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Questions 1-5Questions 1-5

Question 1Question 1

• What does the name 'Canberra' mean?

Question 2Question 2

There are the kangaroo and the emu on the coat of arms of Australia. Why were they chosen?

Question 3Question 3

• How long is the land-boundary of Australia?

Question 4Question 4

When was Australia discovered ?

Question 5Question 5

• What is the highest point of Australia?

• How high is it?

Answers 1-5Answers 1-5

Answer 1Answer 1

• What does the name 'Canberra' mean?

Answer: The Aborigional word 'kanberra' means ‘a meeting place'

Answer 2Answer 2

There are the kangaroo and the emu on the coat of arms of Australia. Why were they chosen?

Answer: They never go back and move only forward

Answer 3Answer 3

• How long is the land-boundary of Australia?

Answer: 0 kilometers

Answer 4Answer 4

• When was Australia discovered ?

Answer: in 1616

Answer 5Answer 5

• What is the highest point of Australia?

• How high is it?

Answer:

Mount Kosciusko

2,340m

Questions 6-10Questions 6-10

Question 6Question 6

• Finish the sentence:

Australia was first used as a ................. colony by the English.

Question 7Question 7

• True or false:

There are many rainforests in Australia.

Question 8Question 8

• What is it?

Australians presented it to the British Parliament and it is still in use.

Question 9Question 9

• What aerodynamic invention was made by an Australian Aborigine?

Question 10Question 10

• January 26 is an important day for Australians. What day is it?

Answers 6-10Answers 6-10

Answer 6Answer 6

• Finish the sentence:

Australia was first used as a ................. colony by the English.

Answer: prison

Answer 7Answer 7

• True or false

• There are many rainforests in Australia.

Answer: False

Answer 8Answer 8

• What is it?

• Australians presented it to the British Parliament and it is still in use.

Answer: Speaker’s chair

in the House of Commons

Answer 9Answer 9

• What aerodynamic invention was made by an Australian Aborigine?

Answer: a boomerang

Answer 10Answer 10

• January 26 is an important day for Australians. What day is it?

Answer: Australia Day

Questions 11-15Questions 11-15

Question 11Question 11

• Who or what is "kauri"?

a) a bird

b) an animal

c) a tree

d) a volcano

Question 12Question 12

• Australia’s longest river is the Murray Darling. How long is it?

a)270 km

b) 27000 km

c) 2700 km

d) 2,7 km

Question 13Question 13

• What does “Oz” mean ?

Question 14Question 14

• Who is the head of state of Australia?

Question 15Question 15

• What is Australian national floral emblem?

Answers 11-15Answers 11-15

Answer 11Answer 11

• Who or what is "kauri"?

a)a bird

b)an animal

c)a tree

d)a volcano

Answer: a tree

Answer 12Answer 12

• Australia’s longest river is the Murray Darling. How long is it?

a)270 km

b) 27000 km

c) 2700 km

d) 2,7 km

Answer: c) 2700 km

Answer 13Answer 13

• What does “Oz” mean ?

Answer: Australia

Answer 14Answer 14

• Who is the head of state of Australia?

Answer:

Queen Elizabeth II

Answer 15Answer 15

• What is Australian national floral emblem?

Answer:

Golden Wattle

Questions 16-20Questions 16-20

Question 16Question 16

• What is a “creek”?

Question 17Question 17

• How far can a large red or grey kangaroo leap?

a) 3 meters

b)6 meters

c) 9 meters

d) 12 meters

Question 18Question 18

• Why did all life come to a standstill in Australia in 1851?

Question 19Question 19

• What season and month is it now in Australia?

Question 20Question 20

• What is the most typical Australian Christmas present?

a) Christmas tree,

b) Turkey,

c) Beach towel,

d) The Queen`s portrait

Answers 16-20Answers 16-20

Answer 16Answer 16

• What is a “creek”?

Answer :

A creek is a temporary river

in Australia, which has water

only during the rainy periods

Answer 17Answer 17

• How far can a large red or grey kangaroo leap?

a) 3 meters

b)6 meters

c) 9 meters

d) 12 meters

Answer: 9 meters

Answer 18Answer 18

• Why did all life come to a standstill in Australia in 1851?

Answer: Gold was found

in Australia

Answer 19Answer 19

• What season and month is it now in Australia?

Answer: Summer, December

Answer 20Answer 20

• What is the most typical Australian Christmas present?a)Christmas tree,

b)turkey,

c)beach towel,

d)the Queen`s portrait

Answer: C – beach towel

Questions 21-25Questions 21-25

Question 21Question 21

• The name of this Australian animal means “no drink “ in Aboriginal language? Is it

a) The turtle,

b) The kangaroo,

c) The koala,

d) The dingo?

Question 22Question 22

• What is in the picture?

• A)

• B)

• C)

• D)

Question 23Question 23

• Almost ___ percent of Australians live in cities. a. 60 b. 75 c. 90

Question 24Question 24

• What are New Zealand's national sporting colours ?

Question 25Question 25

• What is Pohutukawa ?

Answers 21-25Answers 21-25

Answer 21Answer 21

• The name of this Australian animal means “no drink “ in Aboriginal language? Is it

a) the turtle,

b) the kangaroo,

c) the koala,

d) the dingo?

Answer: the koala

Answer 22Answer 22

• A) The Sydney Opera House . The building was designed by Danish acrhitect, Jorn Utzon.

• B) Ayers Rock (Ulluru).Located in Ulura-Kata Tjuta National Park 450 kms south west of Alice Springs,  it is the world’s largest monolith (single stone) and an Aboriginal sacred site.

C) The Sydney Harbour Bridge: Weighing 52800 tonnes, with an arch span of 503m  the bridge was opened in 1932. It is one of the longest one-bow bridges in the world  with a length of

1150m.D) TheTwelve Apostles are world-recognised icons

of the Great Ocean Road. These giant limestone rock stacks (around 45 meters high) soar from the waters of the Southern Ocean and are a central feature of the Port Campbell National Park.

Answer 23Answer 23

• Almost ___ percent of Australians live in cities. a. 60 b. 75 c. 90

Answer: c) 90

Answer 24Answer 24

• What are New Zealand's national sporting colours ?

Answer :

Black and White(silver)

Answer 25Answer 25

• What is Pohutukawa ?

Answer: New Zealand's

native Christmas tree

Questions 26-30Questions 26-30

Question 26Question 26

• What are the official languages in New Zealand?

Question 27Question 27

• Name the body of water that separates the North and South Islands of NewZealand?

a) Bass Strait

b) Tasman Sea

c) Foveaux Strait

d) Cook Strait

Question 28Question 28

• Name the two anthems of New Zealand

Question 29Question 29

• What famous trilogy was filmed in New Zealand and who is the author of the trilogy?

Question 30Question 30

• What country of the world has no poisonous snakes, crocodiles, spiders and even gnats?

Answers 26-30Answers 26-30

Answer 26Answer 26

• What are the official languages in New Zealand?

Answer : English and Maori

Answer 27Answer 27

• Name the body of water that separates the North and South Islands of NewZealand?

a)Bass Strait

b)Tasman Sea

c)Foveaux Strait

d)Cook Strait

Answer: d) Cook Strait

Answer 28Answer 28

• Name the two anthems of New Zealand

Answer : 1.God defend New Zealand;

2. God save the Queen

Answer 29Answer 29

• What famous trilogy was filmed in New Zealand and who is the author of the trilogy?

Answer: " The Lord of the Rings"

J.R.R. Tolkien

Answer 30Answer 30

• What country of the world has no poisonous snakes, crocodiles, spiders and even gnats?

Answer: New Zealand

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