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Fossil footprints and cyclone shipwreck

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Happy Harmony Week! On News Time today we have five epic stories including a rare fossil donated to a Queensland school, a shipwreck unearthed by a cyclone, and the secret to growing enormous pumpkins.

Quiz Questions

  1. 1.How many fossilised footprints were discovered in the one rock?
  2. 2.Where is the Gove Peninsula?
  3. 3.What is the name of the shipwreck thought to have been unearthed at Ballina?
  4. 4.Which Victorian town is home of the Electric Light Theatre?
  5. 5.How heavy was Mark's biggest pumpkin?

Bonus Tricky Question

What colour do people wear during Harmony Week?

Answers

  1. 1.66
  2. 2.North-east Arnhem Land (in the Northern Territory, Australia)
  3. 3.The Comet
  4. 4.Mildura
  5. 5.426 kilograms (as heavy as a grand piano)

Bonus Tricky Answer

Orange

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