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Australia quiz

We ask about Australia in 7 quizzes: flag, 2 trivia questions, 16 Explorer photos, the Oceania map, outline and 3 numbers. Canberra is the capital.

7 quizzes·Capital Canberra·16 places in Explorer

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Quick round · 8 questions

8 questions about Australia only, mixed from every pack it appears in. Scored on the spot.

Australia at a glance

Capital	Canberra
Continent	Oceania
Population	26 million
Area	7,692 thousand km²
Murray River	2,508 km
In our quizzes	7 packs

Where it is

Australia on the map of Oceania. In the Oceania map quiz you tap it.

Places to find

16 in Explorer

Sydney Opera House, Australia — **Sydney Opera House**
The sail-shaped shells on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour.
Photo: Diliff / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Uluru, Australia — **Uluru**
A vast red sandstone monolith in the heart of the outback.
Photo: Dietmar Rabich / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia — **Sydney Harbour Bridge**
The steel arch nicknamed the "Coathanger" over the harbour.
Photo: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australia — **Heard Island and McDonald Islands**
Remote sub-Antarctic islands with Australia's only active volcano.
Photo: Tristannew (original) Derivative: SHB2000 (cropped) / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Canberra, Australia — **Canberra**
Australia's planned capital, laid out around an artificial lake in 1913.
Photo: Tim J Keegan from Lake Macquarie, Australia / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Melbourne, Australia — **Melbourne**
Australia's cultural capital on the Yarra, famous for laneways, coffee and sport.
Photo: Shkuru Afshar / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

All 16 Australia photos in Explorer →

Questions we ask

Question	Answer
In what country is Sydney?	Australia
What currency does Australia use?	Australian dollar
What is the population of Australia? (millions)	26 million
How long is the Murray River in Australia?	2,508 km
What is the area of Australia? (in thousand km²)	7,692 thousand km²

Did you know

Australia is the only continent that is also a single country. It is wider than the moon and home to 21 of the world's 25 most venomous snakes.

Twelve Apostles. Limestone sea stacks rising off a wild southern coast.

Tasmanian Wilderness. A vast wild region of temperate rainforest, glacial lakes and dolerite peaks.

Gold Coast. Australia's surf city, a 57-km strip of beaches lined with high-rises.

Ball's Pyramid. The tallest volcanic sea stack in the world, a 562-metre blade of rock in the Pacific.

Ningaloo Reef. A 260-km fringing reef where whale sharks gather every autumn.

Where Australia trips people up

Australia is shown with New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea for the flag. Australia's shape competes with Brazil, the United States and Russia.

One trivia question is “In what country is Sydney?” (Australia). Then: “What currency does Australia use?” (Australian dollar). Australia in numbers: a population of 26 million, the Murray River at 2,508 km and an area of 7,692 thousand square kilometres. Sydney Opera House and Uluru, two of 16 Australia photos, are marked easy; Gold Coast is marked hard.

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Questions and answers

What is the capital of Australia?

The capital of Australia is Canberra.

Which continent is Australia in?

Australia is in Oceania.

What is the population of Australia?

About 26 million.