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Question 1: Griffith held the Premier's office until 1888, and was made a ________ in 1886, before receiving an advancement to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1895.
Order of the ThistleOrder of St Michael and St GeorgeOrder of the BathRoyal Victorian Order

Question 2: Griffith is commemorated by the naming of Griffith University, with campuses throughout South East Queensland, the suburb of Griffith in Canberra, the federal electoral division of Griffith,and Sir Samuel Griffith Drive on Mount Coot-tha in ________.
SydneyBrisbanePerth, Western AustraliaMelbourne

Question 3: The family migrated to ________ when Samuel was eight.
QueenslandAustraliaNorthern TerritoryNew South Wales

Question 4: Griffith was always a supporter of the ________.
Australian electoral systemFederation of AustraliaStates and territories of AustraliaConstitution of Australia

Question 5: He was educated at schools in Ipswich, Sydney, Maitland and ________ (from 1860), towns where his father was a minister, then at the University of Sydney, where he graduated B.A. in 1863 with first-class honours in classics, mathematics and natural science.
BrisbaneDarwin, Northern TerritoryPerth, Western AustraliaMelbourne

Question 6: When the federal Parliament passed the Judiciary Act in 1903 which created the ________, Griffith was the natural choice as the first Chief Justice; the position for which he was indeed appointed.
Constitution of AustraliaGovernor-General of AustraliaHigh Court of AustraliaAustralian constitutional law

Question 7: ________
Harry GibbsList of Judges of the Supreme Court of QueenslandSamuel GriffithHigh Court of Australia

Question 8: Like ________, Griffith was several times consulted by Governor-Generals of Australia on the exercise of the reserve powers.
Isaac IsaacsAlbert PiddingtonEdmund BartonH. V. Evatt

Question 9: Griffith was born in ________, Wales, the younger son of the Rev.
Merthyr TydfilCardiffGlamorganSwansea

Question 10: Although of Welsh extraction, his forebears for at least three generations were natives of ________.
ScotlandUnited KingdomEnglandWales
















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