The JB Quiz
All the answers to our quiz can be found in the stories in this issue.
1. Which tennis legend accidentally launched the now-famous hashtag #quokkaselfie in 2018 when his own quokka selfie went viral?
2. What is the estimated number of nests turtles make along Ningaloo Reef every year?
3. Ginko Biloba trees are an autumn attraction at Sydney’s Chinese Garden of F _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
4. How many years old are ancient fossils – such as hair and shell beads – at Western Australia’s Mandu Mandu Gorge estimated to be?
5. The Great Barrier Reef is so vast that it’s visible from space: True or False?
6. Far-north Queensland’s Cape York is how many kilometres long and wide?
7. If you happen to find yourself on The Ghan you might end up hopping off to have an outback dinner at which historical site in Alice Springs?
8. Darwin is known as what in the local Larrakia language?
9. The World Happiness Report is split into six categories: healthy life expectancy, trust, altruism, income, freedom to make life choices, and s _ _ _ _ _ c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
10. Which NSW Government Department had a building which is now transformed into exclusive luxury hotel Capella Sydney?
11. What does the word ‘Kalgoorlie’ mean in the Aboriginal Wangkatja language?
12. What is the name of the artist who created the popular polka-dotted sculpture Flowers That Bloom in the Cosmos, currently housed at Sydney Modern – the extension of the Art Gallery of NSW?
13. You’ll find Seppeltsfield Winery in New South Wale’s Hunter Valley or Adelaide’s Barossa Valley?
14. Victoria’s Broken Hill is a mining town famous for the mining of which metal?
15. In 1942, a US Airforce pilot made an emergency landing on the salt pan of which Western Australian peninsula, which is now the site of the wreckage?
16. In 2022, Exmouth’s Turquoise Bay was awarded third-best beach in the world in the Traveller’s Choice Award category by which well-known online travel brand and agency?
17. Mount Borradaile is a sacred Arnhem Land site of caves and catacombs for the A_ _ _ _ _ k people.
18. Annually, how many visitor’s make their way over to the 63 beaches of Western Australia’s Rottnest Island?
