Australia – true or false quiz
Today a simple true or false quiz based on things Australian. There are 15 statements and you just have to guess whether each is true or false. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. Feel free to change your mind on an answer you may have already given. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. Australia used to have an eigtht territory called Central Territory
True
Central Australia was a territory of Australia that existed from 1927 to 1931
2. Wombats have have squarish poo
True
3. Australia has had two female Prime Ministers
False
Julia Gillard became prime minister in 2010. She stayed in office for three years.
But is the only female to hold the office
4. Australia has a significant number of feral camels
True
There are several hundred thousand of them, despite frequent cullings
5. Australia did not become an independent nation until the twentieth century
True
It became independent in 1901
6. More than 20% of people living in Australia were born in a different country
True
As of 2019, about 30% of Australians were born abroad, the highest rate of any country with a population over 10 million
7. There are 9 stars on the Australian Flag
False
There are six
8. It is illegal to eat kangaroo meat in Australia
False
It is legal, and apparently considered somewhat of a delicacy
9. Australia and New Guinea are the only places in the world where marsupials are native animals
False
Marsupials (possums) are found in America
10. Adelaide is the third largest Australian city after Sydney and Melbourne
False
Adelaide is fifth largest behind Perth and Brisbane
11. Most Australians live in urban areas
True
86% of Australians live in urban areas
12. Australia has a Dingo Fence which is more than 2,000 km long
True
At 5,614 kilometres in length, it is nearly as long as the Great Wall of China See here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo_Fence
13. Australia has the lowest population density in the world
False
Australia is the third least densely-populated country after Mongolia and Namibia
14. In 1981, Sir Reginald Clark became the first person to swim from Australia to New Zealand
False
Swimming from Australia to New Zealand is almost certainly impossible for human beings
15. Hundreds of people die every year in Australia from snake bites
False
Despite having many of the world's most venomous snakes, on average only about 1 or 2 people die per year
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. Feel free to change your mind on an answer you may have already given. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. Australia used to have an eigtht territory called Central Territory
True
Central Australia was a territory of Australia that existed from 1927 to 1931
2. Wombats have have squarish poo
True
3. Australia has had two female Prime Ministers
False
Julia Gillard became prime minister in 2010. She stayed in office for three years.
But is the only female to hold the office
4. Australia has a significant number of feral camels
True
There are several hundred thousand of them, despite frequent cullings
5. Australia did not become an independent nation until the twentieth century
True
It became independent in 1901
6. More than 20% of people living in Australia were born in a different country
True
As of 2019, about 30% of Australians were born abroad, the highest rate of any country with a population over 10 million
7. There are 9 stars on the Australian Flag
False
There are six
8. It is illegal to eat kangaroo meat in Australia
False
It is legal, and apparently considered somewhat of a delicacy
9. Australia and New Guinea are the only places in the world where marsupials are native animals
False
Marsupials (possums) are found in America
10. Adelaide is the third largest Australian city after Sydney and Melbourne
False
Adelaide is fifth largest behind Perth and Brisbane
11. Most Australians live in urban areas
True
86% of Australians live in urban areas
12. Australia has a Dingo Fence which is more than 2,000 km long
True
At 5,614 kilometres in length, it is nearly as long as the Great Wall of China See here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo_Fence
13. Australia has the lowest population density in the world
False
Australia is the third least densely-populated country after Mongolia and Namibia
14. In 1981, Sir Reginald Clark became the first person to swim from Australia to New Zealand
False
Swimming from Australia to New Zealand is almost certainly impossible for human beings
15. Hundreds of people die every year in Australia from snake bites
False
Despite having many of the world's most venomous snakes, on average only about 1 or 2 people die per year
