Question
WIthin months of landing, members of this group had managed to consume all of their nearby cabbage palms “within a dozen miles.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this alliteratively named group of convicts and colonists that arrived in Botany Bay in 1788.
ANSWER: First Fleet [accept answers like Australian First Fleet]
[10e] The First Fleet abandoned Botany Bay for this city, which they named after a Home Secretary. A food crisis was alleviated by the Third Fleet’s arrival in this capital of New South Wales.
ANSWER: Sydney [accept Sydney Cove]
[10m] 150 years before the First Fleet, a ship of this name wrecked off Western Australia. This is also the name of the capital of the Dutch East Indies and a Republic established in The Netherlands in 1795.
ANSWER: Batavia [accept Batavian Republic or Bataafse Republiek or République Batave]
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Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 35 | 14.86 | 86% | 49% | 14% |