This quiz will take you from the number zero to 7.5 billion kilometres out in space! Can you answer this mixed batch of questions across science and maths?
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Oh dear! Better brush up before the next quiz!
Brahmagupta was an Indian mathematician who wrote Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta, a book containing the rules for doing arithmetic with positive numbers, zero and negative numbers.
Tardigrades are animals.
Chalk, snail shells and limestone are primarily made from calcium carbonate. Coal is mostly carbon.
Myxomatosis was introduced to Australia in 1950 by the CSIRO to help control the estimated 600 million rabbits plaguing the country.
New Horizons was launched in 2006 and made the first flyby of Pluto in 2015. It’s the only spacecraft that has visited Pluto.
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1 June, 2019 at 2:49 pm
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