Statistics for Great Emu War

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Which animals were in the area	Emus	100%
What new weapon did they use	Machine guns	50%
Economic event causing many Australians to struggle	The Great Depression	50%
Which crop did the government want them to produce more of	Wheat	50%
What did they decimate	Crops	25%
All subsequent campaigns ended in ...	Failure	25%
How many emus were killed on the first attempt	0	13%
On what date were the attacks called off	10 December 1932	13%
Date of their arrival	2 November 1932	13%
How many emus were killed in 6 months	57,000	13%
What was implemented to support the killings of emus	Bounty system	13%
For what purpose where they there	Breeding	13%
Who did the government turn to	Farmers	13%
They attempted to ... the emus	Herd	13%
Who did the government approve take care of them	Military	13%
The government ... farmers' expansions	Subsidized	13%
Who were sent in instead	WWI veterans	13%