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General Knowledge

1. In what year was Advance Australia Fair proclaimed as the national anthem by the

Governor-General?

2. What are the faunal emblems of Western Australia?

3. In what city did the Commonwealth Parliament first sit?

4. In what year were the 1 cent and 2 cent coins removed from circulation?

5. Who is the only person to have been awarded both the Australian of the Year and Young

Australian of the Year titles?

6. Who is on the front of the current issue $100 note?

7. Who was the recipient of the inaugural Australian of the Year Award?

Sport

1. Which horse won the Melbourne Cup in 2002?

4. How many gold medals did Australians win at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games and who

won them?

5. Of our Australian male swimmers, who has won the most Olympic gold medals?

Arts and Literature

1. Who designed the Sydney Opera House?

2. Who painted the Nebuchadnezzar series?

3. In what year did the Australian National Gallery open?

4. Which band has received an Australian of the Year Award?

5. Who is the lead singer of Silverchair?

History and Science

1. How many ships were in the First Fleet?

2. What year did Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin?

4. Who was Australia’s first Aboriginal Senator?5. What date did

7. In what year was decimal currency introduced?

8. In what year did more than 90% of Australians vote YES to count Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander Australians in the national census of the population?

9. In what year was the Walk for Reconciliation across Sydney Harbour Bridge?

Source: http://www.australiaday.gov.au/pages/images/Australia%20Day%20Trivia%20Quiz_November2007.pdf