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. Which of the following is not a name for water?
Angelic acid is a chemical found in the roots of the herb angelica.
#2. What dies during apoptosis?
Apoptosis is the body’s way of removing unwanted cells.
#3. At its nearest point, which planet gets closest to Earth?
When it’s closest, Venus is around 40 million kilometres from Earth. At closest approach, Mars is about 55 million kilometres away.
#4. Which of these chemicals is the main component of feathers?
Feathers are made from keratin, similar to keratin in your fingernails and hair.
#5. How long is a mile?
A mile is defined as 1609.344 metres.
#6. What is the first feature-length movie that included computer-generated imagery (CGI)?
The first feature-length movie that included CGI was Westworld, released in 1973.
#7. Spelunking is another name for what deep activity?
Spelunking is another word for caving, or exploring underground caves.
#8. What type of star is the most common in our galaxy?
Red dwarfs make up about three quarters of all the stars in the Milky Way.
#9. Which one of the following was a dinosaur?
Archaeopteryx was a bird-like dinosaur. Pteranodon was a flying reptile, Plesiosaurus was a marine reptile, and Dimetrodon was a synapsid (traditionally known as a “mammal-like reptile”).
#10. Which of the following pet birds is NOT native to Australia?
Canaries come from, and are named after, the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa.
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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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