19-Aug-2021 Theme: 'Wombat'

(1) What is the genus name for wombats? (bonus points: what is the family, and order).

Answer: Vombatus or Lasiorhinus (bonuses: family Vombatidae, order Diprotodontia).

(2) What is the collective noun for a group of wombats?

Answer: A wisdom.

(3) Complete this verse from the children’s book Wombat Stew by Marcia Vaughan: “Wombat Stew, Wombat stew, crunchy munchy … … …”

Answer: “For my lunchy”.

(4) What is “Going on the wombat trail”?

Answer: Travelling with the Leader of the National Party during a Federal election campaign.

(5) Ruth Park’s character the Muddle-Headed Wombat, first played by actor Leonard Teale in 1951, featured on what program?

Answer: The Argonaut’s Club (ABC Radio).

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