PEOPLE | ||
#1 | Who arrived in Australia over 40,000 years ago? | The Aborigines (OZ) |
#2 | Who is the director from New Zealand who made The Lord of the Rings? | Peter Jackson (NZ) |
#3 | Who was one of the first people to climb Mount Everest? | Sir Edmund Hillary (NZ) |
#4 | Who was the aboriginal woman who won the 400 metres race at the Sydney Olympics? | Cathy Freeman (OZ) |
#5 | Who sings "I just can't take you out of my head"? | Kylie Minogue (OZ) |
ANIMALS & PLANTS | ||
#1 | Its babies are born from eggs but they drink milk from their mothers. | Platypus |
#2 | An animal which eats eucalyptus and sleeps for eighteen hours a day. | Koala |
#3 | A small bird which cannot fly and lives on the ground. (NZ) | Kiwi |
#4 | How tall can some eucalyptus trees be? | 92 metres tall |
#5 | Which is the tallest kauri tree? | Tane Mahuta |
HISTORY | ||
#1 | When did the British arrive in Australia? | In 1770 |
#2 | Who did Britain send to Australia after the 1780s? | Convicts |
#3 | When did the 6 Australian states become one country? | On 1st January 1901 |
#4 | Where does the name New Zealand come from? | It comes from Zeeland, sea land. |
#5 | What happened in New Zealand in 1893? | NZ was the first country to let women vote. |
GEOGRAPHY | ||
#1 | What is the capital of Australia? | CANBERRA |
#2 | What is the capital of New Zealand? Why? | WELLINGTON, BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE TO THE CENTRE OF THE COUNTRY. |
#3 | What place in New Zealand smells like eggs? | ROTORUA |
#4 | What are the two names of the enormous rock in the Australian desert? | ULURU / AYERS ROCK |
#5 | Where in NZ can we find glaciers? | IN FIORDLAND, IN THE SOUTH-WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND |
RANDOM | ||
#1 | How do Maori people call white people? | Pakeha. |
#2 | How many volcanoes are there in Auckland? | 48 |
#3 | What is “hangi”? | A Maori way of cooking. |
#4 | What is the outback? | The flat, hot centre of Australia. |
#5 | At the beginning of 20th century the Aborigines couldn’t do many things. Mention 3 things. | They couldn’t own land, get jobs easily, their children couldn’t go to school with white children |
Final Question | |
Why do Australians celebrate the National Sorry Day? | To say sorry to the children who were taken away from their Aboriginal parents. (It's celebrated every May 26) |