28-May-2020 Theme: 'Acacias'

(1) Approximately how many species of Acacia occur naturally in Australia? (a) 1,000 (b) 2,000 (c) 4,000 (d) 8,000

Answer: (a) 1,000

(2) Fill in the blank in this John Williamson song lyric: “Hey it’s July and the winter sun is shining / And …. is my friend”.

Answer: Cootamundra wattle.

(3) What is the official date of National Wattle Day in Australia?

Answer: 1 September.

(4) Made famous in a 1964 Slim Dusty song about a retired drover, what is a common name for the desert wattle Acacia cambagei?

Answer: Gidgee.

(5) What species of prickly wattle, endemic to the south-eastern Australian mainland, has common names including ‘kangaroo thorn’, ‘hedge wattle’ and ‘bugger bush’?

Answer: Acacia paradoxa

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