tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52488894873527263912024-03-05T18:38:15.046+10:30NRMjobsNRMjobs advertises jobs and opportunities in the environment, water and natural resource management field in Australia.nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-41594951784149839122021-07-15T09:34:00.003+09:302021-07-15T09:34:43.662+09:30Quiz answers have moved<p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The NRMjobs Quiz answers have moved to a new page: <a href="https://nrmjobs.com.au/quiz"><b>https://nrmjobs.com.au/quiz</b></a></span></h3><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://nrmjobs.com.au/quiz" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1670" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPZdeLz5xJ50SapA9pAmOYEZ8GBtmWKxjPpIIEK1F0cXxbTtjWoOESIiRA2krIveAERA0RIdm-0fzf9N2vAWNd6E7ngAdlikw-rPFyGr38emkOM-oyaew9fTPvrF6dzlrtZvGGn1oxzw/s320/hardenbergia.jpg" width="320" /></a> </div>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-7516551763040946372021-07-08T04:00:00.001+09:302021-07-08T04:00:00.216+09:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 08-Jul-2021<div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Gecko’</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) How many digits are there on a gecko’s foot?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Five.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) The gecko <i>Underwoodisaurus milii</i> has a distinctive tail and call. What is it commonly known as?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Barking gecko (aka Thick-tailed gecko).</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) How many species of geckos are native to Tasmania?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>None.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) How is the gecko species <i>Hemidactylus frenatu</i>s different from all others in Australia?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>It is an introduced species (Common or Asian House Gecko)</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) In what 1987 movie did the character Gordon Gecko feature? (bonus which actor played Gecko?).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Wall Street (bonus Michael Douglas).</i></span></div>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-90067266638702383722021-07-01T04:00:00.003+09:302021-07-07T21:58:16.338+09:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 1-Jul-2021<div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Emu’</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) The emu is the only surviving representative of the genus <i>Dromaius</i>. What is the emu’s species (specific) name?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Novaehollandiae (Dromaius novaehollandiae).</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(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?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>1932.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) What happened in 1953 at Emu Field in SA?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>British nuclear weapons tests (Totem 1 and Totem 2).</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) Who wrote the song Old Man Emu, and released it as a single in 1970?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>John Williamson.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) What is the incubation period of an emu egg? (a) 23 days (b) 34 days (c) 45 days (d) 56 days.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>(d) 56 days.</i></span></div>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-75273746101902980072021-06-24T04:00:00.001+09:302021-06-24T04:00:00.212+09:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 24-Jun-2021<div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Old measures’</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) How deep is a fathom?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>1.83 metres (6 feet).</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) How many yards are there in a chain? (bonus: how many chains are there in a furlong?).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>22 (bonus: 10).</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) What ancient unit of length was based on the distance from the elbow to the middle finger?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Cubit.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) What is a speed of 1.852 kilometres per hour?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>One knot.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) A glean is a measure of 25 what?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Herrings.</i></span></div>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-87990764242037484822021-06-17T04:00:00.001+09:302021-06-17T04:00:00.215+09:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 17-Jun-2021<h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Abbreviations’</b></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) What does the abbreviation COVID-19 stand for?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>CO(rona) VI(rus) D(isease) 2019</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) What does WSUD stand for?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Water-Sensitive Urban Design.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) In twitcher slang, what is an LBJ?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Little Brown Job.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) What is N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine better known as?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Glyphosate.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) What is the GBRMPA?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.</i></span></p>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-84056215715463405052021-06-10T04:00:00.003+09:302021-06-10T04:00:00.207+09:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 10-Jun-2021<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Stars’</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) Starflowers, also known as fringe myrtles, are an endemic group of Australian native shrubs belonging to what genus?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Calytrix.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) What is the nearest star to the Sun? (bonus: how far away is it, to the nearest light-year?).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Proxima Centauri (bonus: 4.24 light-years)</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) What do starfish have in common with the braking system on a car?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Both operate using hydraulics.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(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?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>December.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) Fill in the missing word: The star … was first patented in NSW in 1926.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Picket (Dropper or Post also accepted).</i></span></p>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-46351690463003128052021-06-03T04:00:00.004+09:302021-06-03T04:00:00.223+09:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 03-Jun-2021<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b><span style="font-size: large;">This week's theme: 'Seeds'</span></b></span></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">(1) What is ballochoric seed dispersal?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Dispersal by explosive force.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">(2) What technique for promoting seed germination was discovered in 1992 by Dr Kingsley Dixon at WA's Kings Park and Botanic Gardens?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Smoke treatment.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">(3) Complete this proverb: "One years seeding makes … … …"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Seven years weeding.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">(4) What is a parthenocarpic fruit?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Seedless or unfertilised fruit.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">(5) Which Australian musician once headed a band called 'The Bad Seeds'</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Nick Cave.</i></span></p>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-25058470111693544952021-05-27T04:00:00.001+09:302021-05-27T04:00:00.197+09:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 27-May-2021<div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Seconds’</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) What is the second highest mountain in Australia?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Mount Townsend (NSW)</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) What is Australia’s second largest State or Territory?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Queensland.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) What, after Tasmania, is Australia’s second largest island? (bonus: what is the 3rd largest?).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Answer: Melville Island, NT (bonus: Kangaroo Island, SA).</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) What is the second full moon in a month called?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Blue moon.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) What is Australia’s second oldest national park?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Belair National Park, SA.</i></span></div>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-3820554092638677042021-05-20T04:00:00.001+09:302021-05-20T04:00:00.214+09:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 20-May-2021<h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Body parts’</b></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) What is a chela?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>A pincer or nipper (such as on a crab or crayfish).</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) What is the bag-shaped body (containing hearts and other organs) of an octopus called? (bonus: how many hearts does an octopus have?).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Mantle (bonus: three).</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) What is a clitellum?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>The saddle-like ring (usually light coloured) on the body of worms and leeches.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) On what kind of animal will you find coverts?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>A bird.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) What is a pizzle? (bonus: what used to be made out of pizzles).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Penis, especially of a bull (bonus: whips).</i></span></p>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-23275105849718941372021-05-13T04:00:00.001+09:302021-05-13T04:00:00.213+09:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 13-May-2021<h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Hills’</b></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) What is the highest mountain in Victoria?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Mount Bogong.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) Which multi-national corporation originally took its name from the NSW city of Broken Hill?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> BHP.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) All of Western Australia’s 20 highest peaks are in what mountain range? (bonus: What is the highest peak in WA?)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Hammersley Range (bonus: Mount Meharry).</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) What iconic Australian product was first manufactured by Lance Hill in an Adelaide backyard in 1945?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Hills Hoist.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) Blue Hills ran from February 1949 until September 1976. What was it?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>ABC Radio serial.</i></span></p>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-73155752049339111352021-05-06T04:00:00.001+09:302021-05-06T04:00:00.205+09:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 6-May-2021<h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Glow’</b></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) What word means the biochemical emission of light by living organisms?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Bioluminescence.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(2)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">In October 2020 scientists made the surprise discovery that platypuses glow green under ultraviolet light. Where was the discovery made?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> United States (from specimens in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois and the University of Nebraska State Museum).</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(3)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The insect genus <i>Arachnocampa</i>, endemic to Australia and New Zealand, consists of nine species of fungus gnats. What are their larvae commonly known as?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Glow worms.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(4)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The Southern Lights (Aurora Australis) are visible from which four countries? (one point each).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Australia, New Zealand, Chile and Argentina.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(5)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Omphalotus nidiformis</i>, a white, gilled mushroom species found in southern Australia, is famous for glowing in the night. What is its common name?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Ghost fungus.</i></span></p><div><br /></div>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-70854871229245562062021-04-29T04:00:00.001+09:302021-04-29T04:00:00.209+09:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 29-April-2021<h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Pea’</b></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) What is the common name of the twining, ground-hugging pea <i>Kennedia prostrata</i>?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Running postman.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) What is the distinctive, glossy black bulge at the centre of a Sturt desert pea petal called? (bonus: How many petals does a Sturt desert pea flower have?).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Boss (four petals).</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) Which of the following is not a common name for <i>Hardenbergia violacea</i>? (a) Happy wanderer (b) False sarsaparilla (c) Purple coral pea (d) Native violet (e) Lilac vine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>(d) Native violet.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) Complete this Australian phrase: “Jumping up and down like the pea in a … …”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Referee’s whistle.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) What is the binomial name of the endangered, South East Australian plant known commonly as the Small purple pea or Mountain Swainson pea?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Swainsona recta.</i></span></p>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-40121516028126265762021-04-22T04:00:00.001+09:302021-04-22T04:00:00.212+09:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 22-April-2021<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Quail’</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) Which of the following is not an Australian native species: (a) Brown quail (<i>Coturnix ypsilophora</i>) (b) Gambel’s quail (<i>Callipepla gambelii</i>) (c) King quail (<i>Coturnix chinensis victoriae</i>) (d) Stubble quail (<i>Coturnix pectoralis</i>).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>(b) Gambel’s quail (native to California).</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) What is the collective noun for a group of quails?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Bevy (‘covey’ or ‘quail’ also accepted).</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) What does it mean “to quail”?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>To be very afraid, to the point of trembling.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) Dan Quayle was Vice President to which US President?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> George HW Bush.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) What is a baby quail called?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> A chick.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5mNd7YgnVuwjXmbLZynPGuoO5rLSPNv2ltajaNQDuLbiUveT2wEEEwPEJ63Xw8W8OWjhDXtrK25jqWxqUVuOIJoUACtRN0XG0clCUtpyu7p5PK9vIRuIYvC5SfG083yeqsi4wJaHIsM/s1200/baby+quail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5mNd7YgnVuwjXmbLZynPGuoO5rLSPNv2ltajaNQDuLbiUveT2wEEEwPEJ63Xw8W8OWjhDXtrK25jqWxqUVuOIJoUACtRN0XG0clCUtpyu7p5PK9vIRuIYvC5SfG083yeqsi4wJaHIsM/s320/baby+quail.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-82550741605587861462021-04-15T04:00:00.002+09:302021-04-18T11:21:39.662+09:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 15-Apr-2021<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Rings’</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) What is the science of dating past events by studying annual growth rings in trees?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Dendrochronology.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) What is the nest of a ringtail possum called? (bonus: where does the word originate?).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Drey. (bonus: English term for a squirrel’s nest).</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) <i>Platycercus elegans</i> and <i>Platycercus eximius</i> were once regarded by biologists as the two ends of a classic ring species, circling the arid inland (DNA studies have since disproved this theory). What are their common names?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Crimson rosella and Eastern rosella.<br /></i><br /><span style="color: red;">CORRECTION: </span><i>The quiz master withdraws the above question (3), with apologies. The answer is still ‘rosella’, but it turns out the whole ring species thing with rosellas is far more complicated, and the question is fatally flawed and incorrect.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) The age of a bony fish can be determined by examining the annual rings laid down in what bone-like structure in its head?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Otolith.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) What is an elastrator?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>A device used to apply rubber rings to castrate livestock (or for docking tails etc.).</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcqiXFTBIOUC3jm5n9R7k9TNV599CqopO6hdU5aEK29SS6OAyTIIRxJyDJrA11OhJEOzja23b2OSyqZZzCvVZX600alLB9AdawUQQxzfMRzpn6iWsFtl88q0Yoc3UV6AOxMOwLEvpy9E/s1200/elastrator.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcqiXFTBIOUC3jm5n9R7k9TNV599CqopO6hdU5aEK29SS6OAyTIIRxJyDJrA11OhJEOzja23b2OSyqZZzCvVZX600alLB9AdawUQQxzfMRzpn6iWsFtl88q0Yoc3UV6AOxMOwLEvpy9E/s320/elastrator.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><div><br /></div>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-72713250113053450122021-04-08T04:00:00.001+09:302021-04-08T04:00:00.231+09:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 8-Apr-2021<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Legs’</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) Including the pincers, how many legs does a yabby have?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> 10.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) The word ‘centipede’ means 100 legs, and individuals can have between 30 to 354 legs, depending on the species. But do any centipedes have exactly 100 legs?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>No (centipedes always have an odd number of pairs of legs).</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) The macropod species <i>Thylogale stigmatic</i>a is commonly called the Red-legged …?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Pademelon.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) What is the difference between a tetrapod and a quadruped?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>A tetrapod is any species descended from a four-limbed (Tetrapoda) ancestor, while a quadruped is any species which uses four limbs for locomotion.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) What kind of creature can have up 750 legs – more than any other known animal?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Millipede (Illacme plenipes, native to California).</i></span></p><p><br /></p>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-35329718958540902132021-04-01T04:00:00.001+10:302021-04-01T04:00:07.357+10:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 1-Apr-2021<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘April foolery’</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) On 1 April, 1957 the BBC’s Panorama program broadcast a now-famous ‘documentary’ featuring the harvest of what tree fruit?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Spaghetti.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(2)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">On 1 April, 1975 what memorable prank involved the ABC TV program This Day Tonight, the Adelaide Town Hall and SA Deputy Premier Des Corcoran?</span></p><p><i style="font-family: arial;"><b>Answer:</b> Announcement that Australia was converting to ‘metric time’.</i></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(3)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">On 1 April, 1978 what prank did Australian businessman Dick Smith play on the city of Sydney?</span></p><p><i style="font-family: arial;"><b>Answer: </b>Towed a fake iceberg into Sydney Harbour. </i></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(4)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">On 1 April, 2003, the Sydney Morning Herald published a review of a new restaurant, called Species, which supposedly featured what on its menu?</span></p><p><i style="font-family: arial;"><b>Answer:</b> Endangered species.</i></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(5)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">On 1 April, 2013 South Australia’s Monarto Zoo announced the birth of what strange animal?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>A zebracorn (zebra with a unicorn horn).</i></span></p>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-64849457316697726442021-03-25T04:00:00.001+10:302021-03-25T04:00:02.906+10:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 25-Mar-2021<div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Auto-’</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) What is an automaton?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>A self-operating machine.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) What is autotomy?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Casting off a body part when under threat (eg lizard’s tail)</i>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) What is an autotroph?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>A ‘primary producer’ organism - which can produce its own food using light (usually), water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) What does someone who supports autogeny believe?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>That living organisms can be created from non-living matter.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) What is a word meaning to eat or otherwise consume one’s own body?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Autophagy.</i></span></div>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-76386543262295613522021-03-18T04:00:00.001+10:302021-03-18T04:00:07.260+10:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 18-Mar-2021<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Budgies’</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) What are budgerigars called in the US?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Parakeets.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) What UK celebrity wrote the children’s books series featuring ‘Budgie the Little Helicopter’?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Sarah Ferguson.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) Which one of the following did not have pet budgerigars? (a) Joseph Stalin (b) Adolph Hitler (c) Winston Churchill (d) John F Kennedy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>(b) Adolph Hitler.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) What Guinness World Record is still held by Puck, a male budgerigar which died in California in 1994?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Largest vocabulary of any bird (1,728 words).</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) Best known for his 1970s hit ‘The Newcastle Song’, which Australian singer, broadcaster and archaeologist also recorded the comic song ‘Jonathon Livingston Budgerigar’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Dr Bob Hudson.</i></span></p>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-52532594794422123272021-03-11T04:00:00.001+10:302021-03-11T04:00:05.058+10:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 11-Mar-2021<div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Worms’</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) The world’s largest earthworm, <i>Megascolides australis</i> (aka karmai) can reportedly grow up to three metres long. Where in Australia would you find it?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Gippsland, Victoria.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) Who spent 40 years studying the role of earthworms in soil formation, and published his findings in a book titled <i>The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms</i>?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Charles Darwin.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) Where would you find the giant, fictional worm known reverentially as Shai-Hulud?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> On the planet Arrakis (aka Dune).</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) <i>Hypolimnus pedderensis</i> was the first species of earthworm recorded to have been sent extinct by human activities. Where did it live?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Lake Pedder, Tasmania.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) What is the missing word in William Blake’s famous short poem: “O Rose thou art sick / The … worm / That flies in the night / In the howling storm / Has found out thy bed / Of crimson joy / And his dark secret love / Does thy life destroy.”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Invisible.</i></span></div>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-46634800694070369022021-03-04T04:00:00.001+10:302021-03-04T04:00:03.340+10:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 04-Mar-2021<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Rattle’</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) What happens to a rattlesnake’s tail each time it sheds its skin?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>A new segment is added to the rattle.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) What does it mean in Australia when someone tells you to “rattle your dags”?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Hurry up.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) What is the common name for plants of the <i>Crotalaria</i> genus?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Rattlepods.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) What does it mean to “ride the rattler”?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Jump onto a moving freight train to avoid paying for a ticket.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) In what series does the fictional character mockingly known as Rattleshirt appear? (bonus: what is his own preferred name?).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Game of Thrones (bonus: Lord of Bones).</i></span></p><div><br /></div>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-49184280911173535552021-02-25T04:00:00.001+10:302021-02-25T04:00:06.323+10:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 25-Feb-2021<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Sap’</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) Vascular plants have two types of sap: xylem sap and phloem sap. Which one carries water from the roots up to the leaves?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Xylem sap.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) Which of the following is not a meaning for ‘sap’? (a) Vigour (b) To weaken (c) A club (d) A trench (e) A gullible fool (f) A small tree.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> (f) A small tree.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) True or false: Amber is formed from fossilised tree sap?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> False: Amber is formed from fossilised tree resin.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) What is a sapper?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>A soldier responsible for tasks such as building and repairing roads and bridges, laying and clearing mines, etc.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) What common food product is made from the sap of the north American tree, Acer saccharum?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Maple syrup.</i></span></p>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-18046507028568714452021-02-18T04:00:00.001+10:302021-02-18T04:00:02.665+10:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 18-Feb-2021<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘-icles’</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) What are spikes of ice formed when dripping water freezes?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Icicles.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) What is the collective name for the three middle ear bones found in all mammals?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Ossicles.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) What are multi-branched clusters of flowers, especially in grasses?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Panicles.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) What are small secretory cavities, sacs or glands – such as the pits in the skin from which hairs grow on mammals?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Follicles</i>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) What are small, fluid filled organelles which store and transport materials within cells?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Vesicles.</i></span></p><div><br /></div>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-48379976586275871772021-02-11T04:00:00.001+10:302021-02-11T04:00:01.905+10:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 11-Feb-2021<p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">This week’s theme: ‘Sixty’</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) What is 60 degrees Celsius in Farenheit? (bonus: what is 60 degrees Farenheit in Celsius?)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>140 Farenheit (bonus 15.56 Celsius).</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) Sexaginta means ‘sixty’ in what language?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> Latin.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) How bright (in lumens) is a standard 60-watt incandescent bulb? (a) 60 lumens (b) 800 lumens (c) 10,000 lumens (d) 120,000 lumens?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> (b) 800 lumens.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) In what year did the Australian TV program 60 Minutes first go to air in Australia?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> 1979.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) If a triangle has two 60-degree corners, what angle is the third corner?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>60 degrees</i>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Bonus question: On what day was the NRMjobs quizmaster born?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> 11 February, 1961 (Yep, it’s my 60th today. Hope you are enjoying the quizzes).<br /><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMR6E0pUUX2jk8L8AcgpQPLV16GRPSf44sldkG0qoBHSeYKj-8tvsQreU9P0urZTGLqbmzyN9rEtXu9dLg3twLmkqRppboZQwuJwPMa0erf_5PvT14NOKom_W7ZvxDfbSDk_-pcZ-Mmxw/s1500/cheers+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="1500" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMR6E0pUUX2jk8L8AcgpQPLV16GRPSf44sldkG0qoBHSeYKj-8tvsQreU9P0urZTGLqbmzyN9rEtXu9dLg3twLmkqRppboZQwuJwPMa0erf_5PvT14NOKom_W7ZvxDfbSDk_-pcZ-Mmxw/w241-h199/cheers+5.jpg" width="241" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-5109915180613602862021-02-04T04:00:00.001+10:302021-02-04T04:00:02.225+10:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 4-Feb-2021<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Sharks’</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) What is a baby shark called?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>A pup.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) How many bones are there in a shark’s skeleton?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>None.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) What did carpenters traditionally use sharkskin for?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Sand paper.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) True or false?: Baby sharks sometimes prey on their siblings whilst still inside the womb.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer:</b> True.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) Which English sea captain gave the name ‘Shark Bay’ in 1699 to the natural feature, 800km north of Perth, known by Aboriginal people as Gutharraguda?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>William Dampier.</i></span></p><p><br /></p>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248889487352726391.post-28004794969967165122021-01-28T04:00:00.001+10:302021-01-28T04:00:04.323+10:30NRMjobs Quiz answers 28-Jan-2021<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>This week’s theme: ‘Channels’</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(1) What are the three major rivers which flow through Queensland’s Channel Country and drain into Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre)?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Cooper Creek, Diamantina River and Georgina River.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(2) What is the difference between a canal and a channel?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>A canal is always artificial; a channel is (usually) natural.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(3) What Australian scientific body has its headquarters at 203 Channel Highway, Kingston, Tasmania?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Australian Antarctic Division.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(4) In Australia, Channel 5 and Channel 35 are legally reserved for emergency use only on what radio network?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>UHF CB.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(5) The D'Entrecasteaux Channel lies between Tasmania and what offshore island?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Answer: </b>Bruny Island.</i></span></p><div><br /></div>nrmjobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130704158421112060noreply@blogger.com0