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