World Cup winners and happy humpbacks

On today's show: The Australian women’s cricket team wins big, humpback whales are making a comeback, the Great Barrier Reef is in trouble, an important Indigenous artefact is returned to its owners, and inventors create a robot made from slime. QUIZ QUESTIONS: 1. Who scored 170 runs in the World Cup? 2. What are humpback whales no longer listed as? 3. When did scientists first notice coral bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef? 4. What is another name for Gununa? 5. What controls the slime robot? BONUS TRICKY QUESTION: Where was the Lardil headdress worn more than 50 years ago? ANSWERS: 1. Alyssa Healy 2. Endangered 3. 24 years ago 4. Mornington Island 5. Magnets BONUS TRICKY ANSWER: Opening of the Sydney Opera House

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