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Today's show features snail shells that can decode the past, rugby players representing their nations and youth protests that have spread across Europe.
Quiz Questions
1.Where is the Rugby League World Cup being held this year?
2.Who started the protests happening in Europe at the moment? Was it school students, or office workers?
3.What might spaced out rings indicate on a snails shell? 
Answers
1.Here, in Australia.
2.School Students
3.Lots of rain! 
News Noodler
It's pretty cool that we can learn about the past from a snails shell... can you think of other ways we can learn about the past? What other clues are out there?

In today’s episode, we're searching for a long lost plane wreck from an aviation trailblazer.  
Plus, hear from the winner of News in my neighbourhood – a competition you can enter, too. Hear the details in this episode, or ask your grown-up to search for News in My Neighbourhood on ABC Education. 
Quiz Questions
1.Which is more serious, a red card or a yellow card?
2.Where do Joyce's family live?
3.Did they find Amelia Earhart's plane? 
Answers
1.A red card
2.Hong Kong
3.Nope! It's still lost
News Noodler
Joyce uses video calls to stay in touch with her family overseas. Can you think of some other ways you could stay connected to friends or family who don't live near you?

You've heard of a leap year, you've heard of playing leap frog, but have you heard of a leap second? Find out what they are on today's episode.  
Plus, we're heading overseas for Talk of the Town! To a land of big red buses, tea and scones and a palace fit for a King... can you guess where? 
Quiz Questions
1.What was the result of the meeting – was the leap second saved, or scrapped?
2.What sport does Reema play?
3.What do they call underground trains in London? Is it the tube, the subway or the tiddly-pop? 
Answers
1.The leap second was scrapped! They're no longer a thing.
2.Wheelchair basketball.
3.The tube.  
News Noodler
Is it weird that there are people whose job it is to argue about how to measure time? Can you think of any other unique jobs there might be?

The forecast for today's episode is sunny with a chance of... moths?  I'll tell you about a moth problem causing headaches for weather predictors, we'll kick a ball around with the Paratillies and Pararoos, and then meet a calf with six legs! 
Quiz Questions
1.What sort of weather are the bogong moths tricking meteorologists into predicting?
2.What is the 'tillies' part of the team name Paratillies short for?  
3.How many legs was this calf born with? Was it 4, 6, or 100? 
Answers
1.Rain.
2.Matildas. They're the Paramatildas.  
3.Six!
News Noodler
Do you think the calf can tell the difference after the surgery? In what ways might their everyday life be different now?

On today’s show, we’ll visit a preschool teaching languages to more than just kids... we’ll explore the oldest ever shipwreck and bumble along with some endangered bees. Are you ready? 
Quiz Questions
1.Which language are the kids and adults learning?
2.About how old is the shipwreck?
3.In which country would you find the rare bee, Hylaeus navai?  
Answers
1.Gumbaynggirr
2.4,500 years.
3.Fiji.  
News Noodler
Think about the different languages spoken by people you know or have met... why is it important to learn, protect and speak different languages?