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Key Knowledge: Local and General
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Some key facts about your world that every informed person should know
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1
More people play soccer in Australia than all the other types of football combined.
TRUE
FALSE
2
During which season do magpies swoop?
winter
autumn
spring
summer
3
Australia's unemployment rate is
10.1%
3.9%
6.8%
3.2%
4
The current captain of the Australian cricket team is
Pat Cummins
Steve Smith
Ricky Ponting
Steve Waugh
5
Who is the leader of the Coalition?
Tanya Plibersek
Barnaby Joyce
Peter Dutton
Anthony Albanese
6
Australia has ____ of the world's pokie machines
5%
2%
18%
10%
7
How far is Bathurst from the centre of Sydney?
400 km
275 km
200 km
70 km
8
Which Australian PM lived in Bathurst for most of his life?
Harold Holt
Gough Whitlam
John Curtin
Ben Chifley
9
Aussie rules football has its origins in
an old Russian game
an old English game
an old Aboriginal game
an old Irish game
10
One in every ______ people are left-handed.
7
20
5
10
11
The 2022 Mt Panorama 1000 was won by...
David Reynolds
Scott McLaughlin
Peter Brock
Shane van Ginsbergen
12
In Australia which party is in government?
The Coalition
The Labour Party
The Greens
One Nation
13
How long can a person be president for in the U.S.?
12 years
no time limit
4 years
8 years
14
Which of these is NOT a native Australian animal?
dingoes
wombats
bandicoots
feral pigs
15
18 of the 19 warmest years on record have occurred since 2001.
FALSE
TRUE
16
What type of invisible energy does the sun give off?
Infrared Radiation
Ultrapurple Light
Ultraviolet Radiation
Infrared Light
17
Who is the member for the federal seat of Calare and which party is he in?
Nick Xenophon, (NXT)
Andrew Gee, (Nationals)
Christopher Pyne, (Liberals)
Anthony Albanese, (Labour)
18
Women make up _____ of the Australian work-force
29%
55%
38%
46%
19
What is the proportion of Australians who have at least one parent born overseas?
35%
20%
46%
16%
20
Australia's
youth
unemployment rate is
10.3%
11.8%
3.2%
5.8%
