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!
Oh no! Why not try again by refreshing the page – you’ll get different questions!
Helium was first detected in 1868 as a strange dip in the Sun’s light spectrum. It’s named after the Greek Titan of the Sun, Helios.
Rubies are a variety of corundum, but it’s traces of chromium that stain rubies their red colour.
Television screens are made up of dots of red, green and blue.
Mohs scale of hardness rates all rocks based on which ones can scratch others, with diamond being the hardest.
The patella is another name for your kneecap.
The triple point of water is the temperature and pressure that allows water to be steam, liquid and ice all at the same time.
Fe is the chemical symbol for iron.
The letter P represents phosphorus. Potassium is K, polonium is Po, and tungsten is W.
Scientists have dated fragments of ancient flutes to 42 000 years ago!
Myopia is another name for short-sightedness.
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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