12-Dec-2024 Theme: 'Banksia'

(1) Banskia dentata is the only extant species of banksia not endemic to Australia. Where else is it found?

Answer: New Guinea & Aru Islands (PNG & Indonesia).

(2) After whom is the Banksia genus named?

Answer: Joseph Banks.

(3) In August 2022, at the suggestion of a Melbourne Primary School, the recently discovered WASP-19b was formally named Banksia. What is it?

Answer: An exo-planet.

(4) What author created the villainous Big Bad Banksia Men?

Answer: May Gibbs.

(5) Where in Australia is the Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre?

Answer: Perth (Canning Vale).

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