16-Jun-2022 Theme: 'Soil'

(1) Who said "We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot."

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci.

(2) George Lambert’s 1899 painting ‘Across the black soil plains’ is one of the best-known images in Australian colonial art. In what State was it set?

Answer: Western NSW (near Warren).

(3) What well-drained reddish clay soil is found in the La Mancha wine region in Spain, and also the Coonawarra, Fleurieu and Barossa Valley wine regions in Australia?

Answer: Terra rossa.

(4) What is the study of soils?

Answer: Pedology.

(5) Who chanted “I’ve got a jar of dirt.”

Answer: Captain Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean).

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