News Time

You've heard of a leap year, you've heard of playing leap frog, but have you heard of a leap second? Find out what they are on today's episode.  
Plus, we're heading overseas for Talk of the Town! To a land of big red buses, tea and scones and a palace fit for a King... can you guess where? 
Quiz Questions
1.What was the result of the meeting – was the leap second saved, or scrapped?
2.What sport does Reema play?
3.What do they call underground trains in London? Is it the tube, the subway or the tiddly-pop? 
Answers
1.The leap second was scrapped! They're no longer a thing.
2.Wheelchair basketball.
3.The tube.  
News Noodler
Is it weird that there are people whose job it is to argue about how to measure time? Can you think of any other unique jobs there might be?

The forecast for today's episode is sunny with a chance of... moths?  I'll tell you about a moth problem causing headaches for weather predictors, we'll kick a ball around with the Paratillies and Pararoos, and then meet a calf with six legs! 
Quiz Questions
1.What sort of weather are the bogong moths tricking meteorologists into predicting?
2.What is the 'tillies' part of the team name Paratillies short for?  
3.How many legs was this calf born with? Was it 4, 6, or 100? 
Answers
1.Rain.
2.Matildas. They're the Paramatildas.  
3.Six!
News Noodler
Do you think the calf can tell the difference after the surgery? In what ways might their everyday life be different now?

On today’s show, we’ll visit a preschool teaching languages to more than just kids... we’ll explore the oldest ever shipwreck and bumble along with some endangered bees. Are you ready? 
Quiz Questions
1.Which language are the kids and adults learning?
2.About how old is the shipwreck?
3.In which country would you find the rare bee, Hylaeus navai?  
Answers
1.Gumbaynggirr
2.4,500 years.
3.Fiji.  
News Noodler
Think about the different languages spoken by people you know or have met... why is it important to learn, protect and speak different languages?

On today’s show we’ll discover a creature that resembles a prehistoric platypus, we’ll meet a man who walked and swam a lap of the world, and we’ll visit Victoria’s High Country for Talk of the Town. 
Quiz Questions
1.In what period did Megacauda live?
2.How many years did Karl take to walk around the world?
3.What famous bushranger spent time in Beechworth?
Answers
1.The Middle Jurassic
2.28
3.Ned Kelly
News Noodler
Why would anyone choose to walk around the world (instead of using transport)?
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On today's episode, we’ll rediscover a rare snail, we’ll examine a photo that’s out of this world, and we’ll celebrate the birthday of Australia’s oldest man.
Quiz Questions
1.When did the Darling River snail start disappearing?
2.What is the name of the rover that took the photo on Mars?
3.Where does the world’s oldest man live?
Answers
1.Around the 1960s
2.Curiosity
3.Brazil
For more great kids podcasts, download the free ABC listen app (Australia). There you’ll find more kids news podcasts, educational children’s stories and storytelling, podcasts from your favourite characters like Bluey and Hey Duggee and plenty more of the best podcasts for curious kids like Imagine This, Dino Dome and News Time. For all ages from 0–4-year-olds, 5–8-year-olds, 8–10-year-olds, tweens and teens. And you can watch our kids shows on ABC iview and on the ABC Kids and ABC Big Kids channels of YouTube kids.