08-Feb-2024 Theme: 'Egg'

(1) In the children’s book Hunwick’s Egg, by Mem Fox and Pamela Lofts, what kind of an animal is Hunwick? (bonus: what does Hunwick’s egg turn out to be?).

Answer: A bilby (bonus: a stone).

(2) What colour are cassowary eggs?

Answer: Light green.

(3) What 1925 US novel features two New York suburbs known as West Egg and East Egg?

Answer: The Great Gatsby.

(4) What are the world’s five species of egg-laying mammals known as?

Answer: Monotremes.

(5) True or false?: Native freshwater turtles leave the water and dig holes to bury their eggs.

Answer: True.

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