Kings Park, Western Australia - Quiz
Kings Park Western Australia
  • 1. Where is the State War Memorial Precinct located?
A) Fraser Avenue
B) The Botanical Gardens
C) Kings Park Road
D) Mount Eliza
  • 2. What time does the Anzac Day dawn service begin?
A) 5:30 am
B) 5:00 am
C) 6:00 am
D) 11:00 am
  • 3. Who unveiled the Cenotaph in 1929?
A) Queen Elizabeth II
B) J. Talbot Hobbs
C) Charles Gairdner
D) William Campion
  • 4. When was the Flame of Remembrance inaugurated?
A) 24 November 1929
B) 6 November 1955
C) 11 November 2000
D) 1 April 2000
  • 5. Who was the honorary architect for the Cenotaph?
A) Charles Gairdner
B) Arthur Lovekin
C) William Loton
D) General J. Talbot Hobbs
  • 6. Which conflict names were added to the memorial wall in 2012?
A) World War II and Vietnam
B) Iraq and Afghanistan
C) Vietnam and World War I
D) Boer War and Korean War
  • 7. What is located underneath the Cenotaph?
A) The roll of honour
B) A museum
C) Public tunnels
D) The Flame of Remembrance
  • 8. Who proposed the idea of the Honour Avenues?
A) Arthur Lovekin
B) William Campion
C) Queen Victoria
D) William Loton
  • 9. How many plaques are there currently in the Honour Avenues?
A) Exactly 500
B) Over 1600
C) Over 1000
D) Over 2000
  • 10. Which tree species were planted on Forrest Avenue?
A) Eucalyptus
B) Pine trees
C) Red-flowering gums
D) Lemon scented gums
E) Sugar gums
  • 11. What are the three tree-lined avenues in Kings Park?
A) Mount Eliza Drive, May Drive, and Marri Walk
B) May Drive, Lovekin Drive, and Marri Walk
C) Centenary Drive, Lovekin Drive, and May Drive
D) Fraser Avenue, Lovekin Drive, and Forrest Avenue
  • 12. When was Fraser Avenue originally planted with red-flowering gums?
A) 1955
B) 1929
C) 1898
D) 1938
  • 13. What disease affected the red-flowering gums in the 1930s?
A) Powdery mildew
B) Root rot
C) Leaf rust
D) Patch canker
  • 14. What tree species replaced the red-flowering gums in 1938?
A) Red-flowering gum
B) Sugar gum
C) Marri
D) Lemon scented gum
  • 15. What is the status of the tunnels beneath Kings Park?
A) Part of the war memorial
B) Open for guided tours
C) Used for storage
D) Not accessible to the public
  • 16. What is the total area of Kings Park?
A) 175 hectares
B) 400.6 hectares
C) 412 hectares
D) 180 hectares
  • 17. What percentage of Kings Park grounds is conserved as native bushland?
A) Three-quarters
B) One-half
C) One-quarter
D) Two-thirds
  • 18. How many bird species are home to Kings Park?
A) 400
B) 80
C) 324
D) 215
  • 19. In which month is the Kings Park Festival held?
A) December
B) August
C) September
D) January
  • 20. What is the Aboriginal name for Mount Eliza that means 'big hill'?
A) Kaarta Gar-up
B) Goonininup
C) Mooro Katta
D) Kaarta Koomba
  • 21. Who named the area Mount Eliza for Eliza Darling?
A) John Septimus Roe
B) Malcolm Fraser
C) James Stirling
D) John Forrest
  • 22. What was the park originally called when it officially opened in 1895?
A) Perth Park
B) Mount Eliza Park
C) Queen's Park
D) Stirling Park
  • 23. Which tree species was the first to be planted in the park by John Forrest?
A) Jarrah
B) Bangalay
C) Norfolk Island pine
D) Eucalyptus ficifolia
  • 24. Which reality TV show featured Kings Park in 2006?
A) Big Brother
B) The Amazing Race Australia 1
C) Survivor
D) The Amazing Race 9
  • 25. When did the park officially open?
A) 10 August 1895
B) 1 July 2016
C) 11 January 1697
D) 1 January 1901
  • 26. What was the first export of the colony cut from Mount Eliza in 1835?
A) Cedar
B) Pine
C) Jarrah
D) Eucalyptus
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