On this week’s News Time, you’ll hear about a family who’s received a message from 100 years in the past, and we’ll go on a quest to identify a mysterious animal prowling around a forest. Then we’ll put on our dancing shoes for a very wild Wow of the Week!

Quiz Questions

1. Where has the mango been grown and developed?

2. Who won the 2025 NSW Premier's Spelling Bee?

3. What was inside the glass bottle?

4. What breed of dog (not lion!) is Mouse?

5. How long did GrassHopper dance for?

Bonus Tricky Question

How many songs did GrassHopper dance to?

Answers

1. Far North Queensland

2. Finn

3. Two letters

4. Newfoundland

5. 144 hours (or six days!)

Bonus Tricky Answer

More than 3,000 songs!

On this episode of News Time, we’ll descend from great heights to save an endangered tree, then we’ll hear about an archery world champion who shoots arrows with her feet! And, in our Wow of the Week, we’ll collide with something that’s truly out of this world!

Quiz Questions

1. What was the name of the eSports competition that went to regional New South Wales for the first time?

2. What will be built on the car park?

3. What was the name of the endangered tree that Stan saw?

4. Where were the recent World Para Archery Championships held?

5. What part of Andrew's car was struck by the possible meteorite?

Bonus Tricky Question

What did the horticulturalists collect from the trees?

Answers

1. The FUSE Cup

2. An aged care facility for Indigenous elders

3. Jillaga ash

4. South Korea

5. Windscreen

Bonus Tricky Answer

Gumnuts

This week's News Time is a real creature feature!

You’ll hear five stories about curious creatures from Australia and around the world. We’ll meet a cheeky bear that broke into a zoo, then we’ll hop to an island where millions of scuttling crabs are making an escape. And, in our Wow of the Week, we’ll hit the catwalk to meet some very fashionable dolphins.

Quiz Questions

1. What is the name of the project that's asking Australians to take photos of insects?

2. What type of dinosaur was dug up (as a mummy)?

3. How many red crabs on Christmas Island are migrating?

4. How did zoo staff describe the unexpected bear visitor?

5. What were the male dolphins wearing on their heads?

Bonus Tricky Question

What are two ways that residents of Christmas Island gently move the crabs?

Answers

1. The Australian Bug Hunt

2. Duck-billed dinosaur

3. 100 million

4. He was very polite

5. Sea sponges

Bonus Tricky Answer

Shields on their cars, and leaf blowers