1
Where is Sydney?
63% got this right
2
What are people who are born and live in Sydney called?
Sydneysiders
Sydneysteppers
Sydneytons
Sydneytops
56% got this right
To be a Sydneysider means to be living in one of the top 10 most expensive cities in the entire world.
3
The Guinness World Record for producing the longest line of pizzas was broken in Sydney, Australia. True or False?
True
False
50% got this right
In 2008, the record for longest line of pizza was broken in Sydney with a whopping 221 meters of pizza!
4
Where is the Sydney Opera House?
25% got this right
5
The Sydney Opera House was originally estimated to cost seven million AUD to build. How much did it end up costing?
Just over 100 million AUD.
Just over 10 million AUD.
Just over 50 million AUD.
Just over 20 million AUD.
0% got this right
The final cost was $102 million and it was largely paid for by a State Lottery that was created to help its funding.
6
During an opera performance in the 1980s, what animal fell off the stage and landed on top of a cellist?
A chicken
A goat
A duck
A pig
14% got this right
A live chicken walked off the stage during the show, prompting the installation of a net above the orchestra pit.
7
Where is the Sydney Harbour Bridge?
50% got this right
8
Why is the Sydney Harbour Bridge the color gray?
It was the only color they could get in such a large quantity.
Gray was the favorite color of the bridge's designer, Ralph Freeman.
The city wanted the bridge to match the surrounding skyscrapers.
A gray bridge was considered to be lucky.
86% got this right
It's true! It took 272,000 liters of paint to give the bridge its initial paint, and gray was the only option available.
9
Sydney is home to the Southern Hemisphere's largest market of its kind. What kind of market is it?
Fish Market
Flea Market
Farmers' Market
Meat Market
50% got this right
Sydney's Fish Market is also the third largest market in the entire world of its kind.
10
The mountains just west of Sydney, bordering the metropolitan area, are well known for and named after which color?
Blue
Green
Gray
White
63% got this right
The blue tinge of the Blue Mountains is caused by the dispersion of oils released by the eucalyptus trees
