21-Dec-2023 Theme: 'Crater'

(1) Which 590-million-year-old Australian impact crater in the Gawler Ranges, marked by a salt lake, is named after one of the pioneers of Australian Rules football in South Australia.

Answer: Acraman Crater (aka Lake Acraman).

(2) What impact crater located about 100 km north of Wiluna in WA is named after a US planetary geologist made famous by his co-discovery of a comet which collided with Jupiter in 1994.

Answer: Shoemaker Crater.

(3) Which WA meteorite crater featured in a 2005 Australian horror film starring John Jarratt?

Answer: Wolfe Creek.

(4) On what Peninsula is the Chicxulub crater, the site of the impact 66 million years ago which is believed to have caused the extinction of the non-avian dionsaurs.

Answer: Yucatan Peninsula.

(5) What is a krater?

Answer: A large, two-handled pottery or metal vessel from ancient Greece, used mostly for mixing wine and water.

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