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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!

 

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#1. What do bees make honey out of?

Honey is made from regurgitated (vomited) nectar from flowers.

#2. 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.

#3. Which element is named after the Moon?

Selenium is named after Selene, the Ancient Greek goddess of the Moon.

#4. Which shape – found in bridges, cranes and power pylons – is the most rigid and resistant to bending?

Triangles are rigid because you can’t bend the corners without stretching or squishing a side.

#5. What is the name for an animal that comes out during the day?

A diurnal animal comes out during the day. It’s like the opposite of a nocturnal animal!

#6. How long is a mile?

A mile is defined as 1609.344 metres.

#7. Turritopsis dohrnii is an animal that turns back into a baby when it gets too old, but what kind of animal is it?

Turritopsis dohrnii is commonly known as the immortal jellyfish, and it can turn back into a polyp when it gets too old.

#8. What kind of scientists would be most interested in humus?

Humus is the dark, broken down organic matter that is found in soil.

#9. How many different types of bitter taste receptors are there in humans?

There are 25 different human bitter receptors recorded in the bitterDB database. But not all humans have all 25 receptors!

#10. How long does it take light to travel to our solar system from the nearby star system Alpha Centauri?

Alpha Centauri is the nearest star system to ours, about 4.37 light years away.

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3 responses

  1. Terry Avatar
    Terry

    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.

    1. David Avatar
      David

      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.

  2. Terry Avatar
    Terry

    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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