By David, 2 January 2020
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!
Congratulations! you are a real science whiz!
Oh dear! better brush up before the next quiz!
Koalas have two thumbs on each front paw.
In 2017, a moth with yellow scales on its head was named Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, after Donald Trump.
Halite is the geological name for rock salt.
The atmosphere is about 0.04% carbon dioxide. It’s almost 50% more than before the Industrial Revolution.
With a camel-like shape and leopard-like colouring, the giraffe was once known as a camelopard.
The Saharan silver ant, with the scientific name Cataglyphis bombycine, can run at 855 millimetres per second. That’s about three kilometres per hour!
There are 1000 gigabytes in a terabyte, and 1000 terabytes in a petabyte.
Helio– refers to the Sun, while –centrism implies the centre. Hence, heliocentrism is the model in which the Sun is at the centre of the solar system. Earth and the other planets of the solar system revolve around the Sun.
Myxomatosis was introduced to Australia in 1950 by the CSIRO to help control the estimated 600 million rabbits plaguing the country.
Heat and pressure deep underground turns limestone into marble.
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