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!
Water crystals, including snowflakes, are often hexagonal.
Akatsuki has been orbiting Venus since 2015, studying the weather and climate.
Manatees are aquatic mammals that look a bit like sea lions. However, they’re actually more closely related to elephants!
A difference of 10 decibels means ten times more power.
New Horizons was launched in 2006 and made the first flyby of Pluto in 2015. It’s the only spacecraft that has visited Pluto.
Coal is formed from plant debris collecting and slowly turning into rock over millions of years.
The pitch of a note is based on its frequency, which is measured in hertz.
The largest wild cat ever measured was a Bengal tiger, which weighed approximately 389 kilograms.
The Milky Way is approximately 100 000 light years across. That means it takes about 100 000 years for light to travel from one side of the galaxy to the other.
Myxomatosis was introduced to Australia in 1950 by the CSIRO to help control the estimated 600 million rabbits plaguing the country.
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