16-Nov-2023 Theme: 'Mosquitoes'

(1) True or False? Only female mosquitoes feed on blood.

Answer: True.

(2) Which VFL club earned the nickname ‘The Mosquito Fleet’ in the late 1970s and early 1980s, due to its dominant group of small-statured players.

Answer: Carlton.

(3) What country developed and built and flew most of the 8,000 Mosquito aircraft used during World War II? (a) Britain (b) Japan (c) Germany (d) United States?

Answer: (a) Britain.

(4) Growing up to 3.4 centimetres in length, what is the common name of the world’s largest mosquito, Toxorhynchites speciosus?

Answer: Australian elephant mosquito.

(5) Which mosquito-borne disease, named after a northern Queensland river, has been recorded right across Australia?

Answer: Ross River Fever.

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