Weekly Quiz 8 / 3

Antarctica is home to lush beds of green moss that can live so long that scientists have dubbed them "miniature old-growth forests". How long can they live?

• 50 years

• 1000 years

• 3000 years

• More than 5000 years

Some of the first evidence that regularly using sunscreen dramatically lowers your risk of developing skin cancer came from … ?

• An experiment in the Sunshine State.

• Testing on rats.

• Studies of cancer patients.

• A stroke of luck.

How long do platypus live for?

• 10 years

• 20 years

• 30 years

• 40 years

Three blokes in Brisbane decided to count how many species lived with them during the 2020 lockdown. Roughly how many species did they spot over a year?

• 50

• 132

• 620

• 1150

What electric vehicle car maker recently overtook Tesla as the world's largest EV company?

• Mazda

• BYD

• Kia

• Hyundai

A viral video showed a crocodile eating a shark in an Australian river this week. Where was the river?

• Townsville

• Rockhampton

• Mackay

• Cairns

In 1987, bungee jumping pioneer A.J. Hackett illegally jumped from which landmark?

• Statute of Liberty

• Eiffel Tower

• Sydney Harbour Bridge

• Great Wall of China

Created by three Italian architects, the original beanbag chair was given what brand name?

• Sacco

• Baggo

• Relaxo

• Loungo

Which train station was in the news for poor air quality this week?

• Flinders Street

• Parliament

• Richmond

• Southern Cross

What animal was found stuffed into luggage in Thailand this week?

• A red panda

• A python

• A tiger cub

• A parrot