19-Feb-2026 Theme: 'Whales'

(1) Celebrated annually on 15 February, World Whale Day was initiated in which country?

Answer: Initially created in Hawaii to celebrate the native humpback whales.

(2) In what year did commercial whaling cease in Australia? (bonus: where was the last whaling station in Australia located?).

Answer: 1978 (bonus: Cheynes Beach, Frenchman Bay, near Albany, Western Australia).

(3) In what part of a whale’s body is ambergris produced?

Answer: Bile duct in the intestines.

(4) What species of whale was Moby Dick?

Answer: Sperm whale.

(5) What in marine ecology is a “whale pump”?

Answer: The process by which whales carry nutrients up from the depths, releasing them as faeces at the surface.

(6) What does it mean if someone says they are “having a whale of a time”?

Answer: They are enjoying themselves immensely.

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