This week on News Time, we'll hear about some ice-cold innovation, meet an eight-year-old who has sifted out a significant seashell, and we'll roam an island for our Wow of the Week!

Quiz Questions

1. How many books were passed along the human chain?

2. What tool has been designed to help para-athletes get in and out of ice baths?

3. Freshwater turtles are known as the WHAT of the river?

4. What shell did Zora discover?

5. What breed of dog is Valerie?

Bonus Tricky Question

How many left-handed shells have ever been discovered?

Answers

1. More than 9,000

2. Transfer aids

3. Vacuum cleaners

4. A top shell, nicknamed a "left-handed" seashell

5. Miniature dachshund

Bonus Tricky Answer

Fewer than 20

This week on News Time, you'll hear five stories of awesome kids doing amazing things!

Quiz Questions

1. What sort of band does Zoe play in?

2. What is the name used for Australian sign language?

3. What prize is awarded to teenagers with ideas to help the environment?

4. Which famous person did one of the authors of Sweet Home want to read their book?

5. Sarah was the youngest ever player to represent which country in darts?

Bonus Tricky Question

What brass instrument does Zoe play?

Answers

1. A community brass band

2. Auslan

3. The Earth Prize

4. The Prime Minister

5. Papua New Guinea

Bonus Tricky Answer

Baritone horn

This week on News Time, political reporter Shalailah Medhora hosts a special episode about Australia’s federal election.

We find out how elections work, why kids can’t vote, what a political party is (spoiler: there’s no fairy bread), and what politicians do in Parliament House.

Quiz Questions

1. 1.What date is the 2025 federal election?
2. 2.How old do you have to be to vote in Australia?
3. 3.What colour are the seats in the Senate?
4. 4.Has Australia ever had an Independent prime minister?
5. 5.What are the four biggest political parties in Australia?

Bonus Tricky Question

What is the name of the chamber in Parliament House with green seats?

Answers

1. 1.The 3rd of May
2. 2.18
3. 3.Red
4. 4.No
5. 5.Labor, Liberals, Nationals, Greens

Bonus Tricky Answer

The House of Representatives

There’s a healthy helping of mystery on News Time today! We’ll rediscover earless dragons that were once thought to be lost forever, and hear about an epic Scottish search for a fantastical monster.

Quiz Questions

1. What sort of animal is the Victorian grassland earless dragon?

2. How long did it take Papunya locals to drive to the nearest hairdresser?

3. What is the name of the yellow submarine that found a missing camera?

4. Who does Evie love to crochet with?

5. What type of skipping does Tahira love to do?

Bonus tricky question

What are the names of the very clever detection dogs?

Answers

1. Lizard

2. Three hours

3. Boaty McBoatface

4. Her aunt and her grandma

5. Double dutch

Bonus Tricky Answer

Daisy and Kip

This week on News Time we’ll dive deep underwater to listen to a rather loud shark, we’ll hear about a school that students can’t wait to attend, and then we’ll blast into space for our Wow of the Week!

Quiz Questions

1. What job does Aleli's dad have in the surf?

2. What United Nations day is being marked this week?

3. In which country did the scientists study the noisy shark?

4. How many metres high are the new classrooms?

5. What filled the universe for millions of years after the Big Bang?

Bonus tricky question

What is one of the many names given to the noisy shark?

Answers

1. Spotter

2. International Mother Earth Day

3. New Zealand

4. Four

5. A gassy fog

Bonus Tricky Answer

Kapetā, gummy shark, spotted estuary smooth-hound, or spotted dogfish

On News Time this week, we blast off into space to see what astronauts are growing for food, hear about a little insect with a big appetite, and meet some scaly sailors.

Quiz Questions

1. What is the name of the local AFL team whose uniforms are washed by Linda?

2. Where did Wanda’s family go for camping holidays?

3. What type of mushrooms are the astronauts wanting to grow?

4. How quickly can native fungi defeat the fall armyworm?

5. What is the name of the ocean that the iguanas floated across?

Bonus tricky question

What is the name of the material the astronauts took with them to grow mushrooms?

Answers

1. Boston Tigers

2. The beach

3. Oyster mushrooms

4. In less than 24 hours

5. The Pacific

Bonus Tricky Answer

Substrate

On News Time this week we meet a mighty mouse, we wrap up Ramadan, and we find out what's happening to Australia's five dollar note.

Quiz Questions

1. 1.What is the evening meal called during Ramadan?
2. 2.What is the name of the national park where the smoky mouse is thriving?
3. 3.Queen Elizabeth is on the current five dollar note, but what is pictured on the other side?
4. 4.How many wickets did Akanksha Swarup take in one afternoon?
5. 5.Which Pharaoh did the recently discovered tomb belong to?

Bonus Tricky Question

What is the name of the celebration at the end of Ramadan?

Answers

1. 1.Iftar
2. 2.South East Forest National Park
3. 3.Parliament House
4. 4.18
5. 5.King Thutmose the second

Bonus Tricky Answer

Eid al-Fitr

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