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 many toes are there on a cockatoo’s foot?
Cockatoo feet have two forward-pointing toes, and two that point backwards.
#2. Flutes are one of the oldest known instruments in the world. Scientists have used carbon dating to trace their history. How far back does it go?
Scientists have dated fragments of ancient flutes to 42 000 years ago!
#3. You can find astroblemes at Vredefort, Chicxulub and Wolfe Creek, but what exactly are astroblemes?
Astroblemes are impact craters. The name means ‘star wound’.
#4. Dr Keith Vivian Alexander is a New Zealand mechanical engineer. What backyard play invention did he release in 1999?
Dr Keith Vivian Alexander invented the springfree trampoline.
#5. Which of the following elements is represented as P on the periodic table?
The letter P represents phosphorus. Potassium is K, polonium is Po, and tungsten is W.
#6. There’s a famous scale that rates different rocks. Diamond gets the highest rating at 10, and talc only gets a 1. What scale is it?
Mohs scale of hardness rates all rocks based on which ones can scratch others, with diamond being the hardest.
#7. Which element is named after the Moon?
Selenium is named after Selene, the Ancient Greek goddess of the Moon.
#8. What does a mycologist study?
Mycologists study fungi, including mushrooms and toadstools.
#9. What do bees make honey out of?
Honey is made from regurgitated (vomited) nectar from flowers.
#10. Which of the following numbers is largest?
A googolplex is one with a googol zeros. A googol is one with 100 zeros.
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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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