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Champion spellers and long-lost letters

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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!

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© Australian Broadcasting Corporation Length 12 min 20 November 2025 NewsEducationalGeography Australia Episodic

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© Australian Broadcasting Corporation Length 12 min 20 November 2025 NewsEducationalGeography Australia Episodic

Assassin spider and space telescope

Assassin spider and space telescope

This is an episodic podcast, so you can listen to it in any order, but episode one is a great place to start.

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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!


© Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 12 min

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