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See how much you know about Rottnest...

Do the Rottnest Quiz - a quiz for all the family (kids, parents & grandparents).  Do it at Rottnest or at home over the school holidays.  The Quiz has questions on island geography, history, and flora and fauna.  Answers are supplied on a separate page.


 

The Rottnest Quiz QUESTIONS ( Printable version here):

  1. Name the bays marked 1 to 12 on the map.

  2. Name the salt lakes marked A to G on the map. 

  3. Who was the Island manager before Des Sullivan?

  4. What position did the person commonly known as “Black Tom” hold on the Island?

  5. Who ran the iceworks on Rottnest before refrigerators were introduced to the accommodation?

  6. What produces the hexagonal patterns seen in a number of locations on the shallow reefs around Rottnest?

  7. What are the two weed species (common names) that the Society has been regularly controlling on Rottnest?

  8. What are the two native tree species (common or scientific names)

  9. What is the calibre of the two big guns at Rottnest (Imperial measurement)

  10. What was the name of the Rottnest  ferry which started service in 1906 and continued until after World War II?

  11. When was the current main jetty built:-1958, 1962, 1966 or 1970?

  12. When was the City of York wrecked: 1879, 1889, 1899 or 1909?

  13. When was the Longreach Bay settlement built:- 1970, 1972, 1974 or 1976?

  14. Who was Managing Secretary of Rottnest from 1959 to 1988?

  15. When did Vlamingh land at Rottnest:-1656, 1676, 1696 or 1716?

  16. What birds nest in burrows at Rottnest’s West End?

  17. Which of the following birds found at Rottnest is not a trans-equatorial migrant:- grey plover, red necked stint, bar tailed godwit or banded stilt?

  18. What is the small bird, common at Rottnest, easily confused with the Welcome swallow?

  19. What is the large (up to 1.2m) silvery grey fish which cruises alone over seagrass in Rottnest bays?

  20. Which of the following plant species are not indigenous to Rottnest:- Melaleuca lanceolata, Acanthocarpus preissii, Callitris preissii and Templetonia retusa? 

  21. If you were cycling around Rottnest on the main road in an anti clockwise direction (from above) and after passing Stark Bay came to a T-junction with a track continuing across from the direction you were travelling, which bay would it lead to?

  22. If you were standing on Henrietta Rocks looking south-east what Island would you be looking at?

  23. Name two wrecks on the Transit Reefs (not the Transit!).

  24. Name three swamps at Rottnest which have, or used to have, fresh water?

  25. What is the main source of fresh water supply at Rottnest now?

  26. What was the main fresh water source in 1999?

  27. What was the main freshwater source in 1975?

  28. Who was the CEO of Rottnest who implemented the practice of most of the staff commuting to the Island?

  29. What was the name of the wrecked large yacht which was located between the Settlement shops and the bus stop for many years?

  30. In what race was it engaged when it was wrecked?

 

Rottnest Quiz Answers   (Printable version here)