24-Feb-2022 Theme: 'Bodgie-widgie'

(1) How are the seeds of bidgee-widgee (Acaena novae-zelandiae) spread?

Answer: Clinging to animal fur (and human clothing).

(2) In 1950s Australia, what was a bodgie? (bonus: what was a widgie?)

Answer: A male teenage delinquent youth (bonus: a female teenage delinquent youth).

(3) In which State or Territory would you find the Widgie Tavern & Roadhouse (in the abandoned town of Widgiemooltha)?

Answer: Western Australia.

(4) Which politician was nicknamed ‘The Silver Bodgie’?

Answer: Bob Hawke.

(5) Where in Australia would you find the Lowbidgee Floodplain?

Answer: NSW (between Balranald and Hay).

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