Trevor WholohanDo you know Australian politics? Try the quiz, answers at bottom.
August 20th 2008 07:15
Australian Political Quiz
1. Who was the Australia’s first Prime Minister?
2. Who was Australia’s longest serving PM?
3. Who was the first female to be elected to ANY Australian parliament?
4. Which Australian Prime Minister served the shortest term in office?
5. How many Australian Prime Ministers lost an election AND lost their own seat?
6. Who was the first female to be elected to the House of Representatives in the Federal Parliament?
7. Who was the first female to be elected to the Senate in the Federal Parliament?
8. How many Australian Prime Ministers died in office?
9. Who was the first Labor Prime Minister?
10. Who was the first Labor Prime Minister to win two consecutive elections?
11. Who was elected as Prime Minister for The Labor Party, and subsequently crossed the floor with some colleagues to join a coalition and become Prime Minister for the conservative side of politics?
12. Which leader of the ALP used the metaphor about “the light on the hill” to describe his party’s pursuit of its policy goals?
13. Who was Australia’s first Governor-General?
14. True or false? Lord Tennyson was Governor-General of Australia?
15. True of False? An Australian Prime Minister was born in Chile?
16. Which Prime ministers served three separate terms in office?
17. How many times has the Federal Parliament had a double dissolution?
18. With all places filled, there are 76 Senators in the Federal Parliament. How many face the electors at a half Senate election?
19. Who was the first Australian born Governor-General?
20. In the first Australian Parliament, elected in 1901, how many senators and how many members of the House of Representatives were elected?
1. Edmund Barton. 2. Sir Robert Menzies. 3. Edith Cowan, elected to the WA parliament in 1921.
4. Frank Forde, 8 days, in 1945. 5. There were two. S. M. Bruce, in 1929 and J. W. Howard in 2007.
6. Enid Lyons, in 1943. 7. Dorothy Tangney, in 1943.
8. There were 3. Joe Lyons in 1939, John Curtin in 1945, and Harold Holt in 1967.
9. J. C. “Chris” Watson in 1904. 10. Bob Hawke. 11. W. M. “Billy” Hughes. 12. Ben Chifley.
13. The Earl of Hopetoun. 14. True, Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson in 1903-04. 15. True, it was Chris Watson.
16. Alfred Deakin and Andrew Fisher. 17. There were five, in 1914, 1951, 1974, 1975 and 1987.
18. Of the 76, 40 Senators face the electorate at a half Senate election. 19. Sir Isaac Isaacs, from 1931 to 1936.
20. 36 Senators and 75 Representatives.
1. Who was the Australia’s first Prime Minister?
2. Who was Australia’s longest serving PM?
3. Who was the first female to be elected to ANY Australian parliament?
4. Which Australian Prime Minister served the shortest term in office?
5. How many Australian Prime Ministers lost an election AND lost their own seat?
6. Who was the first female to be elected to the House of Representatives in the Federal Parliament?
7. Who was the first female to be elected to the Senate in the Federal Parliament?
8. How many Australian Prime Ministers died in office?
10. Who was the first Labor Prime Minister to win two consecutive elections?
11. Who was elected as Prime Minister for The Labor Party, and subsequently crossed the floor with some colleagues to join a coalition and become Prime Minister for the conservative side of politics?
12. Which leader of the ALP used the metaphor about “the light on the hill” to describe his party’s pursuit of its policy goals?
13. Who was Australia’s first Governor-General?
14. True or false? Lord Tennyson was Governor-General of Australia?
15. True of False? An Australian Prime Minister was born in Chile?
16. Which Prime ministers served three separate terms in office?
17. How many times has the Federal Parliament had a double dissolution?
18. With all places filled, there are 76 Senators in the Federal Parliament. How many face the electors at a half Senate election?
19. Who was the first Australian born Governor-General?
20. In the first Australian Parliament, elected in 1901, how many senators and how many members of the House of Representatives were elected?
1. Edmund Barton. 2. Sir Robert Menzies. 3. Edith Cowan, elected to the WA parliament in 1921.
4. Frank Forde, 8 days, in 1945. 5. There were two. S. M. Bruce, in 1929 and J. W. Howard in 2007.
6. Enid Lyons, in 1943. 7. Dorothy Tangney, in 1943.
8. There were 3. Joe Lyons in 1939, John Curtin in 1945, and Harold Holt in 1967.
9. J. C. “Chris” Watson in 1904. 10. Bob Hawke. 11. W. M. “Billy” Hughes. 12. Ben Chifley.
13. The Earl of Hopetoun. 14. True, Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson in 1903-04. 15. True, it was Chris Watson.
16. Alfred Deakin and Andrew Fisher. 17. There were five, in 1914, 1951, 1974, 1975 and 1987.
18. Of the 76, 40 Senators face the electorate at a half Senate election. 19. Sir Isaac Isaacs, from 1931 to 1936.
20. 36 Senators and 75 Representatives.
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