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Quiz about Code Australia Fractured Sights
Quiz about Code Australia Fractured Sights

Code Australia: Fractured Sights Quiz


Each question contains a fractured clue about a common Australian sight - come along, and help me interpret the tour guide's words.

A photo quiz by looney_tunes. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
looney_tunes
Time
7 mins
Type
Photo Quiz
Quiz #
359,021
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
1298
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Jaydel (7/10), muzzyhill3 (10/10), reeshy (9/10).
Question 1 of 10
1. The tour started with breakfast, and our guide suggested we all try some WED GYM MIGHT on our toast. What iconic Aussie food was he suggesting?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 2 of 10
2. We saw some lovely red flowers alongside the road, and were told that they were examples of the WORE RUT ARE. How should a resident of New South Wales spell the name of their state's floral emblem?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 3 of 10
3. We saw a field of these animals, and our guide informed us that John and Elizabeth Macarthur are considered to be responsible for establishing MARRY NOSH HEAP as an important part of the Australian economy. What fleeced animal were we looking at?

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 4 of 10
4. The tour guide told us that the trees bearing these lovely globular yellow flowers are called WHAT TILL trees. How do most people spell the name of this tree, commonly found around the eastern part of Australia?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 5 of 10
5. When the driver announced it was time to get out of our bus so we could get a good look at a CAR SEW EYRIE, I was afraid we might have to do some climbing, but we found the object of our search at ground level. What was it?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 6 of 10
6. Another tree with yellow flowers caught our attention, and we were told that we were snapping photos of a CELL KEY YOKE. What tree was this, whose name makes it sound as if it is part of the genus Quercus?

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 7 of 10
7. Off the bus, through the gate, across a paddock, down to the edge of the river we trooped to see if we could spot the PLAIT TEA BUS that the driver assured us lived there. What were we hoping to see?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 8 of 10
8. A visit to a botanical garden gave us a chance to see some CAN GEAR OOH PAUSE, which are found in the wild only in southwest Western Australia. What is the actual name of these plants?

Answer: (Two Words (plural))
Question 9 of 10
9. This time, we were all invited to stay inside the bus and look out the window at the CROOKED DIAL. I was happy to keep a solid barrier between myself and what reptile?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 10 of 10
10. It's the end of the tour, and we are all planning to celebrate with tea and a nice LAMB MEAN DUN. What Aussie treat will shortly be inside me instead of on my plate?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The tour started with breakfast, and our guide suggested we all try some WED GYM MIGHT on our toast. What iconic Aussie food was he suggesting?

Answer: Vegemite

Vegemite is a yeast-based spread that looks like axle grease (and, some say, tastes like salty axle grease). Most people use it rather more sparingly than is shown in the photo - you scrape it on your buttered toast, you don't apply a thick layer.
2. We saw some lovely red flowers alongside the road, and were told that they were examples of the WORE RUT ARE. How should a resident of New South Wales spell the name of their state's floral emblem?

Answer: Waratah

There are five species of the endemic plant called the waratah. The image showed Telopea speciosissima, the species which is the state flower of NSW. The shrub on which the flowers appear can grow up to about three metres (10 feet) high, and has dark green leaves.

The spectacular compound flowers have several hundred individual florets, and can be around ten centimetres (four inches) across.
3. We saw a field of these animals, and our guide informed us that John and Elizabeth Macarthur are considered to be responsible for establishing MARRY NOSH HEAP as an important part of the Australian economy. What fleeced animal were we looking at?

Answer: Merino sheep

The merino sheep is valued around the world for its fine, soft wool. The Macarthurs were responsible for establishing merino flocks in the early years of colonisation, but their specific sheep did not end up being major contributors to the subsequent development of the breed, which was based on later imports.
4. The tour guide told us that the trees bearing these lovely globular yellow flowers are called WHAT TILL trees. How do most people spell the name of this tree, commonly found around the eastern part of Australia?

Answer: Wattle

There are many different species that are called wattles, all members of the acacia family. The image was a golden wattle, Acacia pycnantha, which is Australia's national floral emblem.
5. When the driver announced it was time to get out of our bus so we could get a good look at a CAR SEW EYRIE, I was afraid we might have to do some climbing, but we found the object of our search at ground level. What was it?

Answer: Cassowary

The southern cassowary, endemic to southern New Guinea and northeastern Australia, is one of the three largest and heaviest birds in the world, along with its ratite relatives, the emu and the ostrich. Their diet includes mostly fruit, and they play an important role in distributing seeds in rainforest areas, because they range over a large area, giving wide dispersal.
6. Another tree with yellow flowers caught our attention, and we were told that we were snapping photos of a CELL KEY YOKE. What tree was this, whose name makes it sound as if it is part of the genus Quercus?

Answer: Silky oak

The silky oak (Grevillea robusta) is also called the Australian silver oak. It is named for its superficial resemblance to the oak tree with which colonists were familiar, but it is not closely related. Silky oak has long been popular for furniture, as it has a lovely silvery sheen.
7. Off the bus, through the gate, across a paddock, down to the edge of the river we trooped to see if we could spot the PLAIT TEA BUS that the driver assured us lived there. What were we hoping to see?

Answer: Platypus

The platypus is a small semi-aquatic mammal, about 50 cm (20 in) long - and most of that is the bill and tail - and weighing around a kilogram (two to three pounds). As one of the only two known monotremes (egg-laying mammals), and with body parts that appear to be a conglomeration of other animals, it is an important source of evolutionary information. So unusual is its appearance that the first specimens taken back to England were thought to be elaborate hoaxes.
8. A visit to a botanical garden gave us a chance to see some CAN GEAR OOH PAUSE, which are found in the wild only in southwest Western Australia. What is the actual name of these plants?

Answer: Kangaroo paws

The red-and-green kangaroo paw (Anigozanthos manglesii) is the state floral emblem of Western Australia, and features on the state's coat of arms. Plants grow to about a metre (three feet), and have brightly colored tubular flowers which terminate in a flat portion with fine appendages, fancifully compared to the paw of a kangaroo in the common name for the plant.
9. This time, we were all invited to stay inside the bus and look out the window at the CROOKED DIAL. I was happy to keep a solid barrier between myself and what reptile?

Answer: Crocodile

The image showed a freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni), which is endemic to northern Australia, and generally not likely to attack humans. Australia also hosts its larger and deadlier cousin, the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), also known as the estuarine crocodile. Saltwater crocodiles inhabit coastal waters of all sorts, and can be found surprisingly far inland in the rivers of northern Australia.
10. It's the end of the tour, and we are all planning to celebrate with tea and a nice LAMB MEAN DUN. What Aussie treat will shortly be inside me instead of on my plate?

Answer: Lamington

Your basic lamington is made by cutting a sponge cake into cubes, soaking them in a chocolate sauce, then rolling them in desiccated coconut. Many variants are possible - the image showed a lamington that had been sliced in half and filled with whipped cream, and some prefer to insert strawberry jam.

The first recipe for lamingtons was published in 1902. The name apparently comes from Lord Lamington, Governor of Queensland between 1896 and 1901, but there are multiple explanations given for the connection, none of them definitive. Similarly, the original creator of the treat is lost in the mists of time and speculation.
Source: Author looney_tunes

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