Do You Know Adelaide's Historical Figures?
How well do you know Adelaide's historical figures? Test your knowledge and see how many correct answers you can get out of 10!
1. Who was the first female Governor of South Australia?
Dame Judith Anderson
Catherine Helen Spence
Dame Roma Mitchell
Natasha Stott Despoja
2. Which Adelaidean was a suffragist, electoral reformer, and Australia's first female political candidate?
Julia Gillard
Janine Haines
Catherine Helen Spence
Dame Roma Mitchell
3. Who among the following was Premier of South Australia and later Minister for Trade and Customs in the first Commonwealth parliament?
Sir Charles Kingston
John Downer
Alexander Downer, Sr.
Sir John Langdon Bonython
4. Who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia?
Christopher Pyne
Julie Bishop
Julia Gillard
Alexander Downer, Sr.
5. Which Adelaidean was a surveyor, roadbuilder, explorer, and has an asteroid named after him?
Len Beadell
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Reg Sprigg
John Finnis
6. Who was the Prime Minister and leader of the Australian Labor Party from Adelaide?
John Downer
Christopher Pyne
Julia Gillard
Janine Haines
7. Which Adelaidean physicist and crystallographer is the youngest Nobel Laureate?
William Henry Bragg
William Lawrence Bragg
Rodney Brooks
Terence Tao
8. Who was a senator and leader of the Australian Democrats from Adelaide?
Catherine Helen Spence
Janine Haines
Dame Roma Mitchell
Alexander Downer, Sr.
9. Which Nobel Prize winner in Medicine hailed from Adelaide and was a pathologist and researcher?
Baron Howard Florey
Robin Warren
Basil Stuart Hetzel
John Finnis
10. Who among the following was twice Premier of South Australia?
John Downer
Sir Keith Wilson
Ian Wilson
Sir Charles Kingston
