Australia Quiz Ppt

1. In Aboriginal mythology, what creature is believed to have created the earth?

a) a snake

b) a bird

c) a kangaroo

d) a fish

2. What does NAIDOC celebrate?

a) To celebrate the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

b) To promote the culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

c) To celebrate the achievement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

d) All of the above

3.Who designed the aboriginal flag in 1971?

a) Thomas Harold

b) Alex Goodman

c) Steve Erwin

4. What year was the first NAIDOC Week celebrated?

a) 1955

b) 1957

c) 1959

5. What does the red colour of the Aboriginal flag represent?

a) Red earth

b) Fire.

c) Blood.

6. What is this musical instrument called?

a) Didgeridoo

b) Clap stick

c) Horn

7. Jeremy Donovan and Indigenous Hiphop Projects (IHHP) are

Australian Indigenous artists that performed in Vietnam in what year?

a) 2008

b) 2009

c) 2010

8. In Australian Aboriginal mythology, the expression “Dreamtime” means

a) A sacred 'once upon a time' time out of time

b) The time of the creation of all things

c) The time when “Ancestor Spirits” formed The Creation

d) All of the above

9. What flying object was invented by the Australian Aborigine?

a) The boomerang

b) The wheel

c)The didgeridoo

10. This year, which week is NAIDOC week?

a) Week of 1 to 10 July

b) Week of 3 to 10 July

c) Week of 13 to 20 July

SECTION 2

Australian General Knowledge

1.“The Story of The Kelly Gang” is a 1906 Australian film that traces the

life of

a) Legendary bushranger Ned Kelly

b) Notorious policeman Ned Kelly

c) Heroic soldier Ned Kelly

2. What is the name of this Australian animal?

3. When was the Sydney Opera House inscribed on UNESCO’ World

Heritage List?

a) 28 May 2006

b) 28 June 2007

c) 28 July 2008

4. Port Campbell National Park, Victoria is famous for

a)Russell waterfall

b) The twelve apostles

c) Uluru

5. Aboriginal Australian Neville Bonner is famous for what reason?

6. What are the national colours of Australia?

a) Blue & Red

b) Red & Gold

c) Green & Gold

7. Which city in Australia is the host of Australian Open (Tennis

Tournament)?

a) Sydney

b) Melbourne

c) Darwin

8. How many years have Australia and Vietnam had a diplomatic

relationship?

a) 35

b) 36

c) 37

d) 38

9. Koalas are most closely related to wombats. True or False?

a) True

b) False

10. How many species of venomous snakes are there in Australia?

a) 22

b) 57

c) 115