From: anderss@ifi.uio.no (Anders Solberg)
Subject: Quiz about Austyralia
Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:21:03 GMT
Originator: anderss@kjalar.ifi.uio.no


Hello  everybody!
What do you know about Australia?
Here are some question you can try?
Good luck!!


1.
Australia is about 7.7 million km^3. 
What is the capital of Australia?
a) Sydney b) Brisbane c)Canberra

2.
New Zeeland orginal population is a polynesian tribe, who 
immigrated over several years.
What is the name of the tribe?
a)Caledonians b)Moarians c) Bushmen

3.
Kivis (Apterygiformes) lives only in New Zeeland, where it
is tree different species.
What is a Kivi?
a) A bird b) a mammial c) a marsipial

4. 
New Zeeland is two big Islands, North Islands and South Islands,
and several other smaller islands. The country's capital lies on 
North Islands. 
What is it called?
a) Auckland b) Palmerstone c) Wellington

5. 
Ausralia and Oceania include Australia, New Zeeland, The Pacific 
islands and a great island north of Australia. 
What is it called?
a)New Guinea b) Bornea c) Sumatra

6.
Duckbill lives in rivers and lakes in the east of Australia and 
in Tasmania. It is a mammal but itlies eggs.
What mammalgroup does it belong to?
a) Sawer animal b) marsupial c) Armadillo

7.
For 250 millions years ago, Australia, Africa, South-America and India 
was a big connected continent.
What was it called?
a)Oceania b) Gondwanaland c) Induartic

8.
In Australia lives a 2 meter high ostrich-like bird. It was nearly
eliminated, but is now protected in a national park near Sydney.
What is the bird called?
a)Dronte b)Emu c)Ara

9.
In the beginning of the 18 century Austarlia was exploried by the 
british. They built a prison there in 1788. In this time Ausralia had a 
another name.
What was the name?
a) New Holland b) New Caledonia c) New India

10.
Australias National Animal is a marsupial with the latinic name 
colarctos cinereus, and it eat only leef from eaktolyptic tree.
What is the animal called?
a)Paribal b)Panda c) Kaola

11. 
In Tasmania lived a prey-marsiupial who wawszx hard taxed, and is 
today eliminated. It was grey/brown with black stribes over its 
back, and have the latinic name thylacinus cynocephalus.
What is the animal called?
a) Pungdevil b)Pungbear c)Pungwulf

12.
Tasmania is a australian conty, and was descovered by Abel Janszoon
Tasman in 1642. What is the greatest city in the island?
a)Hobart b)Geelong c)Albany

13.
Waters between 
australia and New Guinea is feared in shipping, because it is lots 
of islands and reefs and have a powerful tide. 
What is the name of the waters?
a) Bass b) Tores c) Cook

14.
Australia exist of 2 administrative territories and several conties. 
How many conties is it in Australia?
a)6 b)10 c) 14

15.
New Zeeland has a unique fauna and florawith a grat number of animal 
who don't live anywhere else. But it was only two animals?
Which?
1)sheep 2)Rats 3)Bats

16.
In a National Park in the middle of Australia lies a fameous rock, who is
867 meter high.
What is it called?
a)Stuart Bluff Range b) Mount Stanley c) Ayers Rock

17.It lives crocodile in Australia in a remarkable place.
Where?
a) In the lake in The Gibson desert.
b) In the dock area in Melbourne.
c) By the coast of North-Australia.

18.
Australia's greatest river have its sources in Queensland in the
north-east of the country. The river is 2450 km long.
What is the river called?
a) Murchison b) Darling c) Gibson

19.
New Zeeland is a geologic new area with lots of vulcans and frequent 
earthquake. The highest lies in South Island and is 3765 meter high. 
What is it called? 
a)Blue Montain
b)Mount Koscinsko
c)Mount Cook



---Anders






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