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Today, we’ll cheer along some of the world’s best athletes in the Paralympic Games, we'll snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef, find out why The Wiggles need a bigger Big Red Car, meet a farmer who bought an entire town, and hear which animals make the best dads.
QUIZ QUESTIONS:
1. Where are the Paralympics being held?
2. What does 'muga dhambi' mean?
3. How old is new Wiggle Tsehay?
4. What are the people of Hebel calling Frank?
5. What was the gorilla's name at Taronga Zoo?
BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:
How long has Anthony been a Wiggle?
ANSWERS:
1. Tokyo, Japan
2. Big coral
3. 15
4. The people's king
5. Kibabu
BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:
30 years
Today we’ll follow a rogue elephant herd across China, visit a school making picture books in Indigenous languages, wear purple clothes for rainbow kids, find out what world leaders are doing to tackle climate change, and meet the winners of the Children’s Book of the Year Awards.
QUIZ QUESTIONS:
1. How many Asian elephants live in China today?
2. What does Ngayulu Paku Pulka mean?
3. What date is Wear it Purple day?
4. What issue does the United Nations' new report address?
5. Who wrote Aster's Good, Right Things?
BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:
What is the name of Zeno Sworder's book?
ANSWERS:
1. About 300
2. I'm so tired
3. August 27
4. Climate change
5. Kate Gordon
BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:
This Small Blue Dot
It's National Science Week! We'll join a detective mission to spot some nocturnal natives, find out how Indigenous knowledge is saving swampland, meet a man finding his voice with a new invention, wonder if aliens are watching us, and we’ll dig up bones belonging to Australia’s very own dragon.
QUIZ QUESTIONS:
1. Which Australian owl sounds like a dog?
2. What is another name for the Mulyawonk?
3. What does the new US invention read to help people talk?
4. What type of dinosaur was Thapunngaka shawi?
5. How many planets are close enough to tune into Earth's radio and TV broadcasts?
BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:
What does 'thapun' mean in Wanamara language?
ANSWERS:
1. The barking owl
2. Bunyip
3. Brainwaves
4. Pterosaur
5. 29
BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:
Spear
Today we’ll meet a doctor mending broken hearts, celebrate our Olympic athletes’ success, follow a flock of birds to the middle of Australia, meet some prize-winning painters and examine some treasure from under the sea.
QUIZ QUESTION:
1. What two objects did the toy doctor repair for Carol?
2. Where was Peter Bol born?
3. What food do the budgies like to eat in the outback?
4. What character is Luanda's brother dressed as?
5. What was pictured in the underwater petroglyph Clinton discovered?
BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:
Who did Charliese Allen Momasito paint for the Young Archies?
ANSWERS:
1. A ceramic horse and porcelain doll
2. Sudan
3. Grass seed
4. The Incredible Hulk
5. Kangaroo footprints
BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:
Her mum
Today we’ll ollie and grind with three teen Olympians, find out which threatened species is making a comeback, float in space, meet the brothers reviving an ancient language, and visit the Lost City.
QUIZ QUESTIONS:
1. In which event did teenagers win gold, silver and bronze at the Tokyo Olympics?
2. Which two types of quolls are making a comeback in Australia?
3. How many floating planets did scientists recently discover?
4. What have Toby and Daryl invented to help people learn Kullilli language?
5. What did Leo sell to help the Lost City?
BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:
Where is the Lost City?
ANSWERS:
1. Street skateboarding
2. The spotted tail quoll and the western quoll
3. Four
4. A Kullilli dictionary app
5. Lemonade
BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:
Wiradjuri Country, near Lithgow, NSW.
This week we’ll meet a super speller, celebrate International Day of Friendship, discover ancient treasure in the Queensland bush, find out how little lambs are spreading smiles, and hear about a disagreement in Tasmania all to do with poo.
QUIZ QUESTIONS:
1. What is Zaila Avant Garde's other talent, apart from spelling?
2. What international day did we recently celebrate?
3. Who goes bushwalking with Nundji?
4. What have people been sending to Tracey Kruger's farm?
5. What is the name of the dog statue at the Pooseum?
BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:
What do the Kalkadoon people use to attach rocks to sticks when making spears?
ANSWERS:
1. Basketball
2. International Day of Friendship
3. His grandfather
4. Knitted jumpers
5. Pooby-Doo
BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:
Wax made from spinifex grass
Send your story ideas to abckidslisten@abc.net.au
Today we explore a cave where birds’ nests are ruffling feathers, we meet a science star inspired by her mum’s cooking, we cheer on an Australian para-taekwondo competitor, we solve a meteorite mystery, and we hear a whale of a tale.
QUIZ QUESTIONS:
1. What type of birds are making nests on Indigenous artworks?
2. What does STEM stand for?
3. Where did taekwondo originate?
4. In which desert was the meteorite found?
5. What type of whale spat out the lobster diver?
BONUS: What type of scientist is Zahra Khorami becoming?
ANSWERS:
1. Swallows
2. Science, technology, engineering, mathematics
3. Korea
4. Kalahari
5. Humpback
BONUS: Biomedical engineer
Contact abckidslisten@abc.net.au with your story ideas.
On today's show: A weed-whacking beetle business, a very expensive kelpie, Australia Post's plans to recognise Indigenous Country, a fire burning in the middle of the ocean, and our newest tennis champions!
We also want to hear from you! We're making some super special episodes of News Time that take a deep dive into one juicy topic! Let us know the subject, issue or story you want to hear investigated in more detail. Send your suggestions to abckidslisten@abc.net.au
And once you've listened to today's episode, take this quiz:
QUESTIONS
1. What type of beetles are Jack and Kelly selling in Darwin?
2. What can you now add to addresses on Australian letters and parcels?
3. How much money did someone pay for Eulooka Hoover?
4. What type of pipe sprung a leak in the Yucatan Peninsula?
5. Who was the last Australian woman, before Ash Barty, to win the women's singles championship at Wimbledon?
BONUS TRICKY QUESTION: What Indigenous Country is Canberra on?
ANSWERS
1. Calligrapha beetles
2. Indigenous Country names
3. $35,200
4. A gas pipe
5. Evonne Goolagong Cawley
BONUS TRICKY ANSWER: Ngunnawal
It's NAIDOC Week, a time for all of us to celebrate the history, cultures and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The theme for NAIDOC Week this year is Heal Country – that means everyone coming together to take care of First Nations lands, waters, sacred sites, cultures and languages. And that’s what NAIDOC News Time is all about!
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