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ahoey
Games
May 22 2008, 8:17 AM EDT | Post edited: May 22 2008, 8:17 AM EDT
Suggest some games with Australian themes. Do you find this valuable?    
Keyword tags: kangaroo Trivia game

ahoey
1. RE: Games
May 23 2008, 10:26 AM EDT | Post edited: May 23 2008, 10:26 AM EDT
Someone asked me to share the trivia questions I used during the Summer Reading Program at the conference. They were taken from the following website at http://www.billzilla.org --Here are the questions (and answers):

Who were the first Europeans to discover Australia? Answer: the Dutch
Seventy per cent of the world's what comes from Australia? Answer: wool
What is the world's largest structure created by living creatures? Answer: the Great Barrier Reef
Australia supplies 75% of what precious gemstone? Answer: opals
What are the names of the only two egg-laying mammals? Answer: the platypus and the echidna
What is the name of Australia's airline? Answer: Quantas
What does Quantas stand for? Answer: Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services
What vaccine was discovered by John McGarvie Smith in Australia in 1918? Answer: the Anthrax vaccine
Australia has the longest what in the world? Answer: fence

See the website for more questions and answers!

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jessiebwright
2. RE: Games
May 28 2008, 2:57 PM EDT | Post edited: May 28 2008, 2:57 PM EDT
At Meredith Library, we are planing a kangaroo relay. The kids will wear aprons or some sort of pouch and will hop back and forth in a race, adding more items to the pouch as the event goes on. 8  out of 8 found this valuable. Do you?    

ssonnichsen
3. RE: Games -Knucklebones and toodlembuck
Jul 31 2008, 10:02 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 31 2008, 10:02 PM EDT
Some websites in response to Cab Vinton's interesting Nhais email
Knucklebones rules are here: http://www.playgroundfun.org.uk/GameFacts.aspx?gameVersionID=47
with more details here: http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080213153100AAv7egO

Toolembuck rules and description are here: http://museumvictoria.com.au/pages/6139/playfolklore_jan06_p11_18.pdf
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