Year 10 History - Popular Culture Review

Question 1

This Australian Prime Minister disappeared in 1967 after going for a swim.

Accepted Answer

Harold Holt

Question 2

Who lit the flame at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics?

Accepted Answer

Cathy Freeman

Question 3

Who dismissed the Whitlam Government in 1975?

Accepted Answer

Sir John Kerr

Question 4

Who was the Prime Minister of Australia throughout the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

Robert Menzies

Question 5

This was the name given to Australian male teenage rockers during the 1950s.

Accepted Answer

Bodgies

Question 6

What happened in Chernobyl, USSR in 1986?

Accepted Answer

A nuclear power plant explosion

Question 7

The only band with consecutive triple J Hottest 100 #1, 'These Days' and 'My Happiness'?

Accepted Answer

Powderfinger

Question 8

Who is this 1960s music icon and what award did they win in 2016?

Accepted Answer

Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature

Question 9

Which one of these statements about the 1970s Australian film industry is INCORRECT?

Accepted Answer

There were not a lot of Australian movies made in the 1970s.

Question 10

When and where did this terrorist event occur?

Accepted Answer

Sept 11, 2001. New York City.

Question 11

World Series Cricket established in 1977 is an example of ......

Accepted Answer

The professionalisation of sport

Question 12

Which movie character did Paul Hogan bring to the big screen in 1986?

Accepted Answer

Crocodile Dundee

Question 13

Cold Chisel Khe Sanh is an Australian Rock anthem. What is the song talking about?

Accepted Answer

The struggle of a soldier returning from the Vietnam War

Question 14

What was the name of this Australian Rock n' Roll star of the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

Johnny O'Keefe, The Wild One

Question 15

How do teenagers, throughout all decades, expressed their identity and difference?

Accepted Answer

Through their clothes and hairstyles., Through their music., Through their consumer choices.

Question 16

Who was the host of popular Australian television music show 'Countdown'?

Accepted Answer

Molly Meldrum, Ian Meldrum

Question 17

What is the name of this 1990s character and the Australian film they comes from?

Accepted Answer

Darryl Kerrigan - The Castle

Question 18

Who delivered the parliamentary apology to the Stolen Generations in 2008?

Accepted Answer

Kevin Rudd

Question 19

Which one of these is NOT a Skyhooks song?

Accepted Answer

Khe Sanh

Question 20

What year did Australia withdraw troops from Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

1972

Question 21

Which NEW group challenging traditional values and creating their own identity after WW2?

Accepted Answer

Teenagers

Question 22

Who is this man and why is he giving everyone the day off?

Accepted Answer

Bob Hawke, because Australia won the America's Cup

Question 23

The Environmental Movement describes .....

Accepted Answer

Increased social awareness about protecting the environment

Question 24

What is the significance of the Australian High Court's Mabo Decision?

Accepted Answer

It recognised Native Title for Indigenous Australians.

Question 25

Which country did USA invade in the 1991 Gulf War?

Accepted Answer

Iraq

Question 26

What is this poster advertising?

Accepted Answer

1967 Referendum

Question 27

The increased popularity of the motor car in the 1950s influenced Australian society by.....

Accepted Answer

Changing the shopping patterns of Australians., Giving teenagers more freedom and their own identity., Changing the design of suburbs and the family home., Changing recreation habits. driving holidays, drivein movies

Question 28

This Australian band had a hit with 'Friday on my Mind' in 1966.

Accepted Answer

The Easybeats

Question 29

What political issue are Midnight Oil singing about?

Accepted Answer

Supporting Indigenous Land Rights

Question 30

If your birthday was drawing in the National Service Act (1964) Birthday Ballot you....

Accepted Answer

Had to do two years full time in the regular army.

Question 31

The Cold War came to an end in the early 1990s with the collapse of which superpower?

Accepted Answer

USSR

Question 32

What year was colour television introduced to Australia?

Accepted Answer

1975

Question 33

Which factors contributed to changing women's role in society during the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

The broader availability of the contraceptive pill., Women were able to work and be financially independent.

Question 34

The 80s where known as the 'what' decade?

Accepted Answer

Me

Question 35

What was the 2001 Tampa Incident?

Accepted Answer

A refugee/boat people incident

Question 36

Which of these are a characteristic of Popular Culture?

Accepted Answer

It produces commercial products., Consumers have easy and widespread access to it., It has a cycle of local, national and global acceptance., It changes and evolves across time.

Question 37

Also known as the Seattle sound, what was another name for this popular style of 90s music?

Accepted Answer

Grunge

Question 38

In the context of Popular Culture, which of the following best describes a 'fad'?

Accepted Answer

A short-lived trend relating to a consumer item or activity

Question 39

What year did Australia first host the Olympic Games and in what city?

Accepted Answer

Melbourne 1956

Question 40

What was the name given to the behaviour of teenage Beatles fans in the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

Beatlemania

Question 41

This American movie star was considered the iconic rebellious teenager in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

James Dean

Question 42

During the 1950s, the USSR and USA (world superpowers) engaged in what conflict?

Accepted Answer

The Cold War

Question 43

Often called the 'Father of Holden', who was GM's Australian managing director in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

Laurence Hartnett

Question 44

Who was Australia's first female Prime Minister?

Accepted Answer

Julia Gillard

Question 45

The theory that Communism in one country would spread to neighbouring countries is know as?

Accepted Answer

Domino Theory

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