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ProofReader - May 18, 2007 01:53 AM (GMT)

From the Herald Sun
QUOTE

Are you dinky di?

May 18, 2007 01:00am
Article from: Herald-Sun

An exclusive insight into the likely content of a new 'Aussie values' test for potential Australian citizens which will come into effect later this year.
Check out how you would do on the citizenship test.

Sample citizenship questions devised by the Federal Government:

1. Which colours are represented on the Australian flag?

a. Green and yellow

b. Red, black and yellow

c. Blue, red and white

d. Orange and purple


2. Indigenous people have lived in Australia for ...

a. At least 40,000 years

b. About 8000 years

c. About 800 years

d. Less that 400 years


3. Australia's national flower is the ...

a. Rose

b. Wattle

c. Kangaroo paw

d. Banksia


4. Which is a popular sport in Australia?

a. Ice hockey

b. Water polo

c. Cricket

d. Table tennis


5. Australia's political system is a ...

a. Parliamentary democracy

b. Monarchy

c. Dictatorship

d. Socialist state


6. The Capital of Australia is...

a. Sydney

b. Melbourne

c. Hobart

d. Canberra


7. Which animals are on the Australian Coat of Arms?

a. Wombat and echidna

b. Kangaroo and emu

c. Kangaroo and dingo

d. Lion and unicorn


8. Where did the first European settlers to Australia come from?

a. Spain

b. France

c. England

d. Ireland


9. Who is Australia's head of state?

a. Prime Minister John Howard

b. Queen Elizabeth II

c. Governor General Michael Jeffery

d. Premier Steve Bracks


10. Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia?

a. Sir Edmund Barton

b. Sir Henry Parkes

c. John Curtin

d. Sir Robert Menzies


11. What song is Australia's national anthem?

a. God Save the Queen

b. Star Spangled Banner

c. Advance Australia Fair

d. Waltzing Matilda


12. What do you call the elected head of a state government?

a. Governor

b. Premier

c. Mayor

d. Prime Minister


13. Which federal political party or parties are in power?

a. Australian Labor Party

b. Australian Democrats and the Australian Greens

c. National Party

d. Liberal Party and National Party


14. Which of the following are Australian values?

a. Men and women are equal

b. `A fair go'

c. Mateship

d. All of the above


15. Australia's values are based on the ...

a. Teachings of the Koran

b. The Judaeo-Christian tradition

c. Catholicism

d. Secularism


16. What does Anzac Day commemorate?

a. The Gallipoli landing

b. Armistice Day

c. The Battle of the Somme

d. Victory in the Pacific


17. In what year did the first European settlers arrive?

a. 1801

b. 1770

c. 1788

d. 1505


18. How many states are there in Australia?

a. 5

b. 6

c. 7

d. 8


19. Australian soldiers fought in ...

a. World War I and World War II

b. Korean War

c. Vietnam War

d. All of the above


20. What is Australia's biggest river system?

a. The Murray Darling

b. The Murrumbidgee

c The Yarra

d. The Mississippi



Answers:

1) C, 2) A, 3) B, 4) C, 5) A, 6) D, 7) B, 8) C, 9) B, 10) A, 11) C, 12) B, 13) D, 14) D, 15) B, 16) A, 17) C, 18) B, 19) D, 20) A

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I got 20/20. :swaggie: :ozflag: How did you do? ;)



moneypen20 - May 18, 2007 02:08 AM (GMT)
16/20. Didn't know the flower, the first PM, forgot that the correct title is Premier and got the first settlement date wrong. Not bad for a pommie :whistle:

catgirl - May 18, 2007 03:51 AM (GMT)
17/20 - all political ones wrong (oh well)

Pommygirl - May 18, 2007 11:59 AM (GMT)
I got 16 as well. Got the flower, prime minister, number of states (forgot about Tassie) and the religion one wrong! Doh!

Snappy - May 18, 2007 12:03 PM (GMT)
I got 18/20 and Roy managed to get 10/20 only form me laughing so much and I'm now very concerned about our citizenship interview :unsure:

I go the settler date wrong was it the first date was 1770??? or was that when what's his face found Oz??? I also got he war one wrong...opps! Roy made me laugh the national anthem is waltzing matilda, the flag is yellow and green, Anzac day is about the Battle of Somme, but most worrying is that he thinks Indigenous people have been here for less than 400 years :lol: I won't even go into the religious options .....Bless him :rolleyes:


moneypen20 - May 18, 2007 01:11 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Snappy @ 18th May, 2007 - 10:03pm)
I got 18/20 and Roy managed to get 10/20 only form me laughing so much and I'm now very concerned about our citizenship interview :unsure:

I go the settler date wrong was it the first date was 1770??? or was that when what's his face found Oz??? I also got he war one wrong...opps! Roy made me laugh the national anthem is waltzing matilda, the flag is yellow and green, Anzac day is about the Battle of Somme, but most worrying is that he thinks Indigenous people have been here for less than 400 years :lol: I won't even go into the religious options .....Bless him :rolleyes:

The first read of the flag one, I thought the answer was yellow and green because they are the Aussie colours, it was only when I read it again I noticed they meant the flag :whistle:

Anastasia Beaverhausen - May 18, 2007 11:14 PM (GMT)
19 for me. Got the one about values wrong (15). I went for Secularism, if its not it bloody well should be!

marco121068 - May 24, 2007 11:53 AM (GMT)
Wow! only 1 wrong. Never even heard of a Wattle. :no:

DagBoy - May 24, 2007 12:21 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (marco121068 @ 24th May, 2007 - 09:53pm)
Wow! only 1 wrong. Never even heard of a Wattle. :no:

I got 20/20 :thumbsup:

I knew the wattle from one of the versions of the Monty Python Bruces sketch.

"This here's the wattle, the emblem of our land.
You can stick it in a bottle or you can hold it in your hand."

Cheers,

DagBoy

GranAnne4PaTerry - May 24, 2007 01:22 PM (GMT)
17/20. Gives me a bit of homework to do....... coach the family :rolleyes:

Soapy - May 24, 2007 03:03 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (marco121068 @ 24th May, 2007 - 09:53pm)
Wow! only 1 wrong. Never even heard of a Wattle. :no:

19/20
snap!
never heard of the flower :wacko:

marco121068 - May 24, 2007 11:43 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Soapy @ 25th May, 2007 - 01:33am)
19/20
snap!
never heard of the flower :wacko:

And for those of us who got it wrong.....

http://www.aussie-info.com/identity/flora/

I like this quote.

"WATTLE (Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha)
Possibly the best known amongst the Australian plants."


Erm....NO! :P

GranAnne4PaTerry - May 24, 2007 11:51 PM (GMT)
I've got loads of wattle in my garden. It stinks sometimes though :yuck:

tiredwithtwins - June 23, 2007 09:41 PM (GMT)
I thought there were 7 states???
nsw,
wa,
sa,
nt,
qld,
act,
tas

:blushing: :mah:

ProofReader - June 24, 2007 01:27 AM (GMT)

:rofl: You forgot one! :whistle:

Actually, there are six states (Qld, NSW, Vic, SA, WA & Tas) and two territories (NT & ACT) which make up the Australian 'mainland'. Then there are a number of 'external' territories and dependencies. :)







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