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On today's show we: hit the waves with the world’s best surfing dogs, curl up with some of Australia’s best stories for Children’s Book Week, check out a precious discovery firefighters made in the forest, pull on our purple clothes to support rainbow kids, and find out what mysterious junk is landing on Australian farms.
QUIZ QUESTIONS:
1. What breed of dog won Top Dog Final Champ?
2. What is the theme of this year's Children's Book Week?
3. Who used the old fire truck about 50 years ago?
4. What is the name of the netball team from Macorna?
5. What is the name of the spacecraft the space junk is believed to have come from?
BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:
What is the name of the book written by Andrea Rowe?
ANSWERS:
1. Australian cattle dog
2. Dreaming with eyes open
3. An all-Indigenous fire crew
4. Tigers
5. Dragon
BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:
Jetty Jumping
Today we're celebrating Science Week with five roarsome stories about one of our favourite scientific subjects - dinosaurs!
QUIZ QUESTIONS:
1. What family of dinos does Meraxes Gigas belong to?
2. How many teeth were found near Winton?
3. What species of dino made the footprints at the restaurant?
4. Why is the ichthyosaur nicknamed Fiona?
5. What does 'amaru' mean in Quechuan language?
BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:
How many years did it take to excavate Fiona?
ANSWERS:
1. Theropod family
2. 17
3. Titanosauriformes
4. Her fossils were green
5. Flying serpent
BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:
13 years
On today's show we'll: cheer on a country AFL team called The Rockets, celebrate International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, hear a sad story (with a happy ending) about a long lost brother and sister, find out how dolphin poo is helping the planet, and explore Australia's deepest cave.
QUIZ QUESTIONS:
1. How long have The Rockets been a team?
2. What date is International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples?
3. Where did Bill and Beryl live when they grew up?
4. What helpful element is in dolphin poo?
5. How deep is Australia's new deepest known cave?
BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:
How deep is Niggly?
ANSWERS:
1. 12 years
2. August 9
3. Sydney (Bill) and Adelaide (Beryl)
4. Nitrogen
5. 401 metres
BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:
397 metres
On today's show we: celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day, cheer on our Aussie athletes at the Commonwealth Games, meet a new superhero, visit a wildlife shelter in Tasmania and pat a champion dog.
QUIZ QUESTIONS:
1. How long does Garma Festival last?
2. Where are this year's Commonwealth Games held?
3. What type of wallabies will soon need extra care in Tasmania?
4. How many years ago is Wylah the Koorie Warrior set?
5. What breed of dog is Spryte?
BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:
What Indigenous Country is Garma festival held on?
ANSWERS:
1. Four days
2. Brimingham, England
3. Bennett's wallabies
4. 40,000
5. Tenterfield terrier
BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:
Yolngu
This week, we meet some Indigenous designers who are off somewhere very fancy, take a dive through an underwater forest, learn about some life-saving backpacks, hear about some rather furry and sometimes noisy new neighbours, and, in our wow of the week, we’ll learn about a three-eyed creature of the deep!
Quiz questions
Bonus tricky question
How old is the fossil brain?
Quiz answers
Bonus tricky answer
500 million years
In this week’s episode, we learn about the world’s rarest marsupial, who’s not camera shy! Peer into deep space thanks to a brand new telescope, meet the Aussie champion who is not only talented in multiple sports, but has won another award, try to solve the mystery of King Arthur, and, in our Wow of the Week, meet some hero rescuers who are rather small and furry.
Quiz questions
Bonus tricky questionWhat is Arthur’s Stone?
Quiz answers
Bonus tricky answerA tomb
This week we check out a new way for people to have offroad adventures in nature, go looking for one of the rarest flowers on the planet, learn about a new species of water lily that’s strong enough to hold a child, meet an artist who creates huge drawings with his feet! And, in our Wow of the Week, come face to face with a creature from the Ice Age!
Quiz questions
Bonus tricky question
How many years ago did the baby woolly mammoth live?
Quiz answers
Bonus tricky answer
About 30,000 years ago
It’s NAIDOC Week in Australia! A big celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture, and achievement. We’ll meet some kids who are being taught in two languages at school, hear about the famous rugby player who’s had a trophy named after him, go looking for some tiny birds in Arnhem Land and find out who Sunshine Super Girl is. Then, in our Wow of the Week, learn about something historic that’s happening at the top of one of Australia’s most famous icons!
Quiz questions
Tricky bonus question
What is the name of the new rugby union trophy?
Quiz answers
Tricky bonus answer
Ella-Mobbs Cup
This week you’ll meet some kids who are saving a fish from extinction, cheer on some Aussie surfers who have all won gold, learn about some flying robots that are doing a very special job and visit an ancient city… and, in our Wow of the Week, meet some hotel guests… who aren’t humans!
Quiz questions
Bonus tricky question
Where are the gardening drones being used?
Quiz answers
Bonus tricky answer
Australian Botanic Garden (Sydney)
This week, we celebrate a big moment for an Indigenous lawyer, we’ll learn just how much land needs to be protected on our planet, we meet a family who is very glad to be home, we’ll take a peek into a secret underwater world. Then, grab your binoculars and keep your eyes peeled, because we are going dinosaur hunting for our Wow of the Week.
Quiz questions
1) In which court will lawyer Lincoln Crowley now work in?
2) How much of the Earth’s land needs to be protected to stop biodiversity loss?
3) Which Queensland town did the Murugappan family return to?
4) What did the researchers find under the ice sheet that made them so excited?
5) Why was the dinosaur expert so excited about the footprints that were found?
Bonus tricky question
What were the researchers drilling through, when they found the swimming animals?
Quiz answers
1) Supreme Court
2) Half / 65 million sq. km
3) Biloela
4) Animals (amphipods)
5) One is a new species!
Bonus tricky answer
Antarctic ice sheet
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