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1. Who is the President of Australia?

2. What is the capital of Australia?

3. What is the population of Australia?

4. How many states and territories does Australia have? Name them.

5. Name five Australian cities.

6. What is the national sport of Australia?

7. What is Australia’s national anthem?

8. Name three famous Australian athletes.

9. Name five famous Australian movie stars. Not including Paul Hogan.

10. Name five Aussie musicians/rock bands.

11. Name two Australian surf wear labels.

12. What Australian soap opera launched the careers of singers Kylie Minogue and Holly Valance?

13. The Torres Strait separates Australia from what other island country directly to the north of Cairns?

14. Where is the Gold Coast?

15. Which of the following is not an actual place in Australia? Mt. Remarkable, Dangerous Cove, or Lake Disappointment?

16. Where are the Three Sisters?

17. If someone asks if you have "a tick," what do they mean?

18. What is a torch?

19. What are biscuits?

20. Who lit the flame at the 2000 Sydney Olympics?

21. What is vegemite made of?

22. What is the time difference between Sydney and San Francisco?

23. What does the word "Qantas" stand for in Qantas Airlines?

24. Who was the first British captain to "discover" Australia?

25. When and where was the Australian Gold Rush?

26. Name three ways in which the Aboriginal people are similar, historically, to Native Americans.

27. What is a didgeridoo made from?

28. What is the Aboriginal name for Ayers’s Rock?

29. Which of the following animals is dangerous to humans: kangaroo, koala, or croc?

30. Goose is to gaggle, as kangaroo is to ____ .

31. How many of the world’s 10 deadliest snakes can be found in Australia?

Finished? Then get out that red pen and check your answers.