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Hungry badger and jumbo potato

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On today’s show: A hungry badger digs up buried treasure, the world celebrates International Day of Education, scientists make fuel from fruit, Canberra gets an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander precinct, and a Kiwi couple grows a jumbo potato named Doug.

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© Australian Broadcasting Corporation Length 10 min 28 January 2022 NewsEducationalGeography Australia Episodic

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© Australian Broadcasting Corporation Length 10 min 28 January 2022 NewsEducationalGeography Australia Episodic

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On today’s show: A hungry badger digs up buried treasure, the world celebrates International Day of Education, scientists make fuel from fruit, Canberra gets an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander precinct, and a Kiwi couple grows a jumbo potato named Doug.

QUESTIONS:

1. In which country did the badger find the coins?

2. What date is International Day of Education?

3. Why don't people have to pick fruit from the beauty leaf tree?

4. When will Ngurra open to visitors?

5. How much did Doug weigh?

BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:

What does 'Ngurra' mean?

ANSWERS:

1. Spain

2. January 24

3. It falls to the ground

4. In four years

5. 7.9 kilograms

BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:

'Home', 'country' or 'place of belonging'.


© Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 10 min

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