This week on News Time we’ll dive deep underwater to listen to a rather loud shark, we’ll hear about a school that students can’t wait to attend, and then we’ll blast into space for our Wow of the Week!

Quiz Questions

1. What job does Aleli's dad have in the surf?

2. What United Nations day is being marked this week?

3. In which country did the scientists study the noisy shark?

4. How many metres high are the new classrooms?

5. What filled the universe for millions of years after the Big Bang?

Bonus tricky question

What is one of the many names given to the noisy shark?

Answers

1. Spotter

2. International Mother Earth Day

3. New Zealand

4. Four

5. A gassy fog

Bonus Tricky Answer

Kapetā, gummy shark, spotted estuary smooth-hound, or spotted dogfish

On News Time this week, we blast off into space to see what astronauts are growing for food, hear about a little insect with a big appetite, and meet some scaly sailors.

Quiz Questions

1. What is the name of the local AFL team whose uniforms are washed by Linda?

2. Where did Wanda’s family go for camping holidays?

3. What type of mushrooms are the astronauts wanting to grow?

4. How quickly can native fungi defeat the fall armyworm?

5. What is the name of the ocean that the iguanas floated across?

Bonus tricky question

What is the name of the material the astronauts took with them to grow mushrooms?

Answers

1. Boston Tigers

2. The beach

3. Oyster mushrooms

4. In less than 24 hours

5. The Pacific

Bonus Tricky Answer

Substrate

This week on News Time, political reporter Shalailah Medhora hosts a special episode about Australia’s federal election.

We find out how elections work, why kids can’t vote, what a political party is (spoiler: there’s no fairy bread), and what politicians do in Parliament House.

Quiz Questions

1. 1.What date is the 2025 federal election?
2. 2.How old do you have to be to vote in Australia?
3. 3.What colour are the seats in the Senate?
4. 4.Has Australia ever had an Independent prime minister?
5. 5.What are the four biggest political parties in Australia?

Bonus Tricky Question

What is the name of the chamber in Parliament House with green seats?

Answers

1. 1.The 3rd of May
2. 2.18
3. 3.Red
4. 4.No
5. 5.Labor, Liberals, Nationals, Greens

Bonus Tricky Answer

The House of Representatives

On News Time this week we meet a mighty mouse, we wrap up Ramadan, and we find out what's happening to Australia's five dollar note.

Quiz Questions

1. 1.What is the evening meal called during Ramadan?
2. 2.What is the name of the national park where the smoky mouse is thriving?
3. 3.Queen Elizabeth is on the current five dollar note, but what is pictured on the other side?
4. 4.How many wickets did Akanksha Swarup take in one afternoon?
5. 5.Which Pharaoh did the recently discovered tomb belong to?

Bonus Tricky Question

What is the name of the celebration at the end of Ramadan?

Answers

1. 1.Iftar
2. 2.South East Forest National Park
3. 3.Parliament House
4. 4.18
5. 5.King Thutmose the second

Bonus Tricky Answer

Eid al-Fitr

Happy Harmony Week! On News Time today we have five epic stories including a rare fossil donated to a Queensland school, a shipwreck unearthed by a cyclone, and the secret to growing enormous pumpkins.

Quiz Questions

1. 1.How many fossilised footprints were discovered in the one rock?
2. 2.Where is the Gove Peninsula?
3. 3.What is the name of the shipwreck thought to have been unearthed at Ballina?
4. 4.Which Victorian town is home of the Electric Light Theatre?
5. 5.How heavy was Mark's biggest pumpkin?

Bonus Tricky Question

What colour do people wear during Harmony Week?

Answers

1. 1.66
2. 2.North-east Arnhem Land (in the Northern Territory, Australia)
3. 3.The Comet
4. 4.Mildura
5. 5.426 kilograms (as heavy as a grand piano)

Bonus Tricky Answer

Orange

Jack is filling in for Ruby this week, counting down five stories from around Australia and the world. On News Time today we're travelling deep into the ocean to swim with whales, then heading into our atmosphere to hear the latest from some astronauts stuck up in space.

Quiz Questions

1.When are whales likely to have a big sing?

2.What sport did Ash Barty & Evonne Goolagong Cawley play?

3.How many months have Astronauts Butch & Suni been stuck in space?

4.What is the name of the school that these students attend? (hint: School of the BLANK)

5.Why did Armand "Mondo" Duplantis do one extra jump after winning gold at the Paris Olympics?

Bonus Tricky Question

How many times has Mondo beaten his own record by 1cm?

Answers

1. After a meal

2. Tennis

3. 9 months

4. School of the Air OR Alice Springs School of the Air

5. To beat the world record

Bonus Tricky Answer

10 times!

Ever wanted to ask a real-life astronaut a question?

Katherine Bennell-Pegg is Australia's first female astronaut, ever!

She spoke to some curious kids at Questacon about outer space, becoming an astronaut and the quirks of living on the International Space Station. What do nappies have to do with exploring other worlds? You'll have to listen to find out!

Jack is filling in for Ruby this week, counting down five stories from around Australia and the world. On News Time today we're meeting a speedy sheep shearer, hearing about a beach on Mars, and you'll find out what it feels like to be inside the body of a whale!

Quiz Questions

1. 1.What sport do the Saltwater Sistas do?
2. 2.How do the people in the social club travel around together?
3. 3.How many sheep did Charlie shear in one day?
4. 4.On which planet might there have been a beach?
5. 5.Did the kayaker end up in the whales stomach?

Bonus Tricky Question

What species of whale took a kayaker in their mouth?

Answers

1. 1.Surfing
2. 2.On horses
3. 3.150
4. 4.Mars
5. 5.Nope! Even if the whale swallowed, it wouldn't fit.

Bonus Tricky Answer

Humpback Whale