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Some (very) tricky General Knowledge questions on Australia?

1) How many Australian states do not share a land boundary with another state?
2) How many mainland territories in Australia?
3) According to our current constitution, what is the current name of our President?
4) In the constitution, which foreign country is an original state?
5) What is the Australian nations internationally recognized tallest mountain?
6) Which Australian states is the Murray River in?
7) What is the Australian capital closest to NZ?
7) When did Australians cease legally being British subjects?
 
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Some (very) tricky General Knowledge questions on Australia?

1) How many Australian states do not share a land boundary with another state?
2) How many mainland territories in Australia?
3) According to our current constitution, what is the current name of our President?
4) In the constitution, which foreign country is an original state?
5) What is the Australian nations internationally recognized tallest mountain?
6) Which Australian states is the Murray River in?
7) What is the Australian capital closest to NZ?
7) When did Australians cease legally being British subjects?


You can't fool us.

We know that Australia is just a figment of someone's imagination.

OB
 
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Some (very) tricky General Knowledge questions on Australia?

1) How many Australian states do not share a land boundary with another state?

One - Western Australia - Until recently they had a border force to keep those other mainlanders out.

2) How many mainland territories in Australia?

Fifty, and they all have the same accent.

3) According to our current constitution, what is the current name of our President?

Crocodile Dundee

4) In the constitution, which foreign country is an original state?

Principality of Hutt River.

5) What is the Australian nations internationally recognized tallest mountain?

The hill down the road - I couldn't even ride my push bike up it, it was so high!

6) Which Australian states is the Murray River in?

Depends on whether it's in flood or bone dry ie. three or none.

7) What is the Australian capital closest to NZ?

Perth? ... Darwin?

7) When did Australians cease legally being British subjects?

When the Brits won the Ashes for the first time - 1882.
 
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1) How many Australian states do not share a land boundary with another state?
A) None, they screwed up the sea boundary between Vic and Tas, so that it through the middle of an island in the middle of Bass straight. conveniently called Boundary Islet.
2) How many mainland territories in Australia?
A) 3 territories, people tend to forget Jervis Bay territory
3) According to our current constitution, what is the current name of our President?
A) Aus Constitution refers repeatedly to the President of the Senate, as just the President, so it is Hon Slade Brockman
4) In the constitution, which foreign country is an original state?
A) New Zealand
5) What is the Australian nations internationally recognized tallest mountain?
Mawson Peak on Heard Island
6) Which Australian states is the Murray River in?
A) New South Wales, South Australia but possibly Victoria, cause there is an undefined boundary caused by Victoria surveyors getting the boundary with SA wrong, leaving part of the river undefined.
7) What is the Australian capital closest to NZ?
A) Kingston. Norfolk island is only 500 miles from the top of NZ
8) When did Australians cease legally being British subjects?
A) 1986
 
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