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Which city is referred to as Australia's cultural capital?
Melbourne
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What is one example of Australian contemporary dance?
Melbourne Shuffle
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How many of the top twenty high school sin Australia are located in Mebourne according to the Better Education ranking?
six
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According to the Toyal Melbourne Institute of Technology, how did Melborne rank as a top university city in 2008?
fourth
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How many public universities are located in Melbourne?
seven
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Is the University of Melbourne a public or private institution?
public
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Has there been a recent increase or decrease in international students studying in Melbourne?
rapid increase
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In what year were height limits lifted in the Melbourne CBD?
1958
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Which was the first new indoor mall in Melbourne?
Chadstone Shopping Centre
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What happened to many of the larger suburban mansions from the boom era?
demolished or subdivided
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Which two areas saw a significant renewal after the post-war period and significantly modernised the city?
CBD and St Kilda Road
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In what year was Melbourne the host city for the first Olympic Games held in the southern hemisphere?
1956
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Previous to Melbourne, where were all Olympic games held?
Europe and the United States
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In what three years was Melbourne proclaimed the "World's Ultimate Sports City"?
2006, 2008 and 2010
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Where did the National Sports Museum reopen in 2008?
Olympic Stand
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Which city is so far the southernmost city to host the Olympic Games?
Melbourne
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In what year was the first plan for the city commissioned?
1837
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What was the first plan for the city in 1837 called?
the Hoddle Grid
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On what date did the official general post office open?
13 April 1837
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What was the settlement originally named?
Batmania
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Was Melbourne more or less affected by the Late-2000s financial crisis in comparison to other Australian cities?
less affected
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Which market in Melbourne remained strong during the Late-2000s financial crisis and resulted in historically high property prices and rent increases?
property market
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After Melbourne, which were the next two fastest growing Australian cities in 2009?
Brisbane and Perth
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What is the name given to Melbourne's population strategy that was revised in 2008?
Melbourne @ Five Million strategy
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How many of the big four banks are headquartered in Melbourne?
Two
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Which two of the big four banks are headquartered in Melbourne?
NAB and ANZ
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Which city is Australia's second-largest industrial centre?
Melbourne
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Which south-eastern suburb is home to Nintendo's Australian headquarters?
Scoresby
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Melbourne is home to a research and development hub for which auto manufacturer?
Ford Australia
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In what two decades was the layout of Melbourne's inner suburbs established?
1850s and 1860s
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In what year did the Melbourne Cricket Club secure possession of its now famous ground, the MCG?
1855
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Around what year did Yarra rowing clubs and "regattas" become popular?
1859
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In what year was the Melbourne Cup first run?
1861
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What was the first public monumnet acquired in Melbourne in 1864?
the Burke and Wills statue
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What percentage of Melburnians speak only English at home?
68.1%
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What is the second-most-common language in Melborne?
Chinese
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The Melbourne statistical division population has grown by how many people each year since 2005?
70,000
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What factors make Melbourne more attractie than Sydney for overseas immigrants?
more affordable housing and cost of living
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During which seasons are Melbourne's temperature differentials most pronounced?
spring and summer
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Which type of weather fronts are responsible for severe weather such as gales, thunderstorms, hail, and heavy rain in Melbourne?
cold fronts
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What is Melbourne's Koppen climate classification?
Cfb
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Is Melbourne known for changeable or steady weather patterns?
changeable
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What is one cause for Melbourne's fluctuating weather patterns?
Melbourne's location situated on the boundary of the very hot inland areas and the cool southern ocean
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Which government project aimed to deepen Melbourne ports by dredging?
the Port Phillip Channel Deepening Project
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Why was the Port Phillip Channel Deppening Project subject to controversy and strict regulations?
fears that beaches and marine wildlife could be affected
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Up to how many cigarette butts enter the storm water runoff every day in Melbourne?
350,000
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What initiative was launched in Melbourne in February 2010 as an effort to transition human society towards sustainability?
The Transition Decade
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What causes increased pollution and levels of bacteria such as E. coli to rise in the Yarra River and its tributaries?
septic systems, as well as litter
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Investment in what greatly accelerated the outward suburban sprawn and declining inner city population?
freeway and highway developments
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Which government sought to rapidly accelerate the modernisation of Melbourne?
Bolte
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The widening of what street helped to change the face of Melbourne into a car-dominated environment?
Hoddle Street
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Did the 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan change Melbourne into a more car-dominated or tram-dominated environment?
car-dominated
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Did the rapid rise of motor vehicle ownership and highway developments lead to an increasing or declining inner city population?
declining
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How many lines does the Melbourne rail network have?
16
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Which rail station is Melbourne's busiest?
Flinders Street Station
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Which Melbourne rail station was the world's busiest passenger station in 1926?
Flinders Street Station
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During which financial year did the Melbourne rail network record its highest volume of passenger trips?
2013–2014
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How often does the XPT to Sydney depart?
twice a day
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Which university maintains two major campuses in Melbourne and Geelong and is the third largest university in Victoria?
Deakin University
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What is the role of the DEECD?
'provide policy and planning advice for the delivery of education
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Who oversees education in Melbourne?
Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD)
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Which city is often referred to as Australia's garden city?
Melbourne
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Which Australian state was once known as the garden state?
Victoria
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Why is urban Melbourne divided into hundreds of suburbs?
addressing and postal purposes
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Approximately how many sunny days does Melbourne receive annually?
48.6
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What is the range of Melbourne's dewpoint temperatures in the summer?
9.5 °C (49.1 °F) to 11.7 °C (53.1 °F)
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Which suburbs usually are affected by relatively narrow streams of heavy showers?
eastern suburbs
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Is Port Phillip generally warmer or colder than the surrounding oceans and/or the land mass?
warmer
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Which act sets functions for Melbourne such as urban planning and waste management?
Local Government Act 1989
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From where does the Victorian state government operate?
Parliament House in Spring Street
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Contrary to other countires, are public transport, traffic control, policing, and education the responsibility of local or state government?
state government
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What are the dimensions of the Hoddle Grid?
1 by 1⁄2 mile (1.61 by 0.80 km)
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Which edge of the Hoddle Grid fronts onto the Yarra River?
southern
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What is the name of a popular arcade located within the Hoddle Grid?
Royal Arcade
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Which railway station was the busiest in the world in the mid-1920s?
Flinders Street Station
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In what year was construction on the Flinders Street Station completed?
1909
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On which street is the A.C. Goode House located?
Collins Street
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Who designed the A.C. Goode House?
Wright, Reed & Beaver
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What style of architecture is the A.C. Goode House?
Neo Gothic
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What are the two most popular sports in Melbourne?
Australian rules football and cricket
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When was the first official Test cricket match played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground?
March 1877
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Where is the Australian Football League headquartered?
Docklands Stadium
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How many of the Australian Football League's teams are based in the Melbourne metropolitan area?
Nine
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Up to how many AFL matches are played each week in Melbourne?
five
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Which port is Australia's largest container and general cargo port?
The Port of Melbourne
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How far upstream to water taxis run along the Yarra River?
South Yarra
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How many shipping containers did the Port of Melbourne handle during a 12-month period in 2007, making it one of the top five ports in the Southern Hemisphere?
two million
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Which is Australia's busiest port?
The Port of Melbourne
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Where is Station Pier located?
Port Phillip Bay
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How many people are employed by the ICT industry in Melbourne?
60,000
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What percentage of Australia's ICT workforce is imployed in Melbourne's ICT industry?
one third
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In 2008, Melbourne overtook what city with the amount of money that domestic tourists spent in the city?
Sydney
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How many international visitors did Melbourne have in 2004?
1.88 million
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Domestic visitors spend about how much money in the city of Melbourne annually?
$15.8 billion
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Melbourne's population could overtake that of Sydney by 2037 or 2039 primarily due to what factor?
larger levels of internal migration losses assumed for Sydney
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According to the first scenario projected by the ABS, how soon could Melbourne overtake Sydney's population level?
2037 or 2039
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In how many scenarios will Sydney remain higher than Melbourne in population beyond 2056?
two
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Which theatre was Melbourne's first live performance institution?
Pavilion
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In what year did the Pavilion open?
1841
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The Princess Theatre, Regent Theatre, and Forum Theatre are members of which of Melbourne's theater districts?
East End Theatre District
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