Quiz: Whales

Bulletin of 19 February 2026

Celebrated annually on 15 February, World Whale Day was initiated in which country?
Answer
Initially created in Hawaii to celebrate the native humpback whales.
In what year did commercial whaling cease in Australia? (bonus: where was the last whaling station in Australia located?).
Answer
1978 (bonus: Cheynes Beach, Frenchman Bay, near Albany, Western Australia).
In what part of a whale’s body is ambergris produced?
Answer
Bile duct in the intestines.
What species of whale was Moby Dick?
Answer
Sperm whale.
What in marine ecology is a “whale pump”?
Answer
The process by which whales carry nutrients up from the depths, releasing them as faeces at the surface.
What does it mean if someone says they are “having a whale of a time”?
Answer
They are enjoying themselves immensely.

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