Question 1: Who did Prime Minister John Howard call the
'greatest living Australian' in 2001?
Answer: Don Bradman
Question 2: The original lyrics of Waltzing Matilda were written by
which Australian poet?
Answer: Banjo Paterson
Question 3: In Australian slang, what is a matilda?
Answer: A bundle of belongings or sleeping equipment
Question 4: Name Australia's most ever successful female Olympian?
Answer: Dawn Fraser (Swimming)
Question 5: Australia has the world's longest fence; it was first built in the 1880s to keep which animal out of the fertile south-east of the country?
Answer: Dingoes
Question 6: What sport do Australian's Quade Cooper and Israel Folau play?
Answer: Rugby
Question 7: How many kangaroos are estimated to live in Australia:
(a)340,000, (b)3.4 million, or (c)34 million?
Answer: (c) 34 million
Question 8: In which month of the year is Australia Day?
Answer: January (26th)
Question 9: Summer Bay, is a fictional television seaside town,
is in which Australian state?
Answer: New South Wales
Question 10: What is the national gemstone of Australia - it's by far the world's largest producer of them?
Answer: Opal
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