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100
What percentage of the Earth's freshwater is trapped in ice caps and glaciers?
70% (68% to be even more precise!)
100
The Paris Agreement places what temperature limit/target for countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
1.5 degrees Celsius
(Limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius would reduce the number of people frequently exposed to extreme heatwaves by about 420 million).
100
Chinese New Year this year will be celebrated on Saturday 10th of February 2024 (next Saturday). This year, it is the year of the... (which animal according to the Chinese zodiac)?
The year of the Dragon!
100
New South Wales
200
The longest day in the southern hemisphere occurred on 21st December during which event?
Summer solstice
The two moments during the year when the path of the Sun in the sky is farthest north in the Northern Hemisphere (June 20 or 21) or farthest south in the Southern Hemisphere (December 21 or 22).
200
This week two climate protestors hurled soup at which famous artwork? Extra points if you know the cause the activists named.
The Mona Lisa. "What is more important? Art or the right to healthy and sustainable food," they asked, standing in front of the painting.
The group said the soup throwing marked the "start of a campaign of civil resistance with the clear demand ... of the social security of sustainable food".
The action comes as French farmers have been protesting for days to demand better pay, taxes and regulations.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-28/mona-lisa-soup-protest/103398918
200
Populations of which feral animal have increased tenfold in areas of Australia’s east coast?
Deer
200
This country has faced significant political and economic unrest since 2015, with many fleeing the country.
Venezuela
300
True or false? Profits from the outdoor apparel brand Patagonia fund mining companies.
False! Patagonia profits fund conservation.
$71 million of the clothing company’s earnings have been used since September 2022 to fund wildlife restoration, dam removal and Democratic groups.
300
The name of Australian Labor Party's Climate Change and Energy Minister.
Chris Bowen
300
In October 2023, a new species of fish was discovered at the Great Barrier Reef around Lady Elliot Island in a project mapping the changing biodiversity at the coral cay.
The Lady Elliot Shrimp Goby was found in waters 15-20m deep / 45-50m deep / 100-110m deep?
Marine biologist from Sunshine Coast University said, “This is a little bit exciting and unusual because this fish species that we‘ve described was quite shallow, so this is in 15 to 20m of water, which is very accessible to us,” she said.
300
Which two countries were represented by a white flag at the Australian Open this year?
Russia and Belarus
400
Name Miss Yule's favourite geographical landform, and name the landform it is a part of at a larger scale (for 3,500km).
The Illawarra Escarpment, which sits within the Great Dividing Range.
400
Which country in the Middle East (head of one of the world's biggest oil companies) controversially hosted the COP28 global climate talks last year?
United Arab Emirates
400
True or false? More Australian wildlife were added to threatened species list in 2023 than ever before.
Sadly, this is true.
A total of 144 animals, plants and ecological communities were added to the list in 2023, five times more than the yearly average.
400
Which Himalayan Kingdom is known as the "Land of the Thunder Dragon"?
Bhutan
500
Which state in Australia has just announced that public transport will be free for school students and anyone travelling on Sundays?
Western Australia
500
This summer Queensland has experienced two tropical cyclones. What was the name given to one of the two cyclones? Extra points for identifying how tropical cyclones are named.
Tropical Cyclone Jasper (mid-December 2023); Tropical Cyclone Kirrily (early January 2024).
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology keep a list of approved names, in alphabetical order by the first letter. It alternates male and female names. Each name is a single word, usually a given name.
The next names in line are Lincoln, Megan, Olga, Paul, Robyn, Sean, Tahlia, Vince, Zelda.
Retired cyclone names! If a cyclone severely affects the coast, resulting in significant damage and sometimes loss of life, its name is permanently retired from our list. For example, Tracy has been retired after the damage caused by Tropical Cyclone Tracy in 1974.
500
List 3 animals commonly found at Bushrangers Bay, a common snorkelling destination just south of Shellharbour.
Grey Nurse Shark (aka Sand Tiger Shark), the Eastern Blue Groper, Port Jackson shark, wrasses, leatherjackets, etc.
https://www.inaturalist.org/places/bushrangers-bay
500
The EU (European Union)