Thursday, January 28, 2021

NRMjobs Quiz answers 28-Jan-2021

This week’s theme: ‘Channels’

(1) What are the three major rivers which flow through Queensland’s Channel Country and drain into Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre)?

Answer: Cooper Creek, Diamantina River and Georgina River.

(2) What is the difference between a canal and a channel?

Answer: A canal is always artificial; a channel is (usually) natural.

(3) What Australian scientific body has its headquarters at 203 Channel Highway, Kingston, Tasmania?

Answer: Australian Antarctic Division.

(4) In Australia, Channel 5 and Channel 35 are legally reserved for emergency use only on what radio network?

Answer: UHF CB.

(5) The D'Entrecasteaux Channel lies between Tasmania and what offshore island?

Answer: Bruny Island.


Thursday, January 21, 2021

NRMjobs Quiz answers 21-Jan-2021

(1) Where on a plant would you find apical meristems? (bonus: where would you find intercalary meristems?).

Answer: Tips of roots and shoots (bonus: Nodes between leaves, or at the base of leaves).

(2) What does the acronym STEM stand for?

Answer: Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics.

(3) Which of the following is not a stem vegetable: (a) Asparagus (b) Broccoli (c) Celery (d) Kohlrabi (e) Rhubarb?

Answer: (b) Broccoli.

(4) Where does this lyric come from? - “Long stem roses are the way to your heart, but he needs to start with your head” (one point each for the artist and the song).

Answer: Madonna / Express Yourself.

(5) What is the main difference between a human stem cell and any other kind of human cell?

Answer: Stem cells are undifferentiated (ie they are ‘blanks’, with the potential to turn into many different cell types). Other human cells are differentiated, with their cell type already determined.

Thursday, January 14, 2021

NRMjobs Quiz answers 14-Jan-2021

This week’s theme: ‘Alienists’

(1) What leading, German-born botanist is believed to have deliberately introduced blackberry to Australia in the mid-1800s?

Answer: Ferdinand Mueller.

(2) The tiny town of Boolarra in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley is famous for its annual folk music festival. But what is it infamous for?

Answer: The source of the highly invasive Boolarra strain of carp.

(3) What is Thomas Austin infamous for?

Answer: The successful introduction of rabbits to Australia.

(4) What Australian biologist is the author of two books – Feral Future and The New Nature – dealing with invasive species and disrupted ecosystems.

Answer: Tim Low.

(5) True or false?: Cane toads were introduced to Australia by the CSIRO.

Answer: False: Cane toads were introduced by the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations.

Thursday, January 7, 2021

NRMjobs Quiz answers 7-Jan-2021

This week’s theme: ‘Roots’

(1) What is a murnong?

Answer: Yam daisy (Microseris sp.)

(2) Which politician is known colloquially as ‘The Beetrooter’?

Answer: Barnaby Joyce.

(3) In which State or Territory is the Canning Stock Route located?

Answer: Western Australia.

(4) What is a pig-root?

Answer: When a horse (or other animal) kicks up with its back legs, while keeping its forelegs on the ground.

(5) What is ‘root beer’ called in Australia?

Answer: Sarsparilla.