Statistics for Tasmania State Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Capital?	Hobart	98%
Second-largest city?	Launceston	93%
Stretch of water that separates Tasmania from Mainland Australia.	Bass Strait	79%
Infamous penal colony on the Tasman Peninsula.	Port Arthur	79%
River on which that site sits?	Derwent River	72%
Dual-peaked mountain in Tasmania's World Heritage Wilderness Area.	Cradle Mountain	63%
Sub-Antarctic island, which is the southernmost point in Australia's integral territory.	Macquarie Island	53%
Governor of the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) after which Tasmania was formerly named.	Anthony van Diemen	51%
Aboriginal woman from Bruny Island (Lunawanna-alonnah) who was widely believed to be the last surviving Tasmanian Aboriginal.	Truganini	51%
Perpetrator of Australia's worst mass shooting, which prompted the conservative federal government to introduce strict gun control laws.	Martin Bryant	47%
Mountainous peninsula with pristine beaches on the state's East Coast?	Freycinet Peninsula	42%
Latitudinal range in which Tasmania sits, known for its powerful winds.	Roaring Forties	42%
Wine-making region near second-largest city?	Tamar Valley	37%
Proposed dam in the western wilderness areas that triggered large scale environmental protests in the 1980s.	Franklin Dam	30%
Location of first European settlement?	Sullivans Cove	12%