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This was the high point of my quiz-setting career. As a Sunday afternoon event, over two weeks, punters were asked one question for each of the hundred years of the Club's existence.
The quiz was not difficult for the Workers audience, as I had tried to find topics, when I could, that had something to do with labour (and Labor) aspects of Australian history. Only the football question was contested - because I used the term 'AFL' - which didn't exist at time referred to.
The answers are all in one file, so you'll probably have to attempt them all before looking.
The Fremantle Workers Social and Leisure Club Centenary Quiz
The Club was founded in 1914. This quiz has one hundred questions, one for each of the years 1914–2013.
1914. Who was the Founder and in 1914 first President of the Fremantle Workers Social and Leisure Club? [It turned out he was neither the founder nor first president, but in 2014 we thought he was.]
1915. In 1915, Australian soldiers landed at ANZAC Cove. What is the name of the peninsula in Turkey on which they landed?
1916. Which great Labor Prime Minister of Australia was born in Kew on 11 July 1916?
1917. Which great Australian painter died in 1917? Some of his best-known paintings are entitled 'Down on his Luck', 'A Bush Burial', and 'On the Wallaby Track'.
1918. What important event occurred on 11 November 1918?
1919. In 1919, a Lumper Unionist was struck on the head by a police rifle butt in a fracas on Victoria Quay, and died three days later. There is a memorial to him in King's Square Fremantle. What was his name?
1920. What is the name of the airline that was founded in 1920 at Winton in Qld?
1921. In 1921 the first woman was elected to an Australian parliament, WA Legislative Council. What is her name (which has since been given to a WA university)?
1922. In 1922 a well-known British author arrived in Australia. He stayed for a few weeks in a house in Darlington WA and met WA writer Mollie Skinner. He wrote a novel set in Australia called Kangaroo. What is his name?
1923. Prince Albert, Duke of York, later George VI, was married on 26 April 1923 in Westminster Abbey. What was his bride's first name?
1924. What was made compulsory by an Act of the Australian Parliament on 10 October 1924?
1925. In 1925, John Baird created the first TV transmitter. What was his middle name?
1926. In 1926 a famous mystery writer disappeared from her home in Surrey and was only found eleven days later. What was her name?
1927. In 1927 a new land speed record of about 175 MPH was set in Britain by a man driving a car called Blue Bird. What was his name?
1929. In 1929, Charles Kingsford Smith completed the first flight across the Pacific from the USA to Australia. His plane is on display near Brisbane Airport. What is its name?
1930. Which horse won the Melbourne Cup in 1930?
1931. The longest-serving member of the Australian Parliament was the Labor PM in 1915, tho he later changed parties no fewer than five times, joining the United Australia Party in 1931. His nickname was The Little Digger. What was his name?
1932. In 1932 Jack Lang was the Premier of NSW. What Sydney landmark did he officially open in 1932?
1933. In 1933, a referendum on a matter of great importance to Western Australia was carried 2 to 1 in favour. What was this matter?
1934. One of the Fremantle clubs is in a building which was originally built in 1934 as a bank. Which club?
1935. Persia was renamed in 1935. What was the new name?
1936. Which Australian state made voting compulsory in state elections in 1936?
1937. In 1937, a photograph called 'Sunbaker' was taken. It is one of the most iconic of all Australian photos. Who was the photographer?
1938. A book published in 1938 was called The Passing of the Aborigines. Who was the author?
1939. In June 1939, Thailand took on its new name. What was its former name?
1940. In 1940, Australia was at war. It was also the year in which one of Australia's best war films was released. It starred Chips Rafferty and was called Forty Thousand Horsemen. Who was the director?
1941. In 1941, Hitler's deputy parachuted into Scotland, supposedly on a peace mission. He was imprisoned in Spandau Prison for the rest of his life, which only ended when he killed himself at the age of 93. What was his name?
1942. The boxer we now know as Muhammad Ali was born in 1942. What was his earlier name?
1943. I was born in what we call 1943. But in another calendar it was the year 5704. Which calendar is that?
1944. The cruiser HMAS Australia was hit in 1944 by Japanese aircraft in the first of a particular kind of attack. It has a Japanese name meaning 'divine wind'. What is the Japanese name for this type of attack?
1945. In 1945, nuclear weapons were dropped on two Japanese cities. One was Hiroshima. What was the name of the other city?
1946. The first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly was held 10 January 1946. In which city?
1947. Julie Bishop is currently Australia's Foreign Minister. Her predecessor in the position was born in 1947. What is his name?
1948. In 1948 WA won the interstate cricket competition for the first time. It was briefly called the Pura Cup, but has now returned to its original name. What is the name of the trophy?
1949. Who was the Federal member for the seat of Fremantle in 1949?
1950. What political party was effectively banned on 23 June 1950 by the Parliament of Australia?
1951. His great-great-grandfather arrived in the Swan River Colony in 1829, the year of its foundation. Of two family houses which still exist, one is in High St Fremantle. Which former WA Premier was born in 1951?
1952. What Australian singer made her debut at Covent Garden on 28 April 1952?
1953. Which Australian players won the men's doubles at Wimbledon in 1953?
1954. Who was captain of the WA team in the Australian football competition in 1954? He won the Sandover Medal in 1955.
1955. What is the name of the American entrepreneur, born in 1955, who in 1985 founded the NeXT computer company, after having left the more famous company he founded?
1956. What currently significant Fremantle building was built in 1956?
1957. In 1957, the song A Pub with no Beer went gold. What was the name of its singer?
1958. In 1958 a WA writer won the Miles Franklin Award for his novel To the Islands. What was his name?
1959. There were exciting times in Melbourne in 1959 when Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner arrived to shoot a film based on a novel by Nevil Shute. What was its title?
1960. Who became leader of the ALP on 7 March 1960? There was an attempt to assassinate him in 1966. What was his name?
1961. The splendid former Hoyts Cinema art deco building which used to be on the corner of High and Queen Sts had its name changed to the Oriana Cinema in 1961. Where did this name come from?
1962. Perth was called the 'City of Light' in 1962 when we left all our house and street lights on so that they could be seen from space by an astronaut passing overhead in Friendship 7. What was his name?
1963. The Beatles recorded their debut album on 11 February 1963 at Abbey Road Studios London. What is its title?
1964. The last man to be executed (by hanging) in this state died on 26 October 1964. What was his name?
1965. Two Australian navy ships collided 10 February 1965, with the loss of 82 lives. What were their names?
1966. In 1966 the architect of the Sydney Opera House resigned. What was his name?
1967. Who disappeared in 1967 while swimming at Cheviot Beach?
1968. Which British comedian committed suicide in his Sydney hotel room on 24 June 1968?
1969. Where did the Eagle land on 20 July 1969?
1970. Which well-known book did Germaine Greer publish in 1970?
1971. 1971 was the year in which the first indigenous person took a seat in any Australian parliament—in the Qld Senate. What was his name?
1972. Who defeated Boris Spassky in 1972 in a chess match in Reykjavík, Iceland, becoming the first American world chess champion?
1973. What landmark rock album did Pink Floyd release in 1973?
1974. What killed 71 people in Darwin in December 1974?
1975. Who dismissed the government of Gough Whitlam on 11 November 1975?
1976. What radio serial came to an end in 1976, after having been broadcast by the ABC for 32 years?
1977. The Australian Democrats political party was launched in 1977. Who was its first leader?
1978. The top grossing film in the US in 1978 starred Australian Olivia Newton-John. What was it called?
1979. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and was beatified in 2003?
1980. Which rock singer whose ashes are interred in Fremantle Cemetery died 19 February 1980?
1981. Who bowled underarm on 1 February 1981 in a match between Australia and New Zealand?
1982. What best-selling album did Michael Jackson release in 1982?
1983. Who retired from tennis in January 1983 after winning five consecutive Wimbledon men's singles championships?
1984. In January 1984, the Apple Macintosh went on sale. What was it named after? What, in this particular case, was a macintosh?
1985. In 1985 a Greenpeace vessel was bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French agents. What was its name?
1986. A film released in 1986 is still the highest grossing Australian film ever. What is its title?
1987. What cartoon show first appeared in April 1987 as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show?
1988. Who was the author of A Brief History of Time, published in 1988?
1989. What was conceived of in 1989, at CERN, Switzerland, by Tim Berners-Lee, and which was open to all in 1993?
1990. Who in 1990 became Premier of WA and the first female premier in Australia?
1991. In September 1991 its original name was restored to St Petersburg, the Russian city. What had it been called from 1924 until then?
1992. What is the common name for the landmark High Court of Australia decision which in 1992 recognised native title for the first time?
1993. There have been other movies based on a video game since 1993, which was the year of the release of (arguably) the first one. What was the video game movie, made in the USA, and which starred Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo?
1994. The current speaker of the House of Reps became a member in 1994. What is her name?
1995. Jerry Garcia died in 1995 at the age of 53. What was the name of the band with which he is most closely associated?
1996. In 1996 Martin Bryant was sentenced to 35 life sentences with 1035 years without parole. At what historical place did he carry out the crimes for which he was sentenced?
1997. In January 1997 a yachtsman was found alive five days after his boat capsized in the Southern Ocean. What was his name?
1998. In April-June 1998 the Maritime Union of Australia was engaged in possibly the largest industrial dispute ever seen in this country, after 2000 waterside workers were sacked with the intention of improving efficiency on the waterfront. What is the name of the Corporation that sacked them?
1999. On 21 May what were found in barrels in a disused bank vault in a town north of Adelaide?
2000. A Noongar man was the co-winner of the Miles Franklin Award in 2000 with his second novel Benang. He lives in Coolbellup. What is his name?
2001. On 9/11 2001 two aeroplanes crashed into two buildings in New York, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre. A third plane crashed into a third building on that Tuesday. Which building?
2002. Which Australian airline flew for the last time on 4 March 2002 after 66 years of operation?
2002. Which novel written by a Western Australian and set in Western Australia won the Miles Franklin Award in 2002?
2003. What English-born American comedy actor died on 27 July 2003 at the age of 100?
2004. The death occurred in 2004 at the age of 96 of the actress who played the lead in the original King Kong (1933). What was her name?
2005. Who died of kidney failure on 26 December 2005, despite having earlier received the gift of a kidney from his helicopter pilot?
2006. Who turned 64 in 2006 after having written a song about it when he was 16?
2007. Who was Acting Prime Minister from 11 December 2007 while the PM was out of the country for a week or so.
2008. In science, what began operating on 10 September 2008 at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research?
2009. In 2009 the world's first openly lesbian head of government was appointed as the Prime Minister of what country?
2010. On 4 January 2010 the tallest man-made structure to that date was opened. In what city?
2011. What noted Australian actor, born in Meekatharra, died behind St Patrick's Basilica in Fremantle in 2011 at the age of 44?
2012. Ravi Shankar, who inspired the Beatles, or at least George Harrison, died in 2012. For one point, name either of his daughters, both of whom are well-known performing artists.
2013. Australia's greatest racehorse since Phar Lap was retired in 2013 after winning at every one of her 25 starts. What is her name?
SPARE QUESTIONS
1914. Perhaps the most important event of 1914, apart from the founding of the Fremantle Workers Social and Leisure Club, was the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria—as it led to WW1. Where did this assassination take place: in what city?
1914. The Fremantle Workers Social and Leisure Club's first president, in 1914, was Billy Clare, whose name is on the walls at each end of this room. He was a newspaperman who came here from Victoria via Kalgoorlie. What was the name of the paper he published in Fremantle?
1924. Who was King of Australia in 1924?
1947. What is the name of the rocket range which was established in South Australia for testing British and Australian missiles?
2014. In what country will be the 2014 Winter Olympics be held?
1922. What is the name of the paste made from leftover brewers yeast that was invented in 1922?
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