- 1. When did Norfolk Island voluntarily surrender its tax-free status?
A) 21 November 1963
B) 1 July 2016
C) 6 November 2010
D) November 2018
- 2. What was the primary method of raising money on Norfolk Island before income tax?
A) Property tax
B) Income tax
C) Import duty, fuel levy, medicare levy, goods and services tax of 12%
D) Social security contributions
- 3. What is the speed limit in town on Norfolk Island?
A) 40 km/h (25 mph)
B) 50 km/h (31 mph)
C) 30 km/h (19 mph)
D) 60 km/h (37 mph)
- 4. Which company operates direct flights to Sydney and Brisbane from Norfolk Island?
A) Air Chathams
B) Norfolk Island Airlines
C) Imparja Television
D) Qantas
- 5. What type of network was installed on Norfolk Island in November 2018?
A) 3G mobile network
B) Analog circuit network
C) 4G/LTE 1800 MHz network
D) Satellite communications services
- 6. How many kilometers of paved roads are there on Norfolk Island?
A) 80 km (50 mi)
B) 100 km (62 mi)
C) 27 km (17 mi)
D) 53 km (33 mi)
- 7. What is the local law regarding livestock on Norfolk Island roads?
A) No specific laws for livestock
B) Drivers must yield to pedestrians only
C) Livestock must be kept off roads
D) Livestock have right of way
- 8. What is the general speed limit on Norfolk Island?
A) 60 km/h (37 mph)
B) 30 km/h (19 mph)
C) 50 km/h (31 mph)
D) 40 km/h (25 mph)
- 9. Which sport has Norfolk Island won two bronze medals in at the Commonwealth Games?
A) Netball
B) Rugby league
C) Lawn bowls
D) Cricket
- 10. What is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Norfolk Island?
A) .ni
B) .island
C) .nf
D) .norfolk
- 11. Which organization operates diesel generators to provide electricity on Norfolk Island?
A) Air Chathams
B) Norfolk Island Electricity
C) Qantas
D) Norfolk Forwarding Services
- 12. What is the name of the local airline that ceased operations in 2018?
A) Norfolk Island Airlines
B) Imparja Television
C) Air Chathams
D) Qantas
- 13. What is the name of the pier project mentioned in the text?
A) Kingston Jetty Project
B) Cascade Pier Project
C) Norfolk Forwarding Services
D) Sydney Supply Project
- 14. What type of network does Norfolk Island have for mobile communication?
A) GSM (2G) and 4G/LTE 1800 MHz
B) 5G network
C) Analog circuit network
D) Satellite communications only
- 15. What is the nickname for the tradition of waving to other vehicles on Norfolk Island?
A) The 'Norfolk wave'
B) The 'Pacific wave'
C) The 'Sydney salute'
D) The 'Island nod'
- 16. Which organization handles both sea and airfreight on Norfolk Island?
A) Air Chathams Cargo
B) Qantas Freight
C) Norfolk Forwarding Services
D) Imparja Logistics
- 17. Which radio station is owned by the Bounty Museum Trust on Norfolk Island?
A) ABC Western Plains
B) Radio Norfolk AM
C) NZBC Radio
D) 87.6 FM
- 18. What percentage of Norfolk Island's population reported being born in Australia according to the 2016 Census?
A) 39.7%
B) 2.7%
C) 17.6%
D) 22.1%
- 19. Which language is recognized as a co-official language of Norfolk Island by an act in 2004?
A) Tahitian
B) English
C) Pitkern
D) Norfuk
- 20. What percentage of the ordinarily resident population could speak Norfuk as per the last recorded data?
A) 32%
B) Just under three-quarters
C) 50%
D) 22.1%
- 21. Until what year will the NSW curriculum be used at Norfolk Island Central School?
A) 2024
B) 2025
C) 2023
D) 2026
- 22. What is the primary focus of educational efforts regarding language on Norfolk Island?
A) Teaching Tahitian.
B) Focusing solely on Australian curriculum.
C) Reviving the Norfuk language.
D) Promoting English as a second language.
- 23. What percentage of Norfolk Island's population reported speaking a language other than English in the 2011 census?
A) 32%
B) 39.7%
C) 17.6%
D) 22.1%
- 24. What is the enrollment number at Norfolk Island Central School as of 2015?
A) 400 students
B) 350 students
C) 282 students
D) 150 students
- 25. What was the population of Norfolk Island according to the 2021 census?
A) 2,601
B) 2,188
C) 3,000
D) 1,500
- 26. By what percentage did the population of Norfolk Island decline from 2001 to 2021?
A) 5%
B) 20%
C) 10%
D) 15.8%
- 27. In 2011, what percentage of the population were visitors on Norfolk Island?
A) 22%
B) 10%
C) 15%
D) 30%
- 28. What age group constituted 54% of Norfolk Island's population in 2011?
A) 14 years and under
B) 65 years and over
C) 15 to 64 years
D) 20–34 years
- 29. What is the ancestry percentage of Pitcairn Islanders on Norfolk Island?
A) 10%
B) 15%
C) 30%
D) 20%
- 30. Which country had the highest citizenship percentage among Norfolk Island residents in 2011?
A) Australia
B) Fiji
C) New Zealand
D) United Kingdom
- 31. What was the population growth rate of Norfolk Island as of the 2016 census?
A) 1%
B) 0.01%
C) -0.5%
D) 2%
- 32. Which ancestry group had the highest percentage on Norfolk Island in the 2016 census?
A) English
B) Scottish
C) Australian
D) Pitcairn Islander
- 33. What percentage of Norfolk Island's population identified as Christians according to the text?
A) 50%
B) 80%
C) 70%
D) 62%
- 34. When was the Methodist church formed on Norfolk Island?
A) 1957
B) 1870
C) After 1884
D) 1891
- 35. Which church was established first on Norfolk Island?
A) St Barnabas Chapel
B) All Saints Kingston
C) Church of St Philip Howard
D) Seventh-day Adventist Church
- 36. Which ancestry group had a percentage of 6% on Norfolk Island in the 2016 census?
A) Scottish
B) Philippines
C) Fiji
D) Irish
- 37. Which religious group had a decrease in percentage from 34% in 2011 to 22% in 2021?
A) Seventh-day Adventist
B) Anglican
C) Uniting Church
D) Roman Catholic
- 38. What percentage of Norfolk Island's population were under 14 years old in 2011?
A) 16%
B) 22%
C) 24%
D) 54%
- 39. What is the conservation status of the Norfolk kākā?
A) Critically endangered
B) Extinct
C) Endangered
D) Near threatened
- 40. Which bird species from Norfolk Island has been extirpated?
A) Brown goshawk
B) Norfolk golden whistler
C) Slender-billed white-eye
D) Norfolk robin
- 41. Which bird species from Norfolk Island is critically endangered and possibly extinct?
A) White-chested white-eye
B) Norfolk gerygone
C) Norfolk parakeet
D) Slender-billed white-eye
- 42. Which bird species from Norfolk Island is classified as near threatened?
A) Norfolk golden whistler
B) Norfolk parakeet
C) Brown goshawk
D) Slender-billed white-eye
- 43. What is the conservation status of the Norfolk robin?
A) Least concern
B) Endangered
C) Critically endangered
D) Near threatened
- 44. What is the conservation status of the Norfolk grey fantail?
A) Near threatened
B) Endangered
C) Least concern
D) Critically endangered
- 45. What type of climate does Norfolk Island have?
A) Tundra
B) Maritime-influenced humid subtropical
C) Mediterranean
D) Desert
- 46. How much annual rainfall does Norfolk Island receive?
A) 1,109.9 millimetres
B) 750 millimetres
C) 500 millimetres
D) 2,000 millimetres
- 47. What is the area of the subregion PSI02 that includes Norfolk Island?
A) 4,200 hectares (10,390 acres)
B) 3,908 hectares (9,660 acres)
C) 5,000 hectares (12,355 acres)
D) 2,500 hectares (6,175 acres)
- 48. How many native plants are found on Norfolk Island?
A) 174
B) 100
C) 250
D) 300
- 49. How many endemic plant species are there on Norfolk Island?
A) 75
B) 25
C) 100
D) 51
- 50. What type of forest originally covered most of Norfolk Island before European colonization?
A) Temperate deciduous forest
B) Boreal forest
C) Savanna
D) Subtropical rainforest
- 51. What is the tallest tree-fern in the world found on Norfolk Island?
A) Crimson rosella
B) Smooth tree-fern (Cyathea brownii)
C) Norfolk Island pine
D) Common blackbird
- 52. Which mammal is the only native one on Norfolk Island?
A) Norfolk pigeon
B) Norfolk Island rat
C) Norfolk fox
D) Gould's wattled bat (Chalinolobus gouldii)
- 53. Which organization has identified Norfolk Island as an Important Bird Area?
A) BirdLife International
B) Greenpeace
C) World Wildlife Fund
D) Conservation International
- 54. Where is the only safe area for recreational swimming on Norfolk Island?
A) Slaughter Bay
B) Anson Bay
C) Emily Bay, protected by a small coral reef
D) Cascade Bay
- 55. What percentage of Norfolk Island is covered by the Norfolk Island National Park?
A) 15%
B) Around 10%
C) 5%
D) 20%
- 56. What is the major settlement on Norfolk Island?
A) Cascade
B) Kingston
C) Emily Bay
D) Burnt Pine
- 57. How many people left Pitcairn Islands aboard the Morayshire on 3 May 1856?
A) 150 people
B) 200 people
C) 194 people
D) 193 people
- 58. What was born in transit to Norfolk Island?
A) A whaling vessel
B) A new settlement plan
C) A ship
D) A baby
- 59. In which year was the headquarters of the Melanesian Mission established on Norfolk Island?
A) 1942
B) 1867
C) 1913
D) 1920
- 60. To where was the Melanesian Mission relocated in 1920?
A) New South Wales
B) Tasmania
C) Van Diemen's Land
D) The Solomon Islands
- 61. When was the office of the Governor of Norfolk Island abolished?
A) 1 November 1856
B) 1 January 1901
C) 19 March 1897
D) 29 September 1844
- 62. Which country's area of responsibility did Norfolk Island fall within during World War II?
A) United Kingdom
B) United States
C) Australia
D) New Zealand
- 63. In which year did Norfolk Island gain limited self-government?
A) 1979
B) 1867
C) 1944
D) 1913
- 64. What is the local pronunciation of Norfolk Island?
A) NOR-fək
B) NOR-fik
C) NOR-fork
D) NOR-fohk
- 65. Who were the first known Europeans to sight and land on Norfolk Island?
A) Governor Arthur Phillip
B) Sir John Call
C) Captain James Cook
D) Lieutenant Philip Gidley King
- 66. Who was ordered by Governor Arthur Phillip to take control of Norfolk Island?
A) Captain James Cook
B) Robert Watson
C) Lieutenant Philip Gidley King
D) Sir John Call
- 67. What was the name given to Norfolk Island during its first year as a settlement?
A) Kingston
B) Sydney
C) Cook's Haven
D) New Norfolk
- 68. Who suggested the closure of Norfolk Island as a penal settlement in 1794?
A) Lieutenant-Governor Francis Grose
B) Governor Arthur Phillip
C) Captain James Cook
D) Sir John Call
- 69. When was the first group of people removed from Norfolk Island?
A) June 1825
B) February 1814
C) February 1805
D) March 1788
- 70. When did Norfolk Island become uninhabited for the first time?
A) June 1825
B) March 1788
C) 1805
D) February 1814
- 71. Who instructed the Governor of New South Wales to reoccupy Norfolk Island as a penal settlement in 1824?
A) The Australian Parliament
B) The Governor of Tasmania
C) The British government
D) Thomas Brisbane
- 72. What type of prisoners were initially assumed to be sent to Norfolk Island?
A) Women and children.
B) First-time offenders.
C) Hardcore recidivists or 'doubly-convicted capital respites'.
D) Political prisoners.
- 73. What did a 2011 study reveal about the majority of convicts sent to Norfolk Island?
A) They were all first-time convicts.
B) Most were violent offenders.
C) More than half were detained without ever receiving a colonial conviction.
D) All had been reprieved from death sentences.
- 74. What type of offences did the majority of convicts sent to Norfolk Island commit?
A) Political crimes.
B) Non-violent property offences.
C) Violent crimes.
D) Drug-related offences.
- 75. When were the last convicts removed from Norfolk Island to Tasmania?
A) January 1847
B) December 1860
C) May 1855
D) June 1853
- 76. In which year did a formal review process take place to consider revising Norfolk Island's model of government?
A) 2006
B) 2010
C) 2019
D) 2015
- 77. What percentage of voters were against forced changes to Norfolk Island's governance?
A) 35%
B) 25%
C) 37%
D) 68%
- 78. Which policy featured in a 2019 Shark Week episode was banned by Australia as cruelty to animals?
A) Culling growing cattle populations
B) Extending Commonwealth laws
C) Changing the time zone
D) Holding regional council elections
- 79. Which electorate covered Norfolk Island since 2018?
A) Bean
B) Sydney
C) Melbourne
D) Canberra
- 80. What percentage of surveyed Norfolk Islanders preferred free association with New Zealand in October 2019?
A) 25%
B) 37%
C) 35%
D) 3%
- 81. What is a traditional pastime for islanders of Norfolk Island?
A) Snowboarding
B) Mountain climbing
C) Ice skating
D) Fishing
- 82. What is a unique holiday celebrated by Norfolk Islanders outside of North America?
A) Christmas
B) Thanksgiving
C) New Year's Day
D) Easter
- 83. Which author wrote 'The Thorn Birds' and lived on Norfolk Island?
A) Colleen McCullough
B) Helen Reddy
C) Ruth Park
D) James A. Michener
- 84. Which method of voting was used in the Legislative Assembly elections on Norfolk Island?
A) First-past-the-post
B) Weighted first past the post system
C) Proportional representation
D) Single transferable vote
- 85. What is a traditional dish of Norfolk Island with Pitcairn origins?
A) Mudda (green banana dumplings)
B) Pavlova
C) Fish and chips
D) Roast lamb
- 86. Which holiday do Norfolk Islanders celebrate on 8 June?
A) ANZAC Day
B) Queen's Birthday
C) Australia Day
D) Bounty Day
- 87. In which year was Norfolk Island severed from New South Wales and annexed to the Colony of Van Diemen's Land?
A) 1855
B) 1844
C) 1896
D) 1788
- 88. Which year did the British government decide not to annex Norfolk Island to the Colony of New South Wales?
A) 1855
B) 1979
C) 1913
D) 1896
- 89. In what year was Norfolk Island accepted as a territory of Australia under the Norfolk Island Act?
A) 1788
B) 1894
C) 1856
D) 1914
- 90. In which year did the High Court reject arguments against the Australian Government's authority over Norfolk Island?
A) 2007
B) 1939
C) 1976
D) 1965
- 91. Which organization does not include Norfolk Island on its list of non-self-governing territories?
A) The Supreme Court of Norfolk Island
B) The British colonial office
C) The Australian Government
D) The United Nations Decolonization Committee
- 92. What was the name of the campaign formed to preserve Norfolk Island's autonomy?
A) Island Independence Now
B) Pitcairn's Future
C) Autonomy for Norfolk
D) Norfolk's Choice
- 93. Which UK MP suggested the possibility of Norfolk Island becoming a self-governing British Overseas Territory?
A) Andrew Rosindell
B) Lisle Snell
C) Eggleston J
D) Geoffrey Robertson
- 94. Which class of patrol boats is being replaced by Arafura-class vessels for maritime security operations?
A) Armidale-class boats
B) Anzac-class frigates
C) Cape-class boats
D) HMAS Protector-class boats
- 95. What type of visa do non-Australian citizens need if they are permanent residents of Norfolk Island and want to reside in mainland Australia?
A) Student visa
B) Visitor visa
C) Work visa
D) Confirmatory (Residence) visa (subclass 808)
- 96. Until what year did Norfolk Island conduct its own separate censuses?
A) 2000
B) 2016
C) 2020
D) 1993
- 97. What is the postcode for Norfolk Island as handled by Australia Post?
A) 3000
B) 2899
C) 1000
D) 2000
- 98. What is the primary economic activity on Norfolk Island?
A) Fishing
B) Mining
C) Manufacturing
D) Tourism
- 99. Why does Norfolk Island prohibit the importation of fresh fruit and vegetables?
A) To support local agriculture.
B) Because it lacks proper storage facilities.
C) Due to high import taxes.
D) Most produce is grown locally.
- 100. What is the major natural resource provided by Norfolk Island's EEZ?
A) Fish
B) Minerals
C) Gas
D) Oil
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