Captain Cactus's Bushwalking Quiz #1

Some questions may have more than one answer - to be correct you need them all!

1) In wet weather, tents should be pitched:
a) On slightly sloping ground
b) On the highest level ground
c) In a hole
d) Facing Mecca.>

2) Which walking areas are not in a National Park:
a) The Bastard’s Neck
b) Lerderderg Gorge
c) Mt Macedon
d) Mt Buffalo

3) Closed gates should be:
a) Vandalised
b) Opened and closed behind you
c) Swung upon
d) Crossed at the hinge if locked

4) Suggan Buggan is:
a) A special high energy food
b) Aboriginal for slow bushwalker
c) Aboriginal for fast bushwalker
d) A place to walk in NE Victoria
e) Dried food flatulence

5) The Great South West walk passes through:
a) South Pole
b) Tasmania
c) Portland
d) Cape Leeuwin

6) When you have ‘to go’ in the bush:
a) Do it in the middle of the track
b) Dig a deep ‘cat hole’ and cover
c) Keep well away from water sources
d) Pray you don’t get sprung

7) The Bushwalkers' motto is:
a) Burn, bash, blast
b) Carry it in, carry it out
c) Nil illigitimus carborundum.
d) Go Hard or Go Home

8) The term 1:50000 most likely refers to the:
a) Gradient of a mountain
b) Ratio of walkers to flies
c) Proportion of population that goes bushwalking
d) Scale of a map

9) Rubbish should be:
a) Pitched out of sight in the bush
b) Buried
c) Left for animals
d) Stored in your pack to carry out
e) Hidden in someone else's pack to carry out

10) The mirror on a compass is for:
a) Checking out your pimples
b) Reducing parallax error
c) Watching out for walkers behind you
d) Putting on your make-up

11) Recommended pack weight for a 2 day walk is:
a) 17kg
b) 50kg
c) 25kg
d) 250gm

12) Walking Victoria's NE Alps you would expect to see:
a) Red Kangaroos
b) Bikies
c) Currawongs
d) Yobbos

13) A Trig Point is:
a) Summit of a high point
b) A reference point for land surveyors
c) An itchy finger

14) The Whip is the person who:
a) Is the slowest walker in the group
b) Coerces the slowest walkers to go faster
c) Is nominated for safety to be always last
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