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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
What is the name of the city where the Indigenous designers will have their work shown in?
What are the underwater forests off the coast of Tasmania made from?
What accessory has been made to help people in an emergency situation?
A farm was bought near Brisbane to help save which animal?
How many eyes did the ancient sea creature have?

 

Bonus tricky question

How old is the fossil brain?

 

 

Quiz answers
New York
Kelp
Backpacks
Koalas
Three

 

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
What is the name of the world’s rarest marsupial?
What is the new telescope called?
Who was the 2022 NAIDOC Person of the Year?
Who is Arthur’s Stone named after?
Which natural disaster will rats be used to help rescue people?



Bonus tricky question
What is Arthur’s Stone?



Quiz answers
Gilbert’s potoroo
The James Webb Space Telescope (or Webb Telescope)
Ash Barty
King Arthur
Earthquakes



Bonus tricky answer
A 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
What equipment is being made available for people with disability to make nature more accessible?
What is the name of the orchid that only blooms once every 7-10 years?
Where are the giant water lilies researched and on display?
What does artist Lowell Hunter use to draw his giant sand pictures?
What was Nun cho ga?



Bonus tricky question

How many years ago did the baby woolly mammoth live?

 

Quiz answers
Offroad wheelchairs (and mountain trikes)
Queen of Sheba
Kew Gardens in England
His feet!
A baby giant woolly mammoth

 

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
Where is the bilingual Gumbaynggirr Giingana Freedom School?
What is the name of the Indigenous rugby player who will have a trophy named after him?
Where does the little Yirrlinkirrkirr (white-throated grass-wren) live?
Wiradjuri woman Evonne Goolagong Cawley earned which nickname at Wimbledon?
In which two cities will the Aboriginal flag fly on bridges?



Tricky bonus question

What is the name of the new rugby union trophy?

 

 

Quiz answers
Coffs Harbour, NSW
Mark Ella
Arnhem Land, NT
Sunshine Supergirl
Sydney and Melbourne



Tricky bonus answer

Ella-Mobbs Cup