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Quiz Questions
- Who won a 2004 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Broadway Musical for his role in The Boy from Oz?
- In which city was Nicole Kidman born on 20 June 1967?
- Which Australian athlete lit the Olympic Flame at the 2000 Summer Olympics?
- In which year did Steve Irwin died after an accidental attack by a stingray while filming in Australia's Great Barrier Reef?
- Who portrayed antagonist Mick Taylor in the Wolf Creek film franchise?
- Which Australian actress hosted the 2022 British Academy Film Awards?
- Whose first book, The Female Eunuch, made her a household name?
- Whose father was born in 1820 in County Tipperary, Ireland, and at the age of 21 was transported to Van Diemen's Land for stealing two pigs?
- The large multipurpose sport arena located within Melbourne Park, Melbourne, is named after which Australian icon?
- After his father's death in 1952, who took over the running of a small Adelaide newspaper called The News?
- A few months before his death, Heath Ledger had finished filming the role of which character in The Dark Knight?
- Which famous Australian artist is buried in the Eastern part of Highgate Cemetery, London?
- What is the nickname of Australian Elle Macpherson?
- Who appeared on Neighbours from 2008 to 2011 playing the role of Donna Freedman?
- Which Australian actress's breakthrough role came in the 1994 comedy drama film Muriel's Wedding?
- Which Australian cricketer had a career Test batting average of 99.94?
- Cate Blanchett won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing a neurotic socialite in which 2013 Woody Allen comedy-drama?
- Name the Australian Prime Minister who disappeared while swimming in the sea on 17 December 1967?
- Name the Australian actress born in Oman to Scottish parents, who moved to Australia at age six?
- Which song was Kylie Minogue's first number in the UK?
- Which famous Australian was born in Peekskill, New York?
- Which Australian author is known for her novels The Thorn Birds and The Ladies of Missalonghi?
- Which famous Australian is the granddaughter of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Max Born?
- Who is best known for playing Dame Edna Everage?
- Which actress and singer married British property developer Nick Candy in 2012?
Answers:
- Hugh Jackman
- Honolulu, Hawaii (her Australian student parents were temporarily in the United States)
- Cathy Freeman
- 2006
- John Jarrett
- Rebel Wilson
- Germaine Greer
- Ned Kelly's
- Rod Laver (Rod Laver Arena)
- Rupert Murdoch
- The Joker
- Sidney Nolan
- The Body
- Margot Robbie
- Toni Collette
- Sir Donald Bradman
- Blue Jasmine
- Harold Holt
- Isla Fisher
- I Should Be So Lucky
- Mel Gibson (moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia, when 12 years old)
- Colleen McCullough
- Olivia Newton-John
- Barry Humpries
- Holly Valance