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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. Which of the following would you not find in human blood?

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.

#2. What type of diet are humans adapted to?

Humans are able to survive on both plant and animal matter, so they are omnivores.

#3. 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.

#4. Which of these gems is a variety of the mineral corundum?

Rubies are a variety of corundum, but it’s traces of chromium that stain rubies their red colour.

#5. What is the heaviest species of bird alive today?

Ostriches can weigh more than 140 kilograms!

#6. Why is celery so crunchy?

Water pressure against the cellulose in cell walls is responsible for much of celery’s crunch. Cellulose is also what makes wood hard.

#7. What type of animal is a whale shark?

Whale sharks are the largest species of carpet shark.

#8. What is the name of the galaxy that our Solar System is a part of?

We live in a spiral galaxy called the Milky Way. The spiral shape is hard for us to observe, because we’re inside it!

#9. Which element is named after the Moon?

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

#10. 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.

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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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