Aussies Don’t Know Where The Sydney Opera House Is

Surely this is something every Australian should know. The ‘Sydney’ in the name is a dead giveaway. Apparently not.

Results form our ‘How Much Do You Really Know About Australia’ Challenge have been surprising. In some cases even embarassing.

Since going ‘live’ in mid October, the ‘How Much Do You Really Know About Australia?’ challenge has been completed by well over 2,500 people. The Challenge includes 10 ‘easy’, 10 ‘medium’ and 10 ‘hard’ questions. Even some of the ‘easy’ questions proved to be quite a challenge for many.

While about 96% of respondents could correctly place the Sydney opera house as being in Sydney, we were a little concerned about that other 4%. It’s interesting what Australians do and don’t know about their own country. Are we really sports mad? 23% of respondents couldn’t identify the MCG from video footage. And only half of all respondents recognised Fraser Island’s unmistakable Lake Mackenzie.

Our press release (link below) on these results resulted in some useful air time on a number of radio stations around the country and The Challenge continues to attract visitors who usually share their results with others. We’ll update The Challenge with fresh questions periodically and keep an eye on the results.

It might just inspire a few more people to find out more and see more of Australia. Including that well known harbour side building somewhere in New South Wales.

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Full press release