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We're celebrating summer by replaying some of our favourite episodes from 2022 - like this one from NAIDOC Week!
We're celebrating summer by replaying some of our favourite episodes from 2022 - like this one, all about good dogs!
This summer we're replaying some of our favourite episodes from 2022 - like this one from August when we celebrated Science Week with five roarsome dinosaur stories.
It's almost the end of the year! To celebrate, we're looking back on five good news stories from 2022.
On today's show we'll try a dance sport called physie, fly around Australia with a bird nerd, hear about a nifty solution to ear aches, farewell some workers heading overseas for Christmas and examine an ancient nit comb.
QUIZ QUESTIONS:
BONUS TRICKY QUESTION
What was the sentence on the nit comb?
ANSWERS
BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:
May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.
The ABC's national disability affairs reporter and Paralympic swimmer Liz Wright hosts this episode in celebration of International Day of People with Disability.
QUIZ QUESTIONS:
1. What date is International Day of People with Disability?
2. What type of business did Devin start?
3. What is the name of the new camp in Tasmania?
4. Who is the captain of the Steelers?
5. How old was David when he built his first prosthetic arm?
BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:
What was the score in the Steelers versus USA match?
ANSWERS:
1. December 3rd
2. Paper shredding business
3. Camp Motor Mouth
4. Chris Bond
5. Nine
BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:
58 points to 55
Join Ruby and ABC weather expert Nate Byrne to find out how and why so many parts of Australia have experienced floods this year.
Kids from far northern New South Wales also share what it's like living through floods, and advice for other kids on how to handle wild weather.
With special thanks to Empire Vale Public School.
On today's show we welcome some new babies into the world, see the bottom of the sea through sharks' eyes, meet a man who ran all the way across Australia, visit a little town helping the planet in a big way, and bop along to some music with rats.
QUIZ QUESTIONS:
1. Where in Victoria was the recent ceremony held to welcome babies?
2. What type of sharks helped film the seagrass meadow?
3. Where did Nedd start his run?
4. What does TRY stand for?
5. How many rats were involved in the study?
BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:
Which Lady Gaga song did the rats bop to?
ANSWERS:
1. Ballarat
2. Tiger sharks
3. Perth
4. Totally Renewable Yackandandah
5. 10
BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:
Born this Way
QUIZ QUESTIONS:
1. What is the name of the group that trained Sal?
2. What problem did Hermidale have three years ago?
3. Where in Perth was the new bee discovered?
4. What state are the Kaurna from?
5. What is the gorilla's mum's name?
ANSWERS:
1. Australian Lions Hearing Dogs
2. Drought
3. Kings Park
4. South Australia
5. Kipenzi
BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:
What university helped with the Kaurna dictionary?
BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:
University of Adelaide
On today's show we'll cheer for Australia's newest netball star, head to a café to meet a very popular barista, find out why people come together on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, visit the home of a famous outback dinosaur and listen to some award-winning bird calls.
QUIZ QUESTIONS:
1. What is the name of the Australian women's netball team?
2. What is another name for the movements and noises associated with Tourette syndrome?
3. What year did World War One end?
4. What dinosaur was runner-up in the emblem vote?
5. What is the name of the bird calling contest that started five years ago?
BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:
Who discovered the muttaburrasaurus?
ANSWERS:
1. Diamonds
2. Tics
3. 1918
4. Australotitan cooperensis
5. Bournda Bird Olympics
BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:
Doug Langdon
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