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NRMjobs Quiz answers 08-Jul-2021

This week’s theme: ‘Gecko’

(1) How many digits are there on a gecko’s foot?

Answer: Five.

(2) The gecko Underwoodisaurus milii has a distinctive tail and call. What is it commonly known as?

Answer: Barking gecko (aka Thick-tailed gecko).

(3) How many species of geckos are native to Tasmania?

Answer: None.

(4) How is the gecko species Hemidactylus frenatus different from all others in Australia?

Answer: It is an introduced species (Common or Asian House Gecko)

(5) In what 1987 movie did the character Gordon Gecko feature? (bonus which actor played Gecko?).

Answer: Wall Street (bonus Michael Douglas).

NRMjobs Quiz answers 1-Jul-2021

This week’s theme: ‘Emu’

(1) The emu is the only surviving representative of the genus Dromaius. What is the emu’s species (specific) name?

Answer: Novaehollandiae (Dromaius novaehollandiae).

(2) In WA’s infamous ‘Great Emu War’, Australian soldiers armed with machine guns unsuccessfully tried to wipe out a large population of emus. In what year was it?

Answer: 1932.

(3) What happened in 1953 at Emu Field in SA?

Answer: British nuclear weapons tests (Totem 1 and Totem 2).

(4) Who wrote the song Old Man Emu, and released it as a single in 1970?

Answer: John Williamson.

(5) What is the incubation period of an emu egg? (a) 23 days (b) 34 days (c) 45 days (d) 56 days.

Answer: (d) 56 days.

NRMjobs Quiz answers 24-Jun-2021

This week’s theme: ‘Old measures’

(1) How deep is a fathom?

Answer: 1.83 metres (6 feet).

(2) How many yards are there in a chain? (bonus: how many chains are there in a furlong?).

Answer: 22 (bonus: 10).

(3) What ancient unit of length was based on the distance from the elbow to the middle finger?

Answer: Cubit.

(4) What is a speed of 1.852 kilometres per hour?

Answer: One knot.

(5) A glean is a measure of 25 what?

Answer: Herrings.

NRMjobs Quiz answers 17-Jun-2021

This week’s theme: ‘Abbreviations’

(1) What does the abbreviation COVID-19 stand for?

Answer: CO(rona) VI(rus) D(isease) 2019

(2) What does WSUD stand for?

Answer: Water-Sensitive Urban Design.

(3) In twitcher slang, what is an LBJ?

Answer: Little Brown Job.

(4) What is N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine better known as?

Answer: Glyphosate.

(5) What is the GBRMPA?

Answer: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

NRMjobs Quiz answers 10-Jun-2021

This week’s theme: ‘Stars’

(1) Starflowers, also known as fringe myrtles, are an endemic group of Australian native shrubs belonging to what genus?

Answer: Calytrix.

(2) What is the nearest star to the Sun? (bonus: how far away is it, to the nearest light-year?).

Answer: Proxima Centauri (bonus: 4.24 light-years)

(3) What do starfish have in common with the braking system on a car?

Answer: Both operate using hydraulics.

(4) The Geminid meteor shower is the most reliably spectacular display of shooting stars in the southern hemisphere. In which month can it be observed?

Answer: December.

(5) Fill in the missing word: The star … was first patented in NSW in 1926.

Answer: Picket (Dropper or Post also accepted).

NRMjobs Quiz answers 03-Jun-2021

 This week's theme: 'Seeds'

(1) What is ballochoric seed dispersal?

Answer: Dispersal by explosive force.

(2) What technique for promoting seed germination was discovered in 1992 by Dr Kingsley Dixon at WA's Kings Park and Botanic Gardens?

Answer: Smoke treatment.

(3) Complete this proverb: "One years seeding makes … … …"

Answer: Seven years weeding.

(4) What is a parthenocarpic fruit?

Answer: Seedless or unfertilised fruit.

(5) Which Australian musician once headed a band called 'The Bad Seeds'

Answer: Nick Cave.

NRMjobs Quiz answers 27-May-2021

This week’s theme: ‘Seconds’

(1) What is the second highest mountain in Australia?

Answer: Mount Townsend (NSW)

(2) What is Australia’s second largest State or Territory?

Answer: Queensland.

(3) What, after Tasmania, is Australia’s second largest island? (bonus: what is the 3rd largest?).

Answer: Melville Island, NT (bonus: Kangaroo Island, SA).

(4) What is the second full moon in a month called?

Answer: Blue moon.

(5) What is Australia’s second oldest national park?

Answer: Belair National Park, SA.

NRMjobs Quiz answers 20-May-2021

This week’s theme: ‘Body parts’

(1) What is a chela?

Answer: A pincer or nipper (such as on a crab or crayfish).

(2) What is the bag-shaped body (containing hearts and other organs) of an octopus called? (bonus: how many hearts does an octopus have?).

Answer: Mantle (bonus: three).

(3) What is a clitellum?

Answer: The saddle-like ring (usually light coloured) on the body of worms and leeches.

(4) On what kind of animal will you find coverts?

Answer: A bird.

(5) What is a pizzle? (bonus: what used to be made out of pizzles).

Answer: Penis, especially of a bull (bonus: whips).

NRMjobs Quiz answers 13-May-2021

This week’s theme: ‘Hills’

(1) What is the highest mountain in Victoria?

Answer: Mount Bogong.

(2) Which multi-national corporation originally took its name from the NSW city of Broken Hill?

Answer: BHP.

(3) All of Western Australia’s 20 highest peaks are in what mountain range? (bonus: What is the highest peak in WA?)

Answer: Hammersley Range (bonus: Mount Meharry).

(4) What iconic Australian product was first manufactured by Lance Hill in an Adelaide backyard in 1945?

Answer: Hills Hoist.

(5) Blue Hills ran from February 1949 until September 1976. What was it?

Answer: ABC Radio serial.