Backpack Bear - Quiz 7

Instructions

1. As a team answer the questions you know then find out the answers to the questions you don’t know.

2. Record the answers in a Word document and then save it as a pdf to attach to your email.

3. Remember there is a point for the correct answer and a point for the correct spelling and punctuation. Number the answers correctly. Do NOT repeat the question.

4. Answer the bonus question.

5. Use a font that is easy to read.

6. Make sure your team name is on the top of your document.

7. Open an email and address it to your Quest Co-ordinator which is likely to be your teacher or your teacher librarian.

8. In the subject line put Quiz 7 and your team name.

9. Attach your answers to your email.

10. Send it so that it arrives with your Quest Co-ordinator by the due date.

1. Why do so many tourists go to Monkey Mia, WA?

2. How is the Australian flag different from that of New Zealand?

3. Which ocean washes the west coast of our country?

4. Which state has the nickname "Apple Isle"?

5. Which city would you be in if you were in a boat on the River Torrens?

6. What is the name of the imaginary line of latitude that runs through Rockhampton?

7. Who is the Canberra suburb of Florey named after?

8. What did he do to become famous?

9. If you were watching Michael Doohan win a race, which sport would you be watching?

10. If it is 2.00pm on Kangaroo Island on June 21, what time is it in Sydney?

11. What position is held by the leader of the party with the most seats in House of Representatives in the Federal Parliament?

12. Which bird is able to mimic almost any sound - including other birds and animals, car alarms, whistles and even chainsaws?

13. Where can you see this bird every day?

14. Which mountain rises up behind Hobart?

15. Which Australian painted The Pioneer (1904); Lost (1907) and Hanging Rock, Macedon (1912)?

16. You have just won the Stawell Gift - what did you do to earn it?

17. When were Aboriginal people granted the full rights of Australian citizenship?

18. What was the "White Australia" policy?

19. Which game, involving tossing coins, is traditionally played on ANZAC Day?

Who wrote the series which includes the titles Darkness Be My Friend, The Night is for Hunting and The Other Side of Dawn?

This week I am visiting a structure that is perched on rugged cliffs, 91 metres above the spot where the mighty Southern Ocean collides with Bass Strait, at a place known as “The Eye of the Needle”,

For many thousands of 19th century migrants, who spent months travelling to Australia by ship, this was their first sight of land after leaving Europe, but sadly it was also the place where so many died in shipwrecks as captains hugged the coastline so they wouldn’t be driven on to King Island in stormy weather.

Surrounded by impenetrable forests, rivers and deep ravines, it was an inaccessible place but nevertheless, once the site was chosen those who built this “beacon of hope” had to persevere. Seventy men worked for 10 months to shape the sandstone to such exacting proportions that no cement was required to assemble the tower, which is 20 metres high.

The original lantern was made in London and was brought ashore through crashing surf in small boats. The light mechanism consisted of 21 polished reflectors in three faces and lamps mounted on a frame provided a three-second flash followed by 50 seconds of darkness. The lamps burned sperm whale oil and had to be maintained constantly throughout the night by the keeper. For 30 years it was tended by Henry Bayles Ford, and it was so isolated that supplies were only delivered once every 6-12 months!

Since August 29, 1948 even though the means of making the light changed with technology, the light warned those entering the western end of Bass Strait for nearly 150 years, until it was decommissioned in 1994 and replaced by a single solar beacon.

Where am I?

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