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Where are the Melbourne Recital Centre and Southbank Theatre located?
Southbank
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From what year does the Sidney Myer Music Bowl date?
1955
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How many daily newspapers serve Melbourne?
Three
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How many free-to-air television stations service Greater Melbourne and Geelong?
Six
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From where is C31 broadcast?
transmitters at Mount Dandenong and South Yarra
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What type of companies are Broadsheet and ThreeThousand?
Hybrid digital/print media
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When did Melbourne Heart become known as Melbourne City FC?
June 2014
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What are Melbourne's two ice hockey teams named?
Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs
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In which river was the annual Race to Prince's Bridge held?
Yarra
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Where does the soccer club Melbourne Victory play home games?
Etihad Stadium
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Which basketball club in Melbourne plays in the NBL?
Melbourne United
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Does Melbourne have a high or low dependency on the automobile?
high
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How many private vehicles travel Melbourne's 13,870 miles of road?
3.6 million
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Which freeway spans the large Bolte Bridge?
CityLink
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Which freeway links Melbourne and Sydney?
Hume Freeway
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What have Postcode 3000 and Melbourne 2030 aimed to do?
curtail urban sprawl
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How many people did Carlton have per km2 between 2012 and 2013?
9,000
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How many people did Fitzroy have per km2 between 2012 and 2013?
7,900
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According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics as of June 2013, inner city Melbourne had a population density of how many people per km2?
12,400
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Where are Million Dollar Minute and Family Feud based?
Melbourne
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Where are Dancing with the Stars, MasterChef, and The Block filmed?
in and around Melbourne
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Neighbours, Kath & Kim, Winners and Losers, Offspring, and Underbelly are examples of what kind of media produced in Melbourne?
Television shows
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Which national news-based programs are based in Melbourne?
The Project, Insiders and ABC News Breakfast
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Which city is known as the game show capital of Australia?
Melbourne
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How many airports does Melbourne have?
four
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Which airport is the city's main international and domestic gateway?
Melbourne Airport
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Which airport is the second busiest in all of Australia?
Melbourne Airport
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What are the only forms of public transport to and from the city's main airports?
Buses and taxis
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Which rail station was the world's busiest passenger station in 1927?
Flinders Street Station
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In the 1940s, what percentage of travellers used public transport?
25%
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In 2003, what percentage of travellers used public transport?
7.6%
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In what year was the public transport system privatised?
1999
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What was the target percentage of public transport mode share that was set by the state government in 2006?
20%
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Who manages the water storage and supply for Melbourne?
Melbourne Water
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Who owns Melbourne Water?
the Victorian Government
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Which is Melbourne's largest dam?
Thomson River Dam
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Where is the Thomson River Dam located?
Victorian Alps
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How much of Melbourne's water capacity is the Thomson River Dam capable of holding?
60%
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Melbourne experienced rapid growth after 1851 due to the discovery of what?
gold
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Melbourne and which other regional cities became the wealthiest cities in the world during the Gold Rush era?
Ballarat and Geelong
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How much did Melbourne's population increase within months of the gold rush?
three-quarters, from 25,000 to 40,000 inhabitants
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By what year had Melbourne overtaken Sydney as Australia's most populous city?
1865
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On what date was the first federal parliament convened?
9 May 1901
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Where was the first federal parliament convened in 1901?
Royal Exhibition Building
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The Governor-General of Australia resided at the Government House in Melbourne until what year?
1930
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Where was the federal parliament moved after 1927?
Canberra
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During which years did Melbourne experience an economic downturn?
1989 to 1992
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Which city is the center of Australia's "rust belt"?
Melbourne
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The Australian Grand Prix moved to Melbourne from where?
Adelaide
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Which government in 1992 began a campaign to revive the economy?
Kennett
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Which body of water and township of the same name marks the border between Melbourne and Geelong?
Little River
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Little River marks the boundary between Melbourne and which city?
Geelong
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Little River marks the boundary between Geelong and which other city?
Melbourne
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Has Melbourne's air quality improved or declined since the 1980s?
improved significantly
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What factors deplete Melbourne water supplies?
Drought in Victoria, low rainfalls and high temperatures
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Which government announced a $3.1 billion Wonthaggi desalination plant in June 2007?
Bracks Government
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How many litres of water will the Wonthaggi desalination plant be capbale of treating per year?
150 billion litres
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Which factors make Melbourne one of the moust vibrant destinations in Australia?
The climate, waterfront location and nightlife
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For how many years in a row has Melbourne held the top position in a survey of the world's most liveable cities?
five
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What is Australia's largest free community festival?
Moomba
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How many international overnight visitors came to Melbourne during the year ending March 2014?
just under two million
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How many domestic overnight visitors came to Melbourne during the year ending March 2014?
57.7 million
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What was the world's first feature film?
The Story of the Kelly Gang
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In what city was the world's first feature film shot in 1906?
Melbourne
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Why were films banned by Victorian politicans in 1912?
perceived promotion of crime
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What year were bushranger films banned by Victorian politicians?
1912
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In what "lull" year was On the Beach filmed?
1959
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What are the most common type of housing outside inner city Melbourne?
Free standing dwellings with relatively large gardens
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Is residential architecture in Melbourne defined by a single architectural style or an eclectic mix of buildings?
single architectural style
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Are townhouses, condominiums, and apartment buildings found more prevalent in the metropolitan area or outside the city?
metropolitan area (particularly in areas of urban sprawl)
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In which areas does Melbourne's diversified economy have strengths?
finance, manufacturing, research, IT, education, logistics, transportation and tourism
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Which company is the world's largest mining company?
BHP Billiton
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Which city is home to Australia's largest and busiest seaport?
Melbourne
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Which city is home to Australia's second busiest airport?
Melbourne
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How much money in trade does Australia's largest and busiest seaport handle?
$75 billion
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Which city has the largest Greek-speaking population outside of Europe?
Melbourne
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Which city in Greece is Melbourne's sister city?
Thessaloniki
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What is the most common surname in Melbourne's phone book?
Smith
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What is the secondmost common surname in Melbourne's phone book?
Nguyen
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Which Melbourne based university has campuses in Malaysia?
Swinburne University
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Which Melbourne based college has a research centre in Prato, Italy?
Monash
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Which university is the second oldest in Australia?
The University of Melbourne
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What is the Group of Eight?
a coalition of leading Australian tertiary institutions offering comprehensive and leading education
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What are examples of Youth radio stations?
ABC Triple J and youth run SYN
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Which music stations strive to play under represented music?
Triple J, and similarly PBS and Triple R
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Which radio station caters for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender audiences?
JOY 94.9
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Which station caters to sports fans and enthusiasts?
SEN 1116
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3MBS and ABC Classic FM play what type of music?
classical
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What are the origins of Melbourne's tram network?
the city's 1880s land boom
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How many passenger trips were made by tram in Melbourne between 2013-2014?
176.9 million
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How many tram stops are on Melbourne's tram network?
1,763
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How many routes does Melbourne's bus network consist of?
almost 300
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How many passenger trips were recorded on Melbourne's buses in 2013-2014
127.6 million
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When was John born?
24 December 1166
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Who did Henry marry?
Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Who was Henry's ally?
Holy Roman Emperor
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Who backed John's elder brothers?
Eleanor
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Where did Henry travel to?
Paris
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Who returned to Brittany?
Geoffrey
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Who was imprisoned?
Eleanor
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