16-May-2024 Theme: 'Bolt'

(1) What does bolting mean in horticulture?

Answer: Diverting a plant’s resources to produce a flowering stem (aka ‘going to seed’).

(2) Sir Henry Bolte was the longest-serving Premier of which State?

Answer: Victoria.

(3) The thunderbolt was the signature weapon of which Roman God?

Answer: Jupiter.

(4) In what year did Usain Bolt set the current world record (9.58 seconds) for the men’s 100 metre sprint?

Answer: 2009.

(5) Who in 1841 developed the first national standard system for bolt threads?

Answer: Joseph Whitworth.

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