Waking words and problem birds
May 22, 2025•13 min
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Episode description
On this week's News Time, we’ll hear about a sleeping language, we’ll head to an office building that’s been taken over by birds, and then we’ll go the distance for our Wow of the Week!
Quiz Questions
1. How old is Armardo?
2. Where will the 2025 World Jump Rope Championships be held?
3. What is the name of the 'sleeping' language being learned by preschoolers on the NSW Central Coast?
4. A flock of which bird have taken over an office building?
5. Which charity is Brooke raising money for?
Bonus Tricky Question
What is the name of the mountain that Sir Edmund Hillary described as "beautiful but unclimbable"?
Answers
1. 85
2. Japan
3. Darkinjung
4. Pigeons
5. Blue Tree Project
Bonus Tricky Answer
Ama Dablam
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