Quick Quiz Australia

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

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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!

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What Australian holiday is celebrated on January 26th?
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What do Australians celebrate on this day?
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Name the five biggest cities of Australia (in order)
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What is the capital city of Australia?
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Slide 6 - Question ouverte

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

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Of which of the following four countries was Australia a colony?
A
France
B
United Kingdom
C
Netherlands
D
Spain

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What do you call the original inhabitants of Australia?
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Who is the current Prime Minister of Australia?
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Who is the "real" ruler of Australia (hint: it's NOT the Prime Minister)
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What is the name of the Australian National Anthem
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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.

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What is the currency (type of money) used in Australia?
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Is this the Australian Flag?
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Is this the Australian Flag?
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Is this the Australian Flag?
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Is this the Australian Flag?
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Slide 18 - Question ouverte

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.

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Which building is this?
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Slide 20 - Question ouverte

Name three animals which you can find in Australian wildlife, but not in Dutch wildlife
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Slide 21 - Question ouverte

For those curious: here you have the Quokka
The Quokka is also known as the happiest animal on earth. Look at that smile!

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When it's summer in the Netherlands, is it summer in Australia? Why/Why not?
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Slide 23 - Question ouverte

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

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Slide 25 - Vidéo

What does the Australian word "Maccas" mean?
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What does the Australian word "Barbie" mean?
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What does the Australian word "Rapt" mean?
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We're done with the quiz!
How much did you know about Australia?

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