11-Nov-2021 Theme: 'Gull'

(1) Australia’s most common seagull, the Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae), is also found in two other countries. What are they?

Answer: New Zealand and New Caledonia (France also accepted).

(2) What colour are an adult Silver Gull’s legs? (a) red (b) yellow (c) black (d) brown (e) green?

Answer: (a) red.

(3) What best-selling novella about a philosophical seagull who loved flying was written by US author Richard Bach?

Answer: Jonathan Livingstone Seagull.

(4) In post-COVID 19 Australian slang, what is a “seagull” or a “magpie”.

Answer: A supermarket hoarder.

(5) What does it mean to gull someone?

Answer: To deceive them.

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