15-Jul-2021 Theme: 'Dark'

(1) Australia’s first IDA International Dark Sky Park was officially designated in 2016. Where is it?

Answer: Warrumbungle National Park, NSW.

(2) Complete the first stanza of this poem by CJ Dennis: “Hist, hark, the night is very dark…”

Answer: “And we've to go a mile or so Across the Possum Park.”

(3) What band wrote and recorded the single “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” in 2005?

Answer: Death Cab for Cutie (Ben Gibbard also accepted).

(4) What are the larvae of darkling beetles commonly known as?

Answer: Mealworms.

(5) In what year was Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu first published?

Answer: 2014.

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