The English-speaking countries

What animal in the picture is described below?

• One of the few mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live youngs.

• An animal with large, powerful hind legs, large feet adapted for leaping, a long muscular tail for balance, and a small head.

• A medium-sized, solitary mammal covered with coarse hair and spines.

Answer explanation

The other ones are PLATYPUS and ECHIDNA.

Australia is both the world's

• largest island and smallest continent

• smallest island and largest state

• largest island and largest continent

Australia is made up of

• six states and two territories

• five states and two territories

• four states and three territories

Answer explanation

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory

Who is in the picture?

• A Maori

• An Aboriginal

Australia was originally settled as a penal/prisoner colony.

• Yes

• No

How do we call a unique organism found in a single defined geographic location?

This animal is a _______, a mammal that has a pouch and feeds on eucalyptus trees.

• marsupial

• mersupeal

• mirsupial

Answer explanation

A marsupial - vačnatec

Where can we see this most famous landform?

• New Zealand

• Canada

• Australia

The nickname of New Zealand is

• Land of Long White Cloud

• The Down Under

• The Great White North

The first European to reach New Zealand was

• the Dutchman Abel Tasman

• the British explorer James Cook

• Jack Sparrow