1. Which colours are represented on the Australian flag?
(a) Green and yellow
(b) Red, black and yellow
(c) Red, white and blue(d) Orange and purple
2. Indigenous people have lived in Australia for
(a) At least 40,000 years(b) About 8,000 years
(c) About 800 years
(d) Less than 400 years
3. Australia’s national flower is the
(a) Rose
(b) Wattle
(c) Kangaroo paw(d) Banksia
4. Which is a popular sport in Australia?
(a) Ice hockey
(b) Water polo
(c) Cricket(d) Table tennis
5. Australia’s political system is a
(a) Parliamentary democracy(b) Monarchy
(c) Dictatorship
(d) Socialist state
6. The Capital of Australia is
(a) Sydney
(b) Melbourne
(c) Hobart
(d) Canberra7. Which animals are on the Australian Coat of Arms?
(a) Wombat and Echidna
(b) Kangaroo and emu(c) Kangaroo and dingo
(d) Lion and unicorn
8. Where did the first European settlers to Australia come from?
(a) Spain
(b) France
(c) England(d) Ireland
9. Who is Australia’s head of state?
(a) Prime Minister John Howard
(b) Queen Elizabeth II(c) Governor General Michael Jeffery
(d) Premier Steve Bracks
10. Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia?
(a) Sir Edmund Barton(b) Sir Henry Parkes
(c) John Curtin
(d) Sir Robert Menzies
11. What song is Australia’s national anthem?
(a) God Save the Queen
(b) Star Spangled Banner
(c) Advance Australia Fair
(d) Waltzing Matilda (Hey, that’s my daughter’s name!)12. What do you call the elected head of a state government?
(a) Governor
(b) Premier
(c) Mayor
(d) Prime Minister13. Which federal political party or parties are presently in power?
(a) Australian Labor Party
(b) Australian Democrats and Australian Greens
(c) National Party(d) Liberal Party and National Party
14. Which of the following are Australian values?
(a) Men and women are equal
(b) “A fair go”
(c) Mateship
(d) All of the above15. Australia’s values are based on the
(a) Teachings of the Koran
(b) The Judaeo-Christian tradition
(c) Catholicism
(d) Secularism16. What does Anzac Day commemorate?
(a) The Gallipoli landing(b) Armistice Day
(c) The Battle of the Somme
(d) Victory in the Pacific
17. In what year did the first European settlers arrive?
(a) 1801
(b) 1770(c) 1788
(d) 1505
18. How many states are there in Australia?
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) 819. Australian soldiers fought in
(a) World War I and World War II
(b) Korean War
(c) Vietnam War
(d) All of the above20. What is Australia’s biggest river system?
(a) The Murray Darling
(b) The Murrumbidgee
(c) The Yarra(d) The Mississippi
I hope you're not too disappointed in me Kerry! I tried! Some of these were really hard.