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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.