09-Jun-2022 Theme: 'Winter'

(1) What is the environmental and garden weed Poa annua commonly known as in Australia?

Answer: Winter grass.

(2) “Now is the winter of our discontent” is a Shakespearean quote – from which play? (bonus: what character says it?).

Answer: Richard III (bonus: Duke of Gloucester, aka Richard III).

(3) The coldest temperature ever recorded in Australia was -23 degrees Celsius on 29 June, 1994. In which State?

Answer: NSW (Charlotte Pass).

(4) General Winter is credited with winning a crushing military victory in Europe in 1812 - for whose army?

Answer: Russian (‘General Winter’ is a euphemism for the muddy, freezing Russian winter of 1812).

(5) What is “winter-over syndrome”?

Answer: A mix of behavioural and medical disturbances occurring in some individuals who spend the winter in Antarctica or the Arctic.

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