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 element is the Sun mostly made of?
The Sun is about 70% hydrogen, 28% helium and 2% other elements.
#2. ISRO is a space agency. Where are they based?
ISRO is the Indian Space Research Organisation. It launches missions from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in south-eastern India.
#3. What is a pademelon?
Pademelons are like small wallabies and can be found in New Guinea, Tasmania and the east coast of mainland Australia.
#4. What is the largest confirmed crater in the Solar System?
The Utopia basin is about 3300 kilometres wide, making it about half as wide as Mars itself!
#5. Which is larger? Australia or Antarctica?
Antarctica is nearly twice as large as Australia.
#6. How many legs does a dragonfly have?
Dragonflies are insects, so they have six legs.
#7. 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.
#8. Panthera leo is a large, deadly animal. What is its common name?
Panthera leo is the scientific name for the lion.
#9. After nitrogen and oxygen, what’s the third most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
Argon is the third most abundant gas in our atmosphere, making up almost 1%.
#10. How many bones are there in a typical human head?
There are 29 bones in the human head – eight in the cranium, 14 in the face, one in the neck and three in each ear!
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Question 10: I think you should specify that said triangle is on a flat plane, since it’s possible to have more than one right angle on different planar geometries.
Oh, I didn’t realise the questions change on each reload – my previous comment was in regards to the maximum number of right angles that a triangle can have.
Yup, on a sphere you can have three right angles – on the Earth, Singapore, Kinshasa and the South Pole makes a triangle with three almost-right angles!
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