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!
Well done! You have some real science smarts!
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The appendix is part of the intestines, found near the junction between the small and large intestines.
The Sun is a little further than 8 light minutes away from Earth, although that additional distance does vary throughout the year.
Three toed sloths have nine neck bones. Almost all other mammals, including humans and giraffes, have seven.
Humus is the dark, broken down organic matter that is found in soil.
Brassica oleracea has been selectively bred to grow lots of different vegetables, including cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kale, kohlrabi, cauliflower, broccoli and kai-lan.
The tea tree is called mānuka in New Zealand. Its scientific name is Leptospermum scoparium.
Athlete’s foot can be caused by many different species of fungus.
In 1990, quail eggs hatched in the Soviet space station Mir.
Extruded foods are forced through a hole in order to shape them. CSIRO experts might have been involved in the invention of the iconic Australian extruded snack, Twisties!
Even in veins that look blue, the blood is still red. Veins that look blue to the eye do so because of the way light travels through skin, and the way our eyes perceive that light.
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2 January, 2021 at 12:35 am
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.
2 January, 2021 at 6:20 pm
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.
If you want another quiz, just press f5 on the quiz page to refresh the page.
3 January, 2021 at 2:15 am
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