17-Nov-2022 Theme: 'Possum'

(1) What possum species is rated as “vulnerable” in South Australia, but is a major introduced pest in New Zealand.

Answer: Brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula).

(2) Whose signature greeting is “Hello possums”?

Answer: Dame Edna Everage.

(3) Which is the odd possum out, and why? (a) Trichosurus vulpecula (b) Pseudocheirus peregrinus (c) Gymnobelideus leadbeateri (d) Didelphis virginiana (e) Cercartetus nanus

Answer: (d) Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum from north America – the others are all Australian possums).

(4) In the 2018 British art-house horror film Possum, what was Possum?

Answer: A children’s puppet.

(5) What does ‘playing possum’ mean?

Answer: To pretend to be dead.

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