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We're flying high on this week’s News Time! We’ll hear about an Aussie who’s been offered a job that’s truly out of this world; then we’ll head to an island where a creepy crawly has made quite a comeback! And in our Wow of the Week, we'll take you out to the ball game!
Quiz Questions
1. How many sporting events are in a modern pentathlon?
2. What process did Travis call upon the Prime Minister to establish?
3. Where has Katherine Bennell-Pegg been invited to go?
4. What is the name of the island experiencing a boom in native cockroaches?
5. What are the first names of the two Australian Major League Baseball players who faced each other recently?
Answers
1. Five
2. Truth-telling
3. The International Space Station
4. Lord Howe Island
5. Curtis and Travis
On this week's News Time, we’ll hear a musical instrument that’s taken more than three years to repair. We’ll also visit a workplace looking for an energetic new staff member who’s keen to fetch; and then we’ll uncover a salad surprise in our Wow of the Week.
Quiz Questions
1. How old is lawn bowler Jacky Hudson?
2. What native animal was Bear the detection dog trained to sniff out?
3. Braithen has written a book in which Indigenous language?
4. What giant music instrument has been restored?
5. What name did the housemates give the frog?
Answers
1. 75
2. Koalas
3. Gudjal
4. A pipe organ
5. Greg!
On this week’s News Time, we’ll hear how sport is helping refugees feel like they belong. We’ll meet a new species of insect that's lacking table manners. Then, in our Wow of the Week, we’ll find out why a jet plane has travelled to Australia... by boat!
Quiz Questions
1. What is the name given to Australian sign language?
2. What sport is helping refugees settle into the Toowoomba community?
3. The new insect was given the name Larrakia WHAT-legged assassin bug?
4. What bird did Christopher, the drone operator, say he's always wanted to fly like?
5. How long had the plane been travelling by sea?
Answers
1. Auslan
2. Hockey
3. Feather-legged
4. Black cockatoo
5. Two months!
Isaac Muller is back to bring you more News Time!
We’ll hear about a group of teenage hikers who used their knowledge to make a brave rescue. We’ll find something gross but valuable that’s washed up on a beach. Then, in our Wow of the Week, we’ll meet someone who loves our world and has lived on it for much longer than most of us!
Quiz Questions
1. What has been discovered about platypuses from millions of years ago?
2. What did the girls make to get the injured hiker to safety?
3. Ambergris was once used as an ingredient in what item?
4. Where are many Meekatharra kids riding their repaired bikes to?
5. How old did Sir David Attenborough turn last week?
Answers
1. They had teeth!
2. A homemade stretcher
3. Perfume
4. School
5. 100!
Isaac Muller has picked up the microphone from Emily for this week's News Time!
You'll meet some litter legends working hard to make their community a cleaner place. We’ll visit an airport that’s hired a crew of robots to do some heavy lifting. And in our Wow of the Week, we’ll dig up a sensory scoop about seeds!
Quiz Questions
1. What nickname has Ayla given her walking frame?
2. What bakery treat did the sisters enjoy after their litter collecting?
3. Which country has introduced humanoid robot baggage handlers?
4. What did Alby sleep next to each night as a two-year-old?
5. What noise does a falling raindrop sound like to a seed?
Answers
1. Goldie
2. Vanilla slice
3. Japan
4. A container of golf balls
5. Plunk!
We're eager as a beaver to bring you this week's News Time, because it's another Amazing Animals special!
You’ll hear about a giant spiky creature that once roamed Australia; and meet Bruce, a disabled bird from New Zealand. Then we'll dive deep underwater and use our ears to find our Wow of the Week!
Quiz Questions
1. What animal did the fossil in the museum belong to?
2. Is Bruce the Kea missing the top or bottom part of his beak?
3. What was the name of the dog helping kids read?
4. What does Kungaka mean in language?
5. The whales communicate in a series of short clicks, what are these called? (Hint: It starts with C)
Answers
1. A giant echidna
2. The top
3. Tashi
4. The hidden one
5. Codas
On this edition of News Time, we’ll hear about an inclusive sport called adaptive skateboarding! We’ll also find our way to a shop that’ll soon be going off the grid. Then, in our Wow of the Week, we’ll discover a very fashionable item made from recycled tennis balls!
Quiz Questions
1. What is the name of the famous Australian dinosaur named after a town in outback Queensland?
2. What outback town did the Sydney Youth Orchestras travel to?
3. Why is the shop of maps in Adelaide closing?
4. What is the name of the sport that Bobby loves?
5. How many tennis balls go into landfill each year in Australia?
Answers
1. The muttaburrasaurus
2. Wilcannia
3. Shop owner Anthony is retiring
4. Adaptive skateboarding
5. 10 million
It's World Earth Day and News Time host, Emily, is learning all about it with the help of Lee Constable, a science and environmental communicator. She knows everything about renewable energy and where it comes from.
On this week's News Time, we’ll hear about an entire town that’s up for sale at a bargain price, then we’ll go poolside to discover what’s lifting the spirits of stressed swimmers. Then, in our Wow of the Week, we’ll meet a native animal whose poo is worth millions of dollars!
Quiz Questions
1. More people have been travelling around on WHAT mode of transport?
2. How many people live in the town of Cooladdi?
3. What did Swimming Australia introduce to help athletes calm down before racing?
4. What is the name of the creature more commonly known as the Tasmanian Tiger?
5. How do bats plant trees?
Answers
1. Bicycles
2. Two! But there’s room for more...
3. Support dogs
4. Thylacine
5. They poop out seeds!
It’s a bit of a numbers game on News Time this week!
We’ll hear about a surfing superstar who’s been making lists and checking them twice. Then, we'll countdown to blast off for a fly-by of the moon!
And in our Wow of the Week, we’ll discover why one country is spending over a year counting all the way to one billion!
Quiz Questions
1. Where was the sugar glider having a nap?
2. What is the name of the list that Molly Picklum writes before she competes?
3. Why did Rhoda Roberts say you should never judge others?
4. What is the name of the mission that's just done a fly-by of the moon?
5. How many people live in India?
Answers
1. In the sails of a boat
2. "Admit it" list
3. Because you never know what they're going through
4. Artemis II
5. More than a billion... though we won't know for sure until after the census!
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