Oceania and Australian trivia questions and answers:
What name was given to Australian bandits who raided its remoter settlements until the late 19th century?
(a) Outbackers
(b) Bushrangers
(c) Swagmen
(d) Billabongs
The Australian city of Hobart is on which river?
(a) Swan
(b) Derwent
(c) Torrens
(d) Yarra
On 6 February 1840, what document was signed by Captain William Hobson (on behalf of Queen Victoria) and a number of Maori chiefs as the basis for New Zealand to become part of the British Empire?
(a) Treaty of London
(b) Treaty of Waitangi
(c) Kapa Haka
(d) Pokarekareana
What is the most popular sports competition in Australia?
(a) Horse racing
(b) Dry boat racing
(c) AFL Football
(d) Archery
The Australian city of Adelaide is on which river?
(a) Swan
(b) Torrens
(c) Yarra
(d) Derwent
What was the name given to the largest alluvial gold nugget discovered by John Deason and Richard Oates at Moliagul, Victoria, Australia on 5 February 1869?
(a) Digger’s Friend
(b) Welcome Stranger
(c) Victoria’s Secret
(d) The KohiNoor
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Great Barrier Reef of Australia is located parallel to
(a) East coast
(b) West coast
(c) North coast
(d) South coast
How many islands greater than 1,500 sq.km are shown in a map of New Zealand?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 15
(d) 25
‘Dizzy’ is the nickname of what Australian player?
(a) Adam Gilchrist
(b) Jason Gillespie
(c) Glenn McGrath
(d) Brett Lee
The Biggest desert in Australia?
(a) The Great Victoria desert
(b) Great Sandy Desert
(c) Tanami Desert
(d) Simpson Desert
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Which of these cities is the furthest from Wellington, New Zealand?
(a) Chicago
(b) Bangkok
(c) Sydney
(d) London
In which state of Australia would you find the Snowy Mountains?
(a) New South Wales
(b) South Australia
(c) Western Australia
(d) Northern Territory
Hobart, Tasmania is due south of where?
(a) Ninth Circuit, USA
(b) Ninety Mile Beach, New Zealand
(c) Nine West, South Africa
(d) Ninety Mile Beach, Victoria, Australia
Which is the youngest of these New Zealand actresses ?
(a) Keisha Castle-Hughes
(b) Melanie Lynskey
(c) Anna Paquin
(d) Kerry Fox
The Great Barrier Reef along the east coast of Australia can be categorised as
(a) Population
(b) Community
(c) Ecosystem
(d) Biome
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What is the name of Sydney Harbour, NSW, Australia?
(a) Port Nicholson
(b) Port Jackson
(c) Port Banks
(d) Port Wellington
WAGGA WAGGA is a –
(a) Music band in Australia
(b) Town in Australia
(c) Food Chain in Australia
(d) Biggest Amusement park in Australia
When New Zealand passed the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 it established what?
(a) Compensation for historic seizure of land contrary to the original 1840 Treaty
(b) The Treaty as law
(c) An updated understanding of the Treaty
(d) A Tribunal to recommend on claims about the practical application of the principles of the Treaty
Australia was discoverd by –
(a) Marco Polo
(b) Vasco Da Gama
(c) James Cook
(d) Christopher Columbus
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In Australian aboriginal language, what does ”Uluru” mean?
(a) Sacred home
(b) Red rock
(c) Great pebble
(d) Stone alone
The “Beautiful River” is a river in which country ?
(a) Australia
(b) New Zealand
(c) Fiji
(d) Tonga
If you traveled down the Yarra River in Australia, which city would you be in when you reached the ocean?
(a) Brisbane
(b) Melbourne
(c) Wellington, New Zealand
(d) Sydney
The National Emblem of Australia is –
(a) Lily
(b) Kangaroo
(c) Golden rod
(d) Shamrock
Which Australian city do the natives call ”Freo”?
(a) Darwin
(b) Sydney
(c) Melbourne
(d) Fremantle
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What was the subject of the referendum held in Australia 1999?
(a) To Change The number of MPs in federal government
(b) To make observance of daylight saving consistent
(c) To standardise railway gauges across all states
(d) To become a republic
Maoris is the term used for the aboriginal people of
(a) Fiji
(b) New Zealand
(c) Tonga
(d) Samoa
