Trivia: What was the first city in the Southern Hemisphere to host the Olympics?
Sydney
Brisbane
Perth
Melbourne
The correct answer is Melbourne
So why is this answer correct? : In 1956, Melbourne, Australia, became the first city in the Southern Hemisphere to host the Olympic Games. Because the seasons in the Southern Hemisphere occur in opposite months as the Northern Hemisphere, the summer games were held in November and December of 1956. The summer games returned to Australia in 2000, this time in Sydney. In 2032, the summer games will be held in Brisbane, a coastal city in the state of Queensland.