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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
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On today's episode we'll visit some green classrooms, we'll brainstorm some ideas for the Brisbane Olympics, and we'll discuss the scariness of sharks.
Quiz Questions
1.What is the name of the organisation that has been installing greenhouses in schools?
2.In which year will the Olympics and Paralympics be held in Brisbane?
3.What university does Juliana, the shark fear researcher, work at?
Answers
1.Food Ladder
2.2032
3.Adelaide University
News Noodler
Why do you think so many people are scared of sharks?
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On today’s episode we’ll meet a prize-winning portrait artist, we’ll hear about the race to protect some ice age trees, and we'll visit a village famous for its red soil on Talk of the Town.
Quiz Questions
1.Who did Jazz get to paint as her prize?
2.How many ice age gums are left in the wild?
3.In which state or territory would you find Alstonville?
Answers
1.Justine Clarke (from Play School)
2.Six
3.New South Wales
News Noodler
If you were to create a portrait of someone, who would you choose? Someone famous or someone you know?
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On today's show we'll meet a tiny dog with a big job, we'll celebrate White Sunday, and we'll find some fossils belonging to a prehistoric bird!
Quiz Questions
1.How tall is Commando the chihuahua?
2.In which month is White Sunday?
3.Which period did Tenuicruris Piscanexum live in?
Answers
1.21 centimetres  (about as tall as a milk carton)
2.October
3.The Cretaceous
News Noodler
Should dogs be used as workers to help humans? Why or why not?
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.