10-Apr-2025 Theme: 'Gould'

(1) What was the first name of Gould, the 19th century English bird collector and publisher who had a huge influence on Australian ornithology?

Answer: John.

(2) What was the title of Gould’s illustrated 7-volume survey of Australian birdlife, published between 1840 and 1848?

Answer: The Birds of Australia.

(3) What is the common name of the bird Chloebia gouldiae, described in 1844 by Gould?

Answer: Gouldian finch (aka Gould’s finch, or rainbow finch).

(4) What area of Australia is home to the endangered Golden-shouldered parrot, or Alwal (Psephotus chrysopterygius)? (Bonus: where do they nest?).

Answer: Cape York Peninsula, Queensland (Bonus: termite mounds).

(5) What long-running TV and movie series featured intelligent, eel-like symbiotes called Goa'uld, which inhabit human and other hosts?

Answer: Stargate.

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