Here’s our megaquiz for the year! Below are 10 questions picked from every quiz we wrote in 2020. If you want more questions, just hit refresh and we’ll grab you another 10. Good luck!
Results
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#1. How long does it take for light to travel from the Sun’s surface to Earth?
The Sun is a little further than 8 light minutes away from Earth, although that additional distance does vary throughout the year.
#2. How often do high tides occur?
High tides are about 12 hours and 25 minutes apart.
#3. What dies during apoptosis?
Apoptosis is the body’s way of removing unwanted cells.
#4. Which of the fundamental forces is the strongest?
The strong force holds together the nuclei of atoms, and it’s the strongest of the four fundamental forces.
#5. Where would you find the tallest tree in the world?
The tallest tree in the world is a redwood tree called Hyperion, in California. It’s more than 115 metres tall.
#6. How many northern white rhinos are alive today?
There are only two northern white rhinos left, named Najin and Fatu, and both are female.
#7. Which of the following is not a name for water?
Angelic acid is a chemical found in the roots of the herb angelica.
#8. CRISPR is a method used for gene editing. What does the first letter stand for?
The letters in CRISPR stand for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats. CRISPR are special pieces of DNA that can be used to help edit an organism’s genome.
#9. Which of the following elements is a part of all steels?
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon, and sometimes other elements.
#10. Guinea worms are almost extinct, but what are they?
Guinea worms are parasites that live inside humans and can grow over a metre long. A long running eradication campaign has been very successful, and there were only 54 human infections reported in 2019.
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3 responses
Hey, I got 9 right, missed moons of Pluto, but you gave me an 8/10. Looks like you program did not account for the extra 5 question, just the first five since I aced the last 5.
Hi Terry,
Thanks for the feedback! Sadly, the quiz changes every time you load it, so I can’t get the same bug to appear. But let us know if it happens again, and I’ll dig a bit deeper.
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Hi David,
I thought there might be a larger problem, though very minro,` and you would get a number of responses so I wanted to be first. :-} All is good.
Thank you
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