Викторина “Do you know Australia?”

Викторина для учащихся 10-11 классов “Do you know Australia?”

1. What kind of state is Australia?

2. Who is the Head of Government?

3. Who is the Head of the State?

4. What colour is the flag of Australia?

5. Which are the national colours?

6. Where is the seat of the state government located?

7. How many chambers are there in the Australian Parliament?

8. Which city was the capital of Australia till 1917?

9. What are the languages in Australia?

10. What animals can be seen on Australia’s coat-of-arms?

11. Which is the hottest month of Australia?

12. Which is the highest point in Australia?

13. Which is the longest river in Australia?

14. What are the largest cities of Australia?

15. When was the first white settlement founded in Australia?

16. Who sailed to Botany Bay first?

17. When did the constitution come into effect?

18. When did the first shipload of free immigrants arrive?

19. Who was the first European settles in Australia?

20. Who discovered Australia?

21. What is the official name of Australia?

22. When do the Australians celebrate Australia’s Day?

23. What does the name Canberra mean in the Aborigine language?

24. What can one find in Sydney and in London?

25. Who proposed the name of Australia?

26. How Canberra is often called?

27. Who was Melbourne?

28. Who was Brisbane?

29. In whose honour did they call the city of Sydney?

30. Who was Adelaide?

31. How do the Australians call their natural countryside?

32. When did the last full-blood Tasmanian Aborigine die?

33. What is the Pav?

34. Why do most children in Australia study through correspondence courses?

35. What is the largest sandstone monolith in the world?