Test your knowledge of South Australia in this 30-year special edition of Brainwaves with Marty Smith

Could remember the answer to a trivia question you were asked 12 months ago? Find out in this themed quiz Marty Smith created last year to celebrate 30 years of Brainwaves. Marty's 10 quizzes from last year were such a hit we have dragged them out again to test your long-term memory. The theme for the following quiz is South Australia.

In wihch mountain range is Wilpena Pound?

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** To celebrate 30 years of Brainwaves, Marty Smith and advertiser.com.au have produced 10 for this summer, made up of some of his best questions. This quiz’s theme is: Sport. Decide your answer then click on the answer button to see if you were correct. We’ll tally your score as you go. **

question: How many television stations were operating in Adelaide in 1962?

option: Three

answer: 1

question: Who was Premier of South Australia from 2002-11?

option: Mike Rann

answer: 1

question: The town of Mannum is on which river?

option: Murray

answer: 1

question: Which Adelaide suburb was promoted in the 1990s as “the world’s best address”?

option: Golden Grove

answer: 1

question: Where was dancer, choreographer and actor Sir Robert Helpmann born in 1909?

option: Mount Gambier

answer: 1

question: In which Adelaide suburb is Moseley Square?

option: Glenelg

answer: 1

question: In which year was the first telephone exchange opened in Adelaide - 1883, 1893 or 1903?

option: 1883

answer: 1

question: In which valley is the town of Tanunda?

option: Barossa Valley

answer: 1

question: Which South Australian Treasurer handed down his first Budget on June 19, 2014

option: Tom Koutsantonis

answer: 1

question: Unscramble these letters to name a South Australian country town - SAANNGTO.

option: Angaston

answer: 1

question: Angela Stacey was a personality on which Adelaide television station?

option: Channel 7

answer: 1

question: At which building did The Beatles perform their Adelaide concerts in June 1964?

option: Centennial Hall

answer: 1

question: What was South Australia’s first drive-in theatre?

option: Blueline (at West Beach)

answer: 1

question: In 2001, who became the first South Australian to reach the summit of Mt Everest?

option: Duncan Chessell

answer: 1

question: In which federal electoral division is the city of Mount Gambier?

option: Barker

answer: 1

question: The address of which school is 53 Wakefield St, city?

option: St Aloysius College

answer: 1

question: In which year did Adelaide’s Festival Theatre open?

option: 1973

answer: 1

question: Which three towns form South Australia’s Copper Triangle?

option: Kadina, Wallaroo, Moonta

answer: 1

question: In which year was the first Adelaide Festival of Arts?

option: 1960

answer: 1

question: What do Clarence, Gulfland, Princeland and Intermedia have in common?

option: Discarded names for South Australia

answer: 1

question: At which Adelaide sporting ground are the Victor Richardson Gates?

option: Adelaide Oval

answer: 1

question: Who is the Deputy Premier of South Australia?

option: Vickie Chapman

answer: 1

question: In which mountain chain is Wilpena Pound?

option: Flinders Ranges

answer: 1

question: Who was the 1998 Player of the Year for the Adelaide Rams rugby league team?

option: Kerrod Walters

answer: 1

question: What is Adelaide’s palindromic suburb?

option: Glenelg

answer: 1

question: Which opal-mining town is 850km north of Adelaide?

option: Coober Pedy

answer: 1

question: In which Adelaide street was the first issue of The Advertiser printed in July 1858?

option: Hindley St

answer: 1

question: Who was the first newsreader on Adelaide’s original Channel 10?

option: Roger Cardwell

answer: 1

question: Name South Australia’s highest mountain.

option: Mt Woodroffe

answer: 1

question: Name the three Beaumont children who disappeared at Glenelg on January 26, 1966.

option: Jane, Arnna, Grant

answer: 1

question: Which South Australian singer played Grizabella during the Adelaide season of the stage musical Cats in 1989?

option: Bev Harrell

answer: 1

question: Name Adelaide’s first sister city.

option: Christchurch (in New Zealand)

answer: 1

question: What is South Australia’s floral emblem?

option: Sturt’s desert pea

answer: 1

question: In which year was the fountain in Victoria Square set in operation?

option: 1968

answer: 1

question: At which Adelaide golf course did Peter Thomson win the 1972 Australian Open?

option: Kooyonga

answer: 1

question: What is the biggest lake in South Australia?

option: Lake Eyre

answer: 1

question: Which was South Australia’s Jubilee 150 year?

option: 1986

answer: 1

question: At which outdoor venue did English singer David Bowie perform in Adelaide in 1983?

option: Adelaide Oval

answer: 1

question: Who was South Australia’s first surveyor-general?

option: Col William Light

answer: 1

question: What was the name of The Advertiser’s special page for teenagers published each Saturday in 1968?

option: Trend

answer: 1

question: What do the letters SANFL stand for?

option: South Australian National Football League

answer: 1

question: What colour was the nose of Adelaide television clown Bobo?

option: Blue

answer: 1

question: Name the Governor of South Australia.

option: Hieu Van Le

answer: 1

question: Which bank took over the Bank of Adelaide in 1979?

option: ANZ

answer: 1

question: Which stretch of water separates Kangaroo Island and the Fleurieu Peninsula?

option: Backstairs Passage

answer: 1

question: Which South Australian town was the location for the 1980 film Breaker Morant?

option: Burra

answer: 1

question: Which came first - an electric tram service in Adelaide or the railway line from Port Augusta to Oodnadatta?

option: Railway line from Port Augusta to Oodnadatta

answer: 1

question: On which peninsula is the South Australian town of Cummins?

option: Eyre Peninsula

answer: 1

question: In which Adelaide suburb is Prince Alfred College?

option: Kent Town

answer: 1

question: Which South Australian peninsula has a shape similar to that of Italy?

option: Yorke Peninsula

answer: 1