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This week, we find out why the tangy, salty smell of an Aussie breakfast spread is being protected, we meet a farmer who is doing his bit to help save two tiny species, learn how a team of art detectives are solving a painting mystery and hear about an island in Sydney Harbour that is being handed back to traditional owners. Then, we’ll be taking a deep dive into a good news story for our Wow of the Week.
Quiz questions
1) Where is the Vegemite factory?
2) Which island is being handed back to traditional owners?
3) How many endangered animals was the farmer helping to save by selling his land to the National Trust?
4) What did the Aboriginal artists use to paint on?
5) How many humpback whales were left in the wild, due to humans hunting them?
Bonus tricky question
What is the history of smells referred to as?
Answers
1) Melbourne
2) Me-Mel (Goat Island)
3) Two
4) Bark
5) 300
Bonus tricky answer
Olfactory heritage
This week, we’re going to go on a ride – on a very different school bus! We’ll meet a teenager who has made school sports carnivals more inclusive, have an under the sea party for World Oceans Day and hear about some super sports commentators. Then, I hope you’re not afraid of heights because our Wow of the Week is taking you up into the mountains.
Quiz questions
1) In which country will the floating school bus be used?
2) What kind of event was Sarah trying to make more inclusive?
3) What global day was marked this week?
4) In which stadium was the first AFL match in an Aboriginal language called?
5) What was the walkway of the world record holding bridge made from?
Bonus tricky question
Which language did Baykali and William call the AFL game in?
Answers
1) Vanuatu
2) School sports carnivals
3) World Oceans Day
4) Melbourne Cricket Ground
5) Glass
Bonus tricky answer
Yolngu Matha
This week we’re celebrating our planet – and looking at how we can protect it - because it’s World Environment Day this weekend! We’ll put on our headtorches and explore an ancient forest hiding underground then meet a parrot that loves to rock climb. We’ll find out how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditions can make oyster farming more sustainable… then it’s time to party with our WOW of the week!
QUIZ QUESTIONS1) What is the theme for this year’s World Environment Day?2) Which type of bird likes to rock climb?3) In which country was the secret sinkhole found?4) How many oyster shells were in the midden on Butchalla Country?5) What attracted the scallops together for their disco?
BONUS TRICKY QUESTIONWhich part of the lovebird’s body acted like a third limb to help them climb?
ANSWERS1) Only One Earth2) Lovebirds3) China4) 5 million5) Flashing lights
BONUS QUESTION ANSWERIts beak!
First, we'll learn about how we can use energy from the sun, at night! Then, we'll visit a Top End school that's making class more inclusive for autistic students. After that, we'll head to Queensland for a daring rescue by a terrific teen, before learning about Reconciliation week. Then we'll hear about some social spiders and their huge web.
Quiz Questions:
1. What's the thing, other than light, that solar panels can capture and make energy from? (Hint: it starts with H)
2. What's the invention helping non-verbal students communicate?
3. What was Cleo riding when she spotted Rod?
4. How long have Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people lived on this land?
5. How big is the web created by the social spiders in French Guiana?
Bonus Tricky Question:
What's the name of species of spider in the story?
Answers:
1. Heat
2. A book with pictures
3. A jet-ski
4. Our best estimate is 60,000 years
5. As big as a car
Bonus Tricky Answer:
Anelosimus Eximius
On today's show, we'll start with a story about an important art prize, before learning about a picture of something mysterious in our skies. Then we'll head to a fashion show featuring clothes for people with disability, and celebrate a special day for our buzziest friend – the bee! Finally, we learn about Tasmania going carbon negative.
Quiz Questions:
1. What do the 14 rain clouds in the painting represent?
2. What's the word, starting with G, that explains why blackholes suck everything in?
3. What's the name for clothing designed for people with a disability?
4. What's the word, starting with P, for the way bees help plants and flowers grow?
5. What does carbon negative mean?
Bonus Tricky Question:
How many times has an indigenous artist won the Archibald prize?
Answers:
1. How many days and nights it rained in Lismore
2. Gravity, or gravitational pull
3. Adaptive clothing
4. Pollination
5. They take more carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere than they put in
Bonus Tricky Answer: Two; Blak Douglas is the second.
We start today’s show 66 million years in the past, when the last dinosaurs were around, and learn about an impressive fossil. Then, we’ll hear about some important news about traditional owners getting there land back. After that, we’ll head out for a few marathons with a would-be world record holder, before celebrating our amazing frontline workers on International Nurses Day. Then, we’ll reveal our Wow of the Week.
Quiz Questions
1. Where was the asteroid fossil found?
2. What recently happened for Kakadu National Park?
3. How many marathons did Jacky run in a row?
4. Whatday did we celebrate this week?
5. Do all people imagine the same thing when they listen to the same music track?
Bonus Tricky Question:
What did people in the village in China imagine when scientists played them the music track?
Answers:
1. North Dakota, United States of America
2. It was returned to the traditional owners.
3. 104
4. International Nurses Day
5. No, they imagine different things dependant on where they live and their culture?
Bonus Tricky Answer:
They imagined a man thinking about someone he loves.
On today’s show, we’ll meet a pint-sized bug-lover and some encouraging entomologists, and hear some good news from Victoria for our environment. Then, we’ll meet a Muslim woman making Australian history, before heading down south to the most remote post office in the world. Finally, we’ll explore a shipwreck lost for more than 100 years.
Quiz Questions
1. Who did Lyra's mum first contact to help encourage Lyra?
2. Victoria will revegetate an area of land five-times bigger than which city?
3. What's the name of the sporting competition Tina will compete at?
4. What are the different jobs someone would have to do while working at the Antarctica Post Office?
5. What was the name of Ernest Shackleton's lost ship?
Bonus Tricky Question:
What is the species of penguin the post-office workers would have to count?
Answers:
1. Dr Ann Jones
2. Melbourne
3. Commonwealth Games
4. Send and receive letters, work at the museum, work at the gift shop, count the penguins (you don't need to get all of these to get it right!)
5. Endurance
Bonus Tricky Answer:
Gentoo penguin
We’re counting down five stories, from number five down to number one – our Wow of the Week! On this week’s show, we’ll discover a precious letter that got lost in the post, and meet Australia’s first ever female indigenous surgeon. Then, we’ll head to the International Space Station to eat some space lettuce, before jetting back down to earth to meet an amazing teacher with a learning difficulty. Then, we’ll learn about a cool new dinosaur.
Quiz Questions:
Bonus tricky question: What is the special name for the spikes all over Stegorous elengassen’s back?
Answers:
Bonus Tricky Answer: Osteoderms
On today's show: The Australian women’s cricket team wins big, humpback whales are making a comeback, the Great Barrier Reef is in trouble, an important Indigenous artefact is returned to its owners, and inventors create a robot made from slime.
QUIZ QUESTIONS:
1. Who scored 170 runs in the World Cup?
2. What are humpback whales no longer listed as?
3. When did scientists first notice coral bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef?
4. What is another name for Gununa?
5. What controls the slime robot?
BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:
Where was the Lardil headdress worn more than 50 years ago?
ANSWERS:
1. Alyssa Healy
2. Endangered
3. 24 years ago
4. Mornington Island
5. Magnets
BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:
Opening of the Sydney Opera House
This week’s episode of News Time is a little different. We’re counting down five stories all about clever canines and pawesome puppies – it’s Good Dogs week!
Quiz Questions
Bonus Tricky Question
What are the names of the special turtles in Livingstone Shire?
Answers
Bonus tricky answer
Flatbacks and Loggerheads.
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