Start the new decade with a challenge! This megaquiz will test your knowledge of all the quizzes we wrote in 2018. The questions are randomly selected, so if you want more questions, you can just reload the page. Or head back to our 2019 megaquiz!
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#1. Prior to sending humans into space, animals were sent into space. Which of these animals was the first to visit space?
Fruit flies were the first animals to visit space. They ventured into space on 20 February 1947, travelling 109 kilometres above sea level and they were successfully recovered alive.
#2. How many stars are there in the Alpha Centauri system?
Alpha Centauri has two sun-like stars called Rigil Kentaurus and Toliman, and one red dwarf called Proxima Centauri.
#3. What shape is a typical Australian 50 cent coin?
Most 50 cent coins have 12 sides, making them dodecagons. The 50 cent coins made in 1966 were circular!
#4. Which of the following species of Homo is NOT extinct?
Homo sapiens is the scientific name for modern humans, the only surviving species of human.
#5. What animal is affected by the disease myxomatosis?
Myxomatosis was introduced to Australia by CSIRO to combat the huge amount of rabbits devastating the countryside.
#6. What chemical allows plants to make sugar from sunlight, carbon dioxide and water?
Chlorophyll is the green pigment that allows plants to photosynthesise.
#7. What does an anemometer measure?
Any instrument used to measure wind speed is called an anemometer.
#8. Where would you find the stratosphere?
The stratosphere is second layer of Earth’s atmosphere. Jet aircraft often fly in the lower stratosphere, and the ozone layer is also found in the stratosphere.
#9. What’s the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere?
About 78% of Earth’s atmosphere, by volume, is nitrogen gas.
#10. Which of these important safety devices was invented in Australia?
David Warren invented a flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, the instruments together known as the black box.
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