Aboriginal+Quiz

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 *  o    ** ABORIGINAL QUIZ **     ||
 * Record your answers in **bold font** at the end of each question.
 * Question 1. Who is the lead singer of Yothu Yindi? **Mandawuy Yunupingu** ||
 * Question 2. Who was the aboriginal cricketer who bowled Sir Donald Bradman for a duck? **Eddie Gilbert** ||
 * Question 3. Who is the Aboriginal Actor who stared as Detective Michael Riley in “Water Rats”? **Aaron Pedersen** ||
 * Question 4. Which tribe lived in the Melbourne area? **Wurundjeri** ||
 * Question 5. Which Aboriginal Actress (Secret Life of Us) has won the TV Week Logie Award as “Most Outstanding Actress”?
 * Deborah Mailman** ||
 * Question 6. What was ATSIC? ** Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission **
 * Question 6. What was ATSIC? ** Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission **
 * Question 7. Which Aboriginal AFL Footballer kicked the first ever goal at Melbourne’s Telstra Dome?
 * Buddy Franklin** ||
 * Question 8. What was the date when hundreds of thousands of Australians walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in support of Reconciliation?
 * on Sunday 28 May 1997** ||
 * Question 9. Who was the first Aboriginal Woman to play Cricket for Australia? **Faith Thomas** ||
 * Question 10. Which NSW Aboriginal country singer has recorded albums called Big River, True Believer and Beyond the Dancing?
 * Gregg Borschmann** ||
 * Question 11. In what year did the first Aboriginal cricket team tour England?
 * 17 August, 1868** ||
 * Question 12. What day is the Survival Day concert held each year in Sydney?
 * on 26 January** ||
 * Question 13. Who was the first Aboriginal footballer to play in the VFL/AFL? **Joe Johnson** ||
 * Question 14. The Yorta Yorta people are from which state of Australia?
 * north-central Victoria** ||
 * Question 15. What position does Aden Ridgeway have with the Democrats political party?
 * Senator** ||
 * Question 16. Which Aboriginal inventor is referred to as “Australia’s Leonardo da Vinci" and his picture is on an Australian note?
 * David Unaipon** ||
 * Question 17. Who was the first Aboriginal to be elected to the Parliament of Australia? **Neville Bonner** ||
 * Question 18. Who was the WA Aboriginal warrior nicknamed “Pigeon”?
 * Jandamara** ||
 * Question 19. Who designed the Aboriginal Flag? **Harold Thomas** ||
 * Question 20. Aboriginal leader Vincent Lingiari belong to which NT Aboriginal tribe?
 * Gurindji** ||
 * Question 21. Eddie “koiki” Mabo was from which island in the Torres Strait?
 * Murray** **Islands** ||
 * Question 22. Who starred in the lead role in the 1971 film Walkabout? **David Gulpilil** ||
 * Question 23. What year was the Aboriginal Tent Embassy established on the lawns of Old Parliament House in Canberra?
 * 1965** ||
 * Question 24. Evonne Goolagong-Cawley won Wimbledon twice, can you name the years?
 * 1971,1980** ||
 * Question 25. Who led the “Freedom Rides” in 1965 through western NSW protesting against discrimination against Aboriginal people?
 * Charles Perkins** ||
 * Question 26. Cathy Freeman won a gold medal at which Commonwealth Games? **1990** ||
 * Question 27. What name is Aboriginal poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal is better known as?
 * Kath Walker** ||
 * Question 28. In what sport did the Ella brothers represent Australia at an International level?
 * Rugby** ||
 * Question 29. Aboriginal boxer Lionel Rose was named Australian of the Year in what year?
 * in 1968** ||
 * Question 30. Which two famous Aboriginal actors have appeared in the Crocodile Dundee films?
 * Ernie Dingo and David Gulpilil** ||
 * Question 31. Who was the first Aboriginal to be commissioned as an officer in the Australian Army?
 * (Reginald Saunders) ** ||
 * Question 32. Name the Aboriginal writer who wrote the Award winning novel “Day of the Dog’?
 * Archie Weller** ||
 * Question 33. What was the name of the plane flown by Aboriginal RAAF fighter pilot Len Waters during the second World War?
 * Black Magic** ||
 * Question 34. Which Aboriginal Cricketer died during the 1868 Tour of England?
 * King Cole** ||
 * Question 35. What is the name of the Paul Kelly song which tells the story of the Wave Hill strike?
 * From Little Things Big Things Grow Relevant Verse** ||
 * Question 36. What is the Aboriginal name of a carrying dish carved from the roots, trunks and branches of various trees?
 * Nuu-chah-nulth, mawulyari, coolamond** ||
 * Question 37. What is the name of the Aboriginal Dance Theatre who performed at the Closing ceremony of the Olympics in Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000?
 * The Bangarra** ||
 * Question 38. What is the aboriginal name for a dingo? **Warrigal** ||
 * Question 39. Bennelong belonged to which Aboriginal tribe around Sydney?
 * Eoro People** ||
 * Question 40. Who was the Aboriginal who circumnavigated Australia with Matthew Flinders in the Investigator from 1801-02?
 * Bungaree** ||
 * Question 41. What was the name of the aboriginal freedom fighter who was killed in 1802 and his head was sent back to England?
 * Pemulwuy** ||
 * Question 42. Where did the girls in Rabbit Proof Fence come from?
 * Jigalong** ||
 * Question 43. Anthony Mundine participated at an elite level in which two sports? ** Boxing and rugby league competition.**
 * Question 44. What was the name of the settlement in the film Rabbit Proof Fence where Molly, Gracie and Daisy were taken after their abduction?
 * the Moore River Native** **Settlement** **in Perth** ||
 * Question 45. Name the aboriginal **footballers** who have been inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame?
 * Peter Matera,** ||
 * Question 46. What is the aboriginal name given to the Grampians?
 * Gariwerd.** ||
 * Question 47. What was the name of the tribe which used to inhabit Eastern Victoria until their extermination?
 * The Kurnai** ||
 * Question 48. Where did the 1920 massacre of 32 aboriginals occur after the death of one white person?
 * Coniston in the Northern Territory** ||
 * Question 49. Earth’s Creation by Utopia’s Emily Kame Kngwarrye sold for what record price in 2007?
 * MILLION DOLLAR.** ||
 * Question 50. What was the name of the famous aboriginal who was born at Cumeroogunja and became the 28th Governor of South Australia?
 * doug nicholls** ||