(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.
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).
(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.
