Get into 2019 with this brain work out! This megaquiz will test your knowledge of all the quizzes we wrote in 2018. The questions are randomly selected, so if you want more questions, you can just reload the page!
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#1. What is a pademelon?
Pademelons are like small wallabies and can be found in New Guinea, Tasmania and the east coast of mainland Australia.
#2. Where does the space company Rocket Lab launch rockets from?
Rocket Lab has a launch site on New Zealand’s North Island.
#3. What is a trilobite?
Trilobites were animals that lived in the ocean and looked a bit like slaters or woodlice. They went extinct about 250 million years ago.
#4. What plastic are soft drink bottles typically made of?
Soft drink bottles are commonly made from PET, a strong, watertight plastic that’s easy to recycle.
#5. What is the maximum number of right angles that can be found in a triangle?
The angles in a triangle must add up to 180 degrees. As a right angle is 90 degrees, and a triangle has three angles, the maximum must be one right angle. Otherwise, if there were two 90 degree angles, it would add up to 180 degrees and there would be nothing left for the third angle.
#6. The Kármán line separates Earth from space. How far up is it?
The Kármán line is at an altitude of 100 kilometres.
#7. How many hearts does an octopus have?
Octopuses have three hearts – one to pump blood around the body, and one each for its two gills.
#8. Which direction is Australia moving?
Australia is drifting north at about seven centimetres per year.
#9. If you put a 20 cent coin flat on a table, how many 20 cent coins can you place flat on the table around the edge of the original coin?
Circles of the same size fit together tightest in a hexagonal pattern, with six circles around each circle.
#10. Octane is a chemical often found in petrol. How many oxygen atoms are there in each molecule of octane?
There is no oxygen in octane! An octane molecule is made of eight carbon atoms and 18 hydrogen atoms.
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