20-Jan-2022 Theme: 'Goanna'

(1) Varanus giganteus is Australia’s largest lizard, which can grow up to 2.5 metres long. What is its common name?

Answer: Perentie.

(2) Is goanna oil made from goannas?

Answer: No.

(3) Who revealed himself to be ‘The Goanna’ in the Costigan Royal Commission in the early 1980s.

Answer: Kerry Packer.

(4) Varanus priscus was the largest-ever Australian lizard, and may have grown up to seven metres long. It went extinct perhaps 50,000 years ago. What is it better known as?

Answer: Megalania.

(5) Fill in the missing words from this 1983 single by Australian band Goanna: “let the … … / let the wild lands be / the wilderness should be strong and free”.

Answer: Franklin flow.

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