer: The Timor Sea
Question: What is the name of the famous reef of the north coast of Australia?
Answer: Great Barrier Reef
Question: What is Australia's Great Artesian Basin?
Answer: Water source of water
Question: What is Australia's largest terrestrial predator?
Answer: Dingo
Question: Australia's National Portrait Gallery is located where?
Answer: Canberra
Question: How many states are there in Australia?
Answer: 6
Question: Melbourne in Australia has the largest population of which nationality outside of Europe?
Answer: Greek
Question: Australia's land mass is part of which major tectonic plate?
Answer: Indo-Australian Plate
Question: What is the surname of former Australian PM Bob?
Answer: Hawke
Question: On which coast of Australia does Melbourne lie?
Answer: South
Australian Culture Trivia
Question: What company currently produces Vegemite, the Australian spread?
Answer: Kraft Foods
Question: What did Australia abolish in 1985?
Answer: Death Penalty
Question: What is the predominant color on the flag of Australia?
Answer: Blue
Question: What is Australia's national floral emblem?
Answer: The Golden Wattle
Question: Complete the name of the natural feature that lies off Australia: Great Barrier ...
Answer: Reef
Question: What marsupial features on the Coat of Arms of Australia?
Answer: Kangaroo
Question: In which continent is the country Australia in?
Answer: Australia
Question: What is the official language of Australia?
Answer: English
Question: What is the capital of Australia?
Answer: Canberra
Question: In 1999, who did Australia vote to keep as their head of state?
Answer: The Queen
Question: When is Australia Day?
Answer: Jan-26
Question: How do Australians refer to English people?
Answer: Pomes
Question: How many states are there in Australia?
Answer: 6
Question: What is the surname of former Australian PM Bob?
Answer: Hawke
Question: What is Australia's largest terrestrial predator?
Answer: Dingo
Question: Australia's National Portrait Gallery is located where?
Answer: Canberra
Question: Which explorer arrived at Botany Bay in Australia in 1770?
Answer: James Cook
Australian Culture & Society Trivia
Question: Which city was Australia's capital from 1901 to 1927?
Answer: Melbourne
Question: Which Australian cricketer has the nickname 'The Don'?
Answer: Donald Bradman
Question: What is the coldest month on average in New Zealand?
Answer: July
Question: Which country, whose capital is Wellington, is near Australia?
Answer: New Zealand
Question: Which Australian city is most famous for its opera house and harbor bridge?
Answer: Sydney
Question: Where was Tasmania's first settlement back in 1803?
Answer: Risdon Cove
Question: What's the former name of the Australian landmark Uluru?
Answer: Ayers Rock
Question: How many stars are there on the flag of Australia?
Answer: 6
Question: What is the national language of Australia?
Answer: English
Question: Who is the Monarch of Australia?
Answer: Elizabeth
Question: Australia is the world's fourth largest exporter of which drink?
Answer: Wine
Question: What percentage of Australians live on the coast?
Answer: 90
Question: What words make up Australia's official name?
Answer: Commonwealth of
Question: In what order is Australia in the world's largest countries?
Answer: 6th
Question: What number should you dial for the emergency services in Australia?
Answer: 000
Question: Which of these is a nickname for the Australian rugby union team?
Answer: Wallabies
Question: What is the 2013 population of Australia to the nearest million?
Answer: 23 million
Question: Which of these is a term for Australians from New South Wales?
Answer: Cockroaches
Question: Who made a national apology to Indigenous Australians in 2007?
Answer: Kevin Rudd
Question: Which constellation, seen in Australia, cannot be seen from the Northern Hemisphere?
Answer: Southern Cross
Australian History & Political Trivia
Question: What is the largest city in Australia?
Answer: Sydney
Question: What is the name of the currency used in Australia?
Answer: Dollars
Question: In what year was the Sydney Opera House opened?
Answer: 1973
Question: What is the capital city of Tasmania?
Answer: Hobart
Question: What is the name of the river that Hobart lies along?
Answer: Derwent River
Question: What is the official language of Australia?
Answer: English
Question: What is the capital city of Northern Territory in Australia?
Answer: Darwin
Question: What is the name of the famous reef of the north coast of Australia?
Answer: Great Barrier Reef
Question: Which 'B' is a city in Southeast Australia?
Answer: Broken Hill
Question: What is the name of the town that has Australia's oldest bridge?
Answer: Richmond
Question: What is the name of the highest mountain on mainland Australia?
Answer: Mount Kosciuszko
Question: When did Australia gain independence from Britain?
Answer: 1900s
Question: Name the longest river in Australia.
Answer: Murray-Darling
Question: Which of these is not one of the six states of Australia?
Answer: Australian Capital Territory
Question: Which is the national flower of Australia?
Answer: Golden Wattle
Question: Which river flows through Perth in Australia?
Answer: Swan
Question: What is the capital city of the Australian state of Western Australia?
Answer: Perth
Question: Which other nation's flag appears on the flag of Australia?
Answer: Britain
Question: Which of these is the name of a state in Australia?
Answer: Victoria
