27-Mar-2025 Theme: 'Glass'

(1) In the complex life cycle of eels, eggs hatch into leptocephali, which then transform into migratory glass eels. What is the next stage?

Answer: Elvers.

(2) True or False? - glass flows slowly at room temperature, so over hundreds of years windows become noticeably thicker at the bottom.

Answer: False.

(3) Where in Australia would you find the Glass House Mountains?

Answer: Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

(4) Isinglass is a substance commonly used to clarify wine and beer. Where does it originate?

Answer: Fish swim bladders.

(5) Which political leader famously adopted a policy known as ‘glasnost’? (bonus: what does the word mean).

Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev (bonus: openness / transparency).

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