15-Jun-2023 Theme: 'Diamond'

(1) What Whitlam Government Minister, who later headed the Royal Commission into British Nuclear Testing in Australia, was nicknamed ‘Diamond Jim’.

Answer: James McLelland.

(2) What kind of creature is the Australian diamond tail (Stagonopleura guttata)?

Answer: Bird (diamond tail finch).

(3) The Australian Diamonds is ranked as the top team in the world – in what sport?

Answer: Netball.

(4) US geographer and author Jared Diamond was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for which 1997 book?

Answer: Guns, Germs and Steel.

(5) What colour are carbonado diamonds?

Answer: Black or dark grey.

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