21-Jul-2022 Theme: 'Wells'

(1) A study published in 2021 by Erick Lundgren et al controversially claimed that what feral animals benefit the environment by digging wells in the desert?

Answer: Donkeys.

(2) Where are the deepest water supply wells in the world located?

Answer: Great Artesian Basin.

(3) Which book by HG Wells was inspired by the Aboriginal experience of Europeans’ arrival in Tasmania?

Answer: The War of the Worlds.

(4) Where in Australia is the town of Two Wells?

Answer: South Australia (about 40km north of Adelaide).

(5) In the nursery rhyme Ding Dong Dell, who threw the cat in the well (bonus: who rescued her?).

Answer: Little Johnny Green (aka Little Johnny Flynn). Bonus: Little Tommy Stout.

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