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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)