K/Gamilaroi Language and Culture Quiz #2

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K/Gamilaroi Language and Culture Quiz #2

Test your knowledge on the rich culture and language of the Kamilaroi people with this engaging quiz! Challenge yourself across various topics, from Indigenous flora and fauna to significant historical events.

Join the fun and learn more about Kamilaroi heritage!

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The Kamilaroi Highway is a highway located in the north-west region of New South Wales. What is the estimated length (in kilometres) of this highway?

505km

605km

705km

805km

What is the Wurrumbungle National Park most well known for today?

It is home of the oldest known underground coal fire.

It is the highest point of any mountain range in Australia?

It is where Mungo Man and Mungo Woman were first "discovered".

It is Australia's only Dark Sky Park which makes it perfect for stargazing and astronomy.

My grandmother just said she is "yinggil ngaya". What does she mean by this?

I am tired.

I am hungry.

I am feeling sick.

I am angry.

If I ask you, "Dhalaa nginda?", what might I be asking?

Where are you?

Who is this?

How are you?

What is that?

Which bird in Gamilaraay is often referred to as "muraay"?

Galah

White Cockatoo

Kookaburra

Magpie

Len Waters was Australia's first Aboriginal fighter pilot who served as an Australian military aviator in the second World War. What was the name of his plane?

Black Magic

Red Kangaroo

White Knight

The Silver Arrow

What is the name of the K/Gamilaroi singer, songwriter, guitarist and musician who released their debut album in 2019 titled, Better in Black?

Brooke Boney

Kid Laroi

Thelma Plum

Mitch Tambo

Moree-born NRL player and K/Gamilaroi man Brad Tighe played professional rugby league with the NRL from 2005-2019. Which NRL club did he debut with?

Brisbane Broncos

Newcastle Knights

Penrith Panthers

Sydney Roosters

Richard Bell is a Kamilaroi man and globally renowned artist. What was the name of the painting that won the 2003 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award?

Scientia E Metaphysica (Bell's Theorem)

Phenomenology of the Spirit (Hegel's Dialectic)

Principia Mathematica (Newton's Laws)

Discourse on Method (Descartes Dualism)

Which event is commemorated annually on (or around) the 10th June on K/Gamilaroi country near Inverell?

Myall Creek Massacre

1965 Freedom Rides

1967 Referendum

Anniversary of the Apology to the Stolen Generations

If I have "bulaarr" apples and someone gives me "gulibaa" oranges, and I eat "maal" apples, how many pieces of fruit do I have leftover?

On my 15th birthday my sister gave me "gulibaa" books. She did this every year for five years. After the five years, how many books will she have given me in total?

Which is NOT a colour that generally features in the rainbow?

Yuluwirri

Gawarrawarr

Gidjirrgidjirr

Buluuy

What colour are the flowers which emerge from the tree known in Gamilaraay as "bambul" or capparis mitchellii?

Yellow

Red

Purple

White

Dhinawan (Emu) eggs are predominantly white with dark green specs. True or false?

True

False

Quandong (Santalum acuminatum) seeds are sometimes used to make jewellery. True or false?

True

False

The Pilliga Scrub is the largest area of semi-arid woodland in the state of New South Wales

True

False

Along with the platypus, the Bigibilla is the only other living egg-laying mammal species. True or False?

True

False

K/Gamilaroi Language and Culture Quiz #2

K/Gamilaroi Language and Culture Quiz #2

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