Quick Quiz Australia

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A little quiz about Australia

How much do you know about the country down-under? Let's have a look!

The assignment

• Work together with your neighbour. Use one laptop for LessonUp, one laptop for Google
• Google the information and fill in the answers. Each question has a timer of 1 minute, so you ought to hurry!

What Australian holiday is celebrated on January 26th?

What do Australians celebrate on this day?

Name the five biggest cities of Australia (in order)

What is the capital city of Australia?

You're right...

That one isn't even in the top 5 of biggest cities in Australia. What??!?!

Of which of the following four countries was Australia a colony?

1. France
2. United Kingdom
3. Netherlands
4. Spain

What do you call the original inhabitants of Australia?

Who is the current Prime Minister of Australia?

Who is the "real" ruler of Australia (hint: it's NOT the Prime Minister)

What is the name of the Australian National Anthem

Ironically...

The national anthem was created so they wouldn't have to use God Save the Queen (British National Anthem) and yet it was written by someone born in Scotland, not in Australia.

What is the currency (type of money) used in Australia?

Is this the Australian Flag?

Is this the Australian Flag?

Is this the Australian Flag?

Is this the Australian Flag?

Speaking of south...

The English were so very original, they called Australia "Australia" because it literally means "south" in Latin (Australis)

For the history nerds among us, google "Terra Australis" for some cool latin mythology stuff.

Which building is this?

Name three animals which you can find in Australian wildlife, but not in Dutch wildlife

For those curious: here you have the Quokka

The Quokka is also known as the happiest animal on earth. Look at that smile!

When it's summer in the Netherlands, is it summer in Australia? Why/Why not?

Christmas in Australia?

Yeah, it's a whole lot different. Let's have a look at one of the greatest ads of all time.

What does the Australian word "Maccas" mean?

What does the Australian word "Barbie" mean?

What does the Australian word "Rapt" mean?

We're done with the quiz!

How much did you know about Australia?