120 Australian Trivia Questions

Do you know the capital of Australia? What is the collective noun for a group of koalas? What is the smallest state capital city? How well do you know Australia? Take this Australian trivia quiz to find out how much you do know. There are 10 sections to help you brush up on your knowledge, including general knowledge questions about Australia as well as Australian trivia questions in the areas of music, food, animals, geography, history and politics.

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Australian Trivia Questions

General knowledge Quiz Round

1- What is the constellation on the Australian flag?

2- What is the national animal of Australia?

3- What’s the national gemstone of Australia?

4- What’s the national flower of Australia?

5- Which two native animals are on the Australian coat of arms?

6- Which beach will you find the first Australian Lifesaving Club?

7- Which latitude line runs through Australia?

8- Who is the head of state of Australia?

9- How many time zones are in Australia?

10- Which was the first Australian state to celebrate Australia Day on 26 January?

11- What is the largest cattle station in Australia?

12- Which law was first adopted in Australia in 1970?

13- What’s the national bird of Australia?

14- Australia is home to the world’s longest fence. What is it called?

15- Which was the first Australian state to give women the right to vote?

16- What is the only living structure that can be seen from space?

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Australian Geography Trivia Round

1- How many states are there in Australia?

2- What is the largest Australian state by area?

3- How many countries are bigger than Australia by area?

4- What is the name of the chain of continental volcanoes that is the longest worldwide, stretching over 2000 km along eastern Australia?

5- What is the largest desert in Australia?

6- What is the highest point on the Australian mainland?

7- What is Australia’s longest river?

8- What is Australia’s largest lake?

9- What is the northernmost point on the Australian mainland?

10- What is the southernmost point on the Australian mainland?

11- What is the easternmost point on the Australian mainland?

12- What is the westernmost point on the Australian mainland?

13- Which state has the most national parks?

14- Which island in Australia is the largest sand island in the world?

15- Which Australian state will you find the Brisbane Ranges National Park?

16- What is the highest waterfall in Australia?

17- What is Australia’s biggest national park by area?

18- What is the largest rock is in Australia?

19- What is Australia’s largest extinct volcano?

20- When is coral spawning season on the Great Barrier Reef in QLD?

Australian Trivia Travel Quiz Round

1- Where is the Dog On The Tucker Box?

2- Which famous bridge is a twin of the Jacques Cartier Bridge in Montreal, Canada?

3- How many cities does Tasmania have?

4- What is the capital of Australia?

5- What is the smallest state capital in Australia by population?

6- What famous natural landmark would you be able to see from your room when staying at Longitude 131?

7- Which state or territory was most featured in Crocodile Dundee?

8- Which state is known as the Apple Isle?

9- Which coastal town is named after a year?

10- Summer Bay in the TV soap opera Home and Away is depicted by which Sydney Beach?

Australian History Trivia Round

1- Who was the first European explorer to land in Australia?

2- When was the Federation of Australia formed?

3- What was the name of the ship that Matthew Flinders completed the first voyage around Australia aboard?

4- What is the only town on the National Heritage list?

5- What year did the Sydney Harbour Bridge open?

6- Which city was once called Batmania?

7- What is the oldest city in Australia?

8- How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in Australia?

9- Which city was named after a woman’s cleavage?

10- Which Australian city was the most prosperous in the world during the gold rush?

Australian Sports Trivia Round

1- Where is the Australian Open tennis tournament held?

2- How many cities in Australia have hosted the Summer Olympics?

3- What is the largest stadium in Australia?

4- Where in Australia was the surf ski invented?

5- Which golf course has reciprocal rights with St Andrews in Scotland?

6- Where did the first recorded cricket match in Australia take place?

7- Which golf course is the longest worldwide?

8- How many types of football are there in Australia?

9- Where did Aussie Rules originate?

10- What year was the Rugby World Cup hosted in Australia?

Australian Food Trivia Round

1- Which Australian biscuit was named after a horse?

2- What is the oldest chocolate bar in Australia?

3- Where was the pie floater invented?

4- The first lamington was made in 1900 at Old Government House for Lord and Lady Lamington in which city?

5- What is the main ingredient of Vegemite?

6- What is the country’s oldest wine region?

7- What is the national cake of Australia?

8- Which meringue-based dessert was invented in honour of a famous Russian Ballerina?

9- Which sweet is wrapped in paper printed with trivia questions?

10- How many Michelin-star restaurants does Australia have?

Australian Animals Trivia Round

1- What Australian animal is on a $1 coin?

2- Which NT reptile has lived in Australia since the Mesozoic Era?

3- What Australian animal is on a 5-cent coin?

4- Which Australian turtle breaths through its bum?

5- What Australian island has the largest number of quokkas?

6- What Australian animal deposits square droppings?

7- What is the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial?

8- What do you call a baby echidna?

9- Which bird is featured on the $100 banknote?

10- What bird is on the front of the Australian $50 note?

11- Which bird is featured on the $20 banknote?

12- Which bird is featured on the $10 banknote?

13- Which two native-Australian mammals lay eggs?

14- Which Aussie marsupial is only one centimetre long at birth?

15- What is the collective noun for koalas?

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Australian Music Trivia Round

1- Which Aussie singer is the most awarded in the Arias?

2- Which Australian instrument is the oldest musical instrument worldwide?

3- Which suburb in Sydney does Midnight Oil sing about in Koala Spring?

4- What is the name of the Slim Dusty song about a pub in Ingham?

5- Which state is country singer Keith Urban’s hometown?

6- What was the first public performance at the Sydney Opera House?

7- Which city is INXS from?

8- Which town did the Aussie band “The Reels” come from?

9- Which Australian singer was born, Helen Porter Mitchell?

10- Where was the Bee Gees first performance?

Australian Politics Trivia Round

1- Which Australian Prime Minister set a world record for sculling beer?

2- Which beach did Harold Holt disappear while swimming in 1967?

3- Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia?

4- Who was the first female PM of Australia?

5- Who is the Australian PM who has served the longest?

6- What is the largest city hall in Australia?

7- Who founded the Liberal Party in 1944?

8- Who was the tallest Prime Minister of Australia?

9- Which PM introduced Medicare?

10- How old was the youngest Prime Minister of Australia?

Australian Christmas Trivia Round

1- Christmas Island was named on 25 December in which year?

2- When were the first Australian Carols by Candlelight?

3- What year did Carols in the Domain begin in Sydney?

4- Who sang an Aussie Christmas song about six white boomers?

5- Which sporting event begins on Boxing Day in Sydney?

6- In which Aussie city is the traditional Boxing Day cricket test match held?

7- In the Aussie version of “Jingle Bells”, what mode of transport is used instead of the one-horse open sleigh?

8- What do people line up to buy for their Christmas feast all around the country?

9- Which state was the Australian movie A Sunburnt Christmas filmed?

10- Which Aussie city did Santa never make it to in the song sung by Bill & Boyd?

Australian Quiz Questions and Answers

General knowledge Quiz Questions and Answers

1- What is the constellation on the Australian flag? Southern Cross. The Southern Cross, a constellation of five stars, is displayed on the flag and symbolises the country’s Southern Hemisphere location. Also on the flag is the Commonwealth Star and crosses representing democracy, the rule of law and freedom of speech.

2- What is the national animal of Australia? Kangaroo. The national animal of Australia is the Red kangaroo (Macropus Rufus), which the government included on the coat of arms in 1908.

3- What’s the national gemstone of Australia? Opal. The national gemstone is the opal because Australia has 95 percent of the world’s opals. Opal is mined in Lightning Ridge, White Cliffs, Coober Pedy, Andamooka, Quilpie and Winton.

4- What’s the national flower of Australia? The golden wattle (Acacia pycnantha Benth) is the national floral emblem for its green and gold. Their yellow flowers bloom in August and September.

5- Which two native animals are on the Australian coat of arms? The emu and kangaroo were chosen to hold the shield on the coat of arms to symbolise a forward-moving nation because these animals are incapable of moving backwards quickly.

6- Which beach will you find the first Australian Lifesaving Club? Bondi Beach was home to the first ALC, which opened in February 1907.

7- Which latitude line runs through Australia? Tropic of Capricorn. The Tropic of Capricorn passes through Australia to the south of the Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia, Coral Bay, the Gibson desert and Alice Springs.

8- Who is the head of state of Australia? Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen’s role as head of state of Australia is different to her role as the monarch of the United Kingdom.

9- How many time zones are in Australia? Three. Australia has three time zones: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST), and Australian Western Standard Time (AWST). However, there are two more during daylight savings when TAS, ACT, NSW and VIC move to Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT). At the same time, SA and Broken Hill move to Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT).

10- Which was the first Australian state to celebrate Australia Day on 26 January? Victoria was the first state to celebrate it in 1931, and by 1935, all states followed.

11- What is the largest cattle station in Australia? Anna Creek Station. The 2.4 million ha Anna Creek Station in SA is the largest working cattle station globally, carrying 9500 head. It’s about the size of Rwanda.

12- Which law was first adopted in Australia in 1970? The seat belt law, which was the first seat belt law in the world.

13- What’s the national bird of Australia? The Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae).

14- Australia is home to the world’s longest fence. What is it called? The rabbit-proof fence is 5,614 km to keep wild dogs (dingoes) away from farmland.

15- Which was the first Australian state to give women the right to vote? South Australia passed legislation on 18 December 1894.

16- What is the only living structure that can be seen from space? The Great Barrier Reef.

Australian Geography Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers

1- How many states are there in Australia? Six. Australia has six states and two territories.

2- What is the largest Australian state by area? Western Australia. The state is three times the size of Texas.

3- How many countries are bigger than Australia by area? Five. Australia is the world’s sixth-largest country after Russia, Canada, China, the USA and Brazil.

4- What is the name of the chain of continental volcanoes that is the longest worldwide, stretching over 2000 km along eastern Australia? Cosgrove hotspot track.

5- What is the largest desert in Australia? Great Victoria Desert. It straddles WA and SA.

6- What is the highest point on the Australian mainland? Mt Kosciusko. Mount Kosciuszko in New South Wales is the tallest mountain peak in mainland Australia at 2,228 m (7,310 feet).

7. What is Australia’s longest river? The River Murray at 2508 km flows through NSW and SA.

8- What is Australia’s largest lake? Lake Eyre (Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre) is also the largest saltwater lake in South Australia.

9- What is the northernmost point on the Australian mainland? Cape York. The cape is in north Queensland.

10- What is the southernmost point on the Australian mainland? South Point. The most southerly point is at the tip of Wilsons Promontory National Park near Tidal River in VIC.

11- What is the easternmost point on the Australian mainland? Cape Byron. The easternmost point is in New South Wales, about 3 km (1.9 miles) east of Byron Bay.

12- What is the westernmost point on the Australian mainland? Steep Point. The westernmost point of mainland Australia is in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, 670 km north of Perth.

13- Which state has the most national parks? QLD has 237, followed by NSW with 235.

14- Which island in Australia is the largest sand island in the world? Fraser Island in Queensland. It’s the largest sand island globally, stretching over 123 km by 22 km and is a World Heritage-listed site.

15- Which Australian state will you find the Brisbane Ranges National Park? Victoria. Parks Victoria manages the Brisbane Ranges National Park, and the 7,700ha park is the state’s richest wildflower habitat and has the state’s greatest density of koalas.

16- What is the highest waterfall in Australia? Wallaman Falls in Girringun National Park. It is the waterfall with the highest permanent, single-drop in Australia and is in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, which has the oldest rainforests on earth.

17- What is Australia’s biggest national park by area? Kakadu National Park. The Northern Territory park has a rainforest, waterfalls, billabongs and wetlands. It’s home to a quarter of the country’s freshwater fish species.

18- What is the largest rock is in Australia? Mount Augustus in Western Australia is the largest rock in the world and twice the size of Uluru.

19- What is Australia’s largest extinct volcano? Tweed Volcano. The volcano in northeastern New South Wales has been dormant for 20 million years.

20- When is coral spawning season on the Great Barrier Reef in QLD? In November, coral releases eggs and sperm into the sea simultaneously in a reproduction cycle that helps the reef grow.

Australian Travel Quiz Questions and Answers

1- Where is the Dog On The Tucker Box? Gundagai. It was erected in 1932.

2- Which famous bridge is a twin of the Jacques Cartier Bridge in Montreal, Canada? The Story Bridge in Brisbane.

3- How many cities does Tasmania have? Six – Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie, Glenorchy and Clarence. A city has a 25,000 population.

4- What is the capital of Australia? Canberra in the ACT, since October 1908.

5- What is the smallest state capital in Australia by population? Darwin is Australia’s smallest, with a current population of around 144,000.

6- What famous natural landmark would you be able to see from your room when staying at Longitude 131? Uluru.

7- Which state or territory was most featured in Crocodile Dundee? Northern Territory.

8- Which state is known as the Apple Isle? Tasmania. William Blight planted Tasmania’s first apple tree in 1788.

9- Which coastal town is named after a year? 1770 in Qld was named because James Cook landed there on 24 May while sailing on HMS Endeavour.

10- Summer Bay in the TV soap opera Home and Away is depicted by which Sydney Beach? Palm Beach.

Australian History Quiz Questions and Answers

1- Who was the first European explorer to land in Australia? The first European explorer to document a landing was European was Willem Janszoon in 1606. He landed on the western side of Cape York Peninsula and charted about 300 km of coastline.

2- When was the Federation of Australia formed? 1 January 1901. On this date, six British colonies became the Commonwealth of Australia.

3- What was the name of the ship that Matthew Flinders completed the first voyage around Australia aboard? Investigator.

4- What is the only town on the National Heritage list? Broken Hill is the first and only entire town on the National Heritage List.

5- What year did the Sydney Harbour Bridge open? 1932. The official opening of the Harbour Bridge was on 19 March.

6- Which city was once called Batmania? Melbourne. It was briefly called Batmania after Batman Park.

7- What is the oldest city in Australia? Sydney.

8- How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in Australia? Australia has 20 World Heritage Listed sites, including four cultural, 12 natural and four mixed sites. The newest is the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape.

9- Which city was named after a woman’s cleavage? Canberra means “woman’s cleavage” in Aborigine because it’s cradled between two mountains.

10- Which Australian city was the most prosperous in the world during the gold rush? Melbourne. When gold was discovered in 1851, the economy boomed, and it became the wealthiest city in 1888.

Australian Sports Quiz Questions and Answers

1- Where is the Australian Open tennis tournament held? Melbourne Park in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct.

2- How many cities in Australia have hosted the Summer Olympics? Two – Melbourne and Sydney.

3- What is the largest stadium in Australia? Melbourne Cricket Ground.

4- Where in Australia was the surf ski invented? Port Macquarie in NSW by Harry McLaren in 1912, who designed it to check his oyster beds.

5- Which golf course has reciprocal rights with St Andrews in Scotland? Coober Pedy Opal Fields Golf Club. In January, members have the privilege of playing the Balgove Course, the only nine-hole layout in St. Andrews.

6- Where did the first recorded cricket match in Australia take place? Sydney in December 1803.

7- Which golf course is the longest worldwide? Nullarbor Links Golf Course is a 1,000 km track between Ceduna in SA and Kalgoorlie in WA and takes three days to complete.

8- How many types of football are there in Australia? Professional football is played in Australia for four of these codes, with the leagues involved including the Australian Football League, the National Rugby League, Super Rugby, and the A-League.

9- Where did Aussie Rules football originate? Melbourne in the 1850s.

10- What year was the Rugby World Cup hosted in Australia? In 2003, Australia hosted teams that played matches in 10 cities.

Australian Food Quiz Questions and Answers

1- Which Australian biscuit was named after a horse? Tim Tams. In 1958 Ross Arnott (Arnott’s Biscuits) attended the Kentucky Derby, where the winning horse’s name was Tim Tam.

2- What is the oldest chocolate bar in Australia? Cherry Ripe, created in 1924 by Fitzroy-based MacRobertson Chocolates.

3- Where was the pie floater invented? South Australia. You’re not alone if you’re don’t know what that is; a pie floater is a meat pie inverted in pea soup with tomato sauce garnish.

4- The first lamington was made in 1900 at Old Government House for Lord and Lady Lamington in which city? Brisbane.

5- What is the main ingredient of Vegemite? Yeast.

6- What is the country’s oldest wine region? Hunter Valley. Its history stretches back 180 years and is well-known for Semillon and Shiraz.

7- What is the national cake of Australia? Lamington. It’s a chocolate-covered sponge cake coated in desiccated coconut.

8- Which meringue-based dessert was invented in honour of a famous Russian Ballerina? Pavlova, named after Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova who toured Australia and New Zealand in 1926.

9- Which sweet is wrapped in paper printed with trivial questions? Fatales. Movie-star mania inspired the creation of these chewy caramel chocolates in the 1930s.

10- How many Michelin-star restaurants does Australia have? Zero because there is not a Michelin Guide for Australia, even though many Michelin-star quality restaurants exist. Australia has a rating system called the ‘Good Food Guide Chef Hat Awards’.

Australian Animals Quiz Questions and Answers

1- What Australian animal is on a $1 coin? Kangaroos. Five Kangaroos were designed and sculpted by Stuart Devlin.

2- Which Northern Territory reptile has lived in Australia since the Mesozoic Era? The saltwater crocodile has inhabited the wetlands in northern Australia, including Broome and Kakadu, since the time of the dinosaurs.

3- What Australian animal is on a 5-cent coin? Echidna. The artwork was designed and sculpted by Stuart Devlin.

4- Which Australian turtle breaths through its bum? The Fitzroy turtle breathes through its bum to stay underwater for 21 days.

5- What Australian island has the largest number of quokkas? Rottnest Island is near Perth, and they also live on Bald Island and the mainland in Western Australia. Quokkas are small macropods.

6- What Australian animal deposits square droppings? Wombats.

7- What is the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial? The Tasmanian devil eats birds, snakes and other mammals the size of small kangaroos.

8- What do you call a baby echidna? A puggle. Echidnas are quill-covered monotremes, mammals that lay eggs.

9- Which bird is featured on the $100 banknote? The Australian Masked Owl (Tyto novaehollandiae).

10- What bird is on the front of the Australian $50 note? The Black Swan (Cygnus atratus).

11- Which bird is featured on the $20 banknote? Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae).

12- Which bird is featured on the $10 banknote? Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita).

13- Which two native-Australian mammals lay eggs? Echidna and the platypus.

14- Which Aussie marsupial is only one centimetre long at birth? Kangaroo. Kangaroo joeys are only one centimetre long when born.

15- What is the collective noun for koalas? A colony is the most used collective noun, but there isn’t an official one as koalas are solitary by nature.

Australian Music Quiz Questions and Answers

1- Which Aussie singer is the most awarded in the Arias? John Farnham has had 21 wins and 60 nominations.

2- Which Australian instrument is the oldest musical instrument worldwide? The didgeridoo is older than 1,500 years and is an Australian aboriginal cylindrical instrument fashioned from a hollowed-out eucalyptus tree.

3- Which suburb in Sydney does Midnight Oil sing about in Koala Spring? Chatswood. The lyrics are ‘It’s a long way from Chatswood to the top of the gulf.’

4- What is the name of the Slim Dusty song about a pub in Ingham? A Pub With No Beer.

5- Which state is country singer Keith Urban’s hometown? Queensland. The singer was born in New Zealand and later moved to Caboolture.

6- What was the first public performance at the Sydney Opera House? Prokofiev’s ‘War and Peace’ was the first performance in the Opera Theatre of the Sydney Opera House on 28 September 1973.

7- Which city is INXS from? Sydney.

8- Which town did the Aussie band “The Reels” come from? Dubbo in NSW. The band came together in 1976, broke up in 1991 and came back together in 2007. In 2001 “Quasimodo’s Dream” was listed as one of the top Australian songs of all time.

9- Which Australian singer was born, Helen Porter Mitchell? Dame Nellie Melba Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931) was born Helen Porter Mitchell on 19 May 1861 in Richmond, Melbourne.

10- Where was the Bee Gees first performance? Redcliffe Speedway. The Gibb brothers played their first gig in 1958 during race intervals from the back of a truck.

Australian Politics Quiz Questions and Answers

1- Which Australian Prime Minister set a world record for sculling beer? Bob Hawke sculled 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds.

2- Which beach did Harold Holt disappear while swimming in 1967? Harold Holt vanished on Cheviot Beach in Portsea, Victoria.

3- Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia? Edmund Barton from the Protectionist Party held office from 1901 to 1903.

4- Who was the first female PM of Australia? Julia Gillard. She became the 27th on 24 June 2010, elected unopposed by the Parliamentary Labour Party.

5- Who is the Australian PM who has served the longest? Sir Robert Menzies. He held office twice from 26 April 1939, with a break in between, serving for 18 years, five months and 12 days in total.

6- What is the largest city hall in Australia? Brisbane City Hall. At the time of completion, it was the second-largest construction project after the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It has a 92m clock tower.

7- Who founded the Liberal Party in 1944? Sir Robert Menzies.

8- Who was the tallest Prime Minister of Australia? Gough Whitlam was 194 cm (six feet four inches) tall.

9- Which Prime Minister introduced Medicare? Robert Menzies.

10- How old was the youngest Prime Minister of Australia? Chris Watson (age 37 years, 18 days). He was the third and held office from 27 April to 18 August 1904. He held office for four months after Alfred Deakin resigned and led the first national Labour government on earth.

Australian Christmas Quiz Questions and Answers

1- Christmas Island was named on 25 December in which year? 1643.

2- When were the first Australian Carols by Candlelight? 1937 in Melbourne.

3- What year did Carols in the Domain begin in Sydney? 1983.

4- Who sang an Aussie Christmas song about six white boomers? Russell Coight.

5- Which sporting event begins on Boxing Day in Sydney? Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.

6- In which Aussie city is the traditional Boxing Day cricket test match held? Melbourne.

7- In the Aussie version of “Jingle Bells”, what mode of transport is used instead of the one-horse open sleigh? A rusty Holden Ute.

8- What do people line up to buy for their Christmas feast all around the country? Prawns.

9- Which state was the Australian movie A Sunburnt Christmas filmed? South Australia.

10- Which Aussie city did Santa never make it to in the song sung by Bill & Boyd? Darwin.