What Do Europeans REALLY Know About AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHY?

[@Bellas1717]

Those were tough questions. 10/20 is a great score. Greenland only appears huge because of distortion by the Mercator Projection. It's only twelfth largest by land area.

[@Maushine]

Thank you so much! We were afraid of the results hahaha we wanted to do better

[@slhope64]

Must be an older quiz. Kakadu national park (in the Northern Territory) is no longer the largest terrestrial national park in Australia. In 2021 a new one was added in South Australia. The reason it said terrestrial (land) parks is because a lot of Australian waters are in Marine Parks - there's sixty of them. Probably the best known is the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park that includes a lot of the Great Barrier Reef, it covers an area just a little smaller than Germany. But that's only about 12% of the total Marine park area. There's some debate as to whether to count them - a lot of national park lists don't.

[@ktipuss]

Also, that Quiz has the old name for Mount Kosciuszko.

[@kimn9802]

To be fair a lot of Aussies would fail this.

[@Maushine]

That does make the embarrassment a little better hahah

[@warrenturner397]

Yes about 90%!

[@pauldobson2529]

Particularly the flags. We'd all know that WA is the black swan, and maybe Norfolk Is. But the individual states???

[@jamesb1372]

These were tough questions - well done for even trying. As an Australian I had difficulty answering a number of the questions!

[@robertclothier3597]

Wow! You did really really well guys. The YT algorithm gods brought your channel up. Clicked on it & was expecting a train wreck tbh lol. Super impressed that you dd so well

[@Maushine]

Hahaha thank Robert! Trust me, I thought we were going to be a train wreck as well 😂

[@TonyHerrmann-d1z]

Hi, 70-year-old Australian, probably knew 3/4 of those questions so don't feel bad, keep up the good work , take care,Tony from Oz

[@ianthompson5746]

Your too hard on yourselves guys !, I think you did extremely well !! Like someone else said, that 1st test was very hard, but you still managed to get 10 right !, I've been here a long time & I only got 13 !!! The main thing guys is You always make it so fun to watch !!!

[@Maushine]

Hahah that’s a relief! Thank you so much for the complement 🥹

[@KIRKHANSEN]

Great work you two 👏👏👏

[@jvvoid]

50% is a pass, but you didn't get 50% on the quiz, you got 50% on the guessing competition. Noah was really enjoying it hahahaha.

[@dalelc43]

The Australian Alps get more snowfall than the entirety of Switzerland.

[@GiuseppeBasile]

You guys did really well especially with the Geoguesser. Mau you did well pronouncing some of those names, not easy even for an Aussie. Enjoy your week.

[@Maushine]

Hahah thaaanks! Getting better every week. See you next week Giuseppe!

[@AdstarAPAD]

I'm an Australian and that first quiz was hard.. You did well with 50% The other quizes you did very well averaging 80% on them is very good for forigners..

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

You did very well. The Australian Alps are located in the Southeast of the continent covering parts of Victoria and New South Wales. Check out Australia's top 5 ski resorts. It will surprise you.

[@AUmarcus]

Australia has more unmined gold, iron and uranium than any other country.

[@IanM-id8or]

You did really well. Colour me impressed 🙂

[@michaelfink64]

The Nine quiz was pretty tough, so I think 50% is actually really good. I thought only Americans thought Africa was a country.

[@DaleKiwi]

You guys did REALLY well!!! 🎉

[@ktipuss]

Australia is almost 4 times larger than Greenland (7.7 million km2 vs 2.2 million km2). Maps using Mercator's Projection make any landmass close to the Polar regions look much larger than they actually are (that includes Russia too).

[@ktipuss]

Some of those questions are quite silly, like the one asking for the distance between Norseman and Ceduna. Unless you are a truck driver or a train controller, who cares? It's much more important to know the distance between Sydney and Brisbane, for example.

[@mikehzz9848]

I'm an Aussie, you did fantastic!!! I've been to most of those places but I didn't know which one was the biggest or longest etc.

[@Maushine]

@@mikehzz9848 Thank you so much Mike!

[@richardrejmer8721]

I'm an Australian and if I was asked what body of water is home to the Great Barrier Reef, I would undoubtably say THE PACIFIC OCEAN!!!

[@Dr_KAP]

What if you were asked how to spell undoubtedly? Would you put a “b” in it for no reason 😝 😉

[@Maxiakt]

The first test had really tough questions, I've lived in Australia for over 60 years and I didn't know half of them. 😂 so you guys did extremely well. And yes you guys need to come to Tasmania, Australia's prettiest state 😊

[@Maushine]

You’re living in Tasmania? We really want to visit 😍

[@Maxiakt]

@Maushine yes we live in Tassie, come visit and we will show you around 😊

[@Maushine]

@@Maxiakt definitely!

[@RichardMills-c7o]

This is a pretty hard quiz, even for Aussies.

[@Danger_Mouse_00]

You guys did great. You are now ready for citizenship. 👍😎

[@julesrogers4095]

You did very well. Congratulations

[@RAYZ5-j1v]

You did well, I'm an Aussie 🇦🇺 and I didn't even know many of these answers

[@Maushine]

@@RAYZ5-j1v Thanks Ray! Hopefully we learn together hahah

[@redhammer9910]

Well done good people. I won't brag but I got one wrong Rockhampton. They were quite tough questions, thinking caps on.

[@joandsarah77]

Hobart is the capital city of Tasmania. So far up to there I got each one correct, which is just as well as I am an Aussie. I would say most though I went with my gut. Probably learnt them at some point in my life. But some I had not even heard of. The Nullarbor is the huge expanse between Western Australia and South Australia. Norseman is a town in Western Australia and Ceduna is a town is South Australia. These were some hard random questions.

[@pauldobson2529]

Nullarbor is Latin for "no trees"

[@wdazza]

I have lived in Australia for 55 years and I gave up after 5 questions. These are very difficult questions, so you did well.

[@Maushine]

@@wdazza trust me, I wanted to give up after 5 questions too! Hahah ^Mau

[@dubaitacker6347]

not to bad, Lake Eyre only has water a few times a decade

[@Maushine]

@@dubaitacker6347 that’s a great fun fact!

[@mikejhennessy509]

@@Maushine actually only ever fills to capacity twice a century, but it partially fills about every 8 years.

[@petermsimpson1870]

Half of Australia would not know these so you are doing well 😊

[@brianmeek8501]

Still loving you guys

[@Maushine]

🫶🏻🫶🏻

[@robinharwood5044]

I didn’t know we had any geography in Australia.

[@mapleflag1832]

The first quizz would have most australians scratching their heads for alot of those answers so don,t feel to bad

[@069diesel069]

I’m a true blue Aussie and a few of these that I didn’t know. And Australia fits the size of North America

[@juliebird5307]

I think you mean the US. North America includes Canada.

[@daveamies5031]

The Nullarbor Plains question... have you not realised yet when it comes to distance in Australia if you don't know pick the biggest distance, remember everywhere is a long way in Australia

[@Maushine]

@@daveamies5031 😂 fair enough!

[@daveamies5031]

@@Maushine You guys are in Sydney, so when you're in the city maybe try Medan Ciak Indonesian Restaurant, my wife said it's very authentic Medan food, very yummy, just hope it doesn't make you too homesick 😉 I hope you get the chance to explore more of Australia, my advice is don't rush from city to city, take your time to explore the quaint small towns as well, e.g. Swansea and Nambucca Heads are a couple to check out between Sydney and Brisbane but there are so many worth a visit.

[@Dr_KAP]

Nullarbor

[@daveamies5031]

@@Dr_KAP Thanks

[@mollymuch2808]

Well we are almost as Size as Australia But a very small population But a different overall climate 12 thousand beaches 8222 islands in our maritime borders

[@katetoner3077]

Australia gets more snow than Switzerland!!!

[@Maushine]

@@katetoner3077 would love to ski in Australia once!

[@roderickdunn3464]

Got two wrong, but had to guess another three.

[@Danger_Mouse_00]

Forget the flags as we don't even know or care which flag is for each state.

[@Danger_Mouse_00]

I enjoyed you trying to just pronounce things 😜🤣 forget about what's the right answer. 😂

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

According to google, Kakadu is the 2nd not the first

[@vtbn53]

We don't have any gas stations here in Australia

[@Maushine]

@@vtbn53 that’s right! We’ve got servo’s here :)

[@jaspermoonen1505]

Australian Alps get more snow each year than the European Alps!

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

No. The European Alps receive way more snow than Australia. We have more snow than Switzerland

[@ItsRAWyt]

I’m not even gonna mention what more score was 😅….

[@Maushine]

@@ItsRAWyt hahaha hang on there.. you made us really curious now? 😏😏

[@ItsRAWyt]

@ I got 9/20 😅 and 2 of those were complete guesses. This quiz was difficult for even most Aussies, you 2 did really well!

[@Dr_KAP]

Nullarbor*

[@JoSantz07]

No bad 👌 I got 16 and I'm fkn Aussie mate 🤦‍♂️

[@AUmarcus]

😂 Greenland is smaller than Western Australia.

[@solreaver83]

18/20

[@DonMcCarthy]

Please learn how to pronounce Mackay or McKay; rhymes with sky.

[@GaryNoone-jz3mq]

Africa is a continent, not a country. 😊

[@dbarro6723]

At a guess I'd say ummm EDUCATION 😂 ❤

[@dbarro6723]

See what happens when we follow what the USA does ... Educated public is the secret sauce for democracy.... Highly educated people aren t fooled by BS in huge amounts....

[@shortdb]

Australian Alps run from ACT down through NSW into Victoria The range comprises an area of 1,232,981 ha just checked European alps are 200,000 km2 so yeah they are larger

[@Maushine]

We just didn’t know Australia also had alps! They are bigger indeed :)

[@shortdb]

@Maushine European ones are what 17 times bigger but they are over several countries, apparently from a geographical point the Aussie alps formed differently to the standard contential plates collision like Asia, Europe, North and South America and NZ alps all do

[@annanz0118]

@@Maushine The Australian Alps also get more snow than the European ones as well.