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Think you know Sydney well? Whether you’ve been here for a week, a month or more than a year – there’s always something new to find out about the city. We bet even native Sydney-siders won’t be able to answer all the questions in our quiz. Try it –see how you do.

1. Sydney’s Coat Hanger, which just celebrated its 80^thbirthday, is the world’s largest single steel arch bridge in the world. What are its measurements?

A. 1149 metres long 134 metres to the top of the arch
B. 529 metres long and 350 metres to the top of the arch
C. 2450 metres long and 229 metres to the top of the arch

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2. The traditional land owners of Sydney are the Eora people. They were the first natives to encounter the European settlers that arrived in Port Jackson in what year?

A. 1890
B. 1788
C. 1764

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3. The tallest building in Sydney is Sydney Tower at 309 metres high. What is the second tallest?

A. MLC Centre
B. Chifley Plaza
C. Citigroup Centre
D. Deutsche Bank Place

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4. The oldest university in Sydney, founded in 1850 is:

A. University of Sydney
B. UTS
C. Macquarie University
D. University of New South Wales

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5. Sydney’s oldest newspaper, which began circulating in 1831 is

A. The Daily Telegraph
B. Sydney Morning Herald
C. Australian Financial Review
D. The Australian

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6. Sydney is famous around the world for its spectacular New Year’s Eve fireworks display over the Sydney Harbour. What was the most recent theme for the New Year’s Eve fireworks for welcoming in 2012?

A. Awaken the Spirit
B. Make Your Mark
C. The Time of Our Lives
D. Time to Dream

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7. You may not know it by Sydney is the home for a number of notable world records including all of the below EXCEPT:

A. Most People Eating Breakfast in Bed
B. Longest One on One radio interview
C. Most One Arm Push ups in one hour
D. Fastest 10 km pushing a pram
E. Most People Wearing Paper hats

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8. Good news ladies - according to a new study, Sydney comes in at #6 for the most attractive men in the world. Assuming that 50% of the Sydney population is male – how many blokes are out there?

A. 3.1 million
B. 1.5 million
C. 2.2 million
D. None that are eligible!

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How’d you do?