, 20 May 2020
Everything is part of something – why not make our quiz part of your day?
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Oh dear! Better brush up before the next quiz!
Saffron spice is the stigma and styles of the saffron flower.
The Kuiper belt is a bit like the asteroid belt, but it’s just outside the orbit of Neptune, rather than between Mars and Jupiter.
The appendix is part of the intestines, found near the junction between the small and large intestines.
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon, and sometimes other elements.
The fulcrum is the pivot or hinging part of a lever.
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29 May, 2020 at 12:51 pm
The answers are not appearing when I click the “was I right” button.
29 May, 2020 at 12:54 pm
Hi Robyn,
Sorry to hear that!
The answers might be appearing at the top of the quiz – have you tried scrolling up?
Cheers,
29 May, 2020 at 1:16 pm
No, scrolling up doesn’t help.
29 May, 2020 at 1:20 pm
Oh dear! I’ll see what I can do, but in the meantime, the correct answers are:
Reproductive parts of a flower
The Kuiper Belt
Intestines
Iron
A lever
29 May, 2020 at 1:23 pm
Thank you, you made me happy. It was like an undone shoelace.
29 May, 2020 at 1:36 pm
I’m afraid I have the same problem. The answers do not appear. This has been the case for quite a while.
29 May, 2020 at 9:40 pm
If you are using Internet Explorer try Google Chrome and it should work ok.