, 13 February 2019
Written by Elvina Lee
Scientists are on the lookout for answers, from the backyard to outer space! This week’s quiz involves a range of intriguing discoveries. How many of them have you heard of?
Congratulations! You are a real science whiz!
Oh dear! Better brush up before the next quiz!
Limpet teeth overtook spider silk as the toughest naturally occurring fibre in 2015. Limpets are a type of marine snail. They spend most of their life looking for food by dragging their teeth along rocks in shallow ocean waters. With so much grinding, these teeth need to be super tough!
5000. Adults commonly have between 2000 and 8000 tastebuds on their tongue.
In 2017, a moth with yellow scales on its head was named Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, after Donald Trump.
118. As at February 2019, there are 118 elements in the periodic table.
Neptune. Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 has flown past all four planets listed. It is now on an extended journey in interstellar space.
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23 February, 2019 at 10:10 am
Why don’t you give answers to the quiz. I have clicked was I right and nothing happens.
23 February, 2019 at 4:29 pm
Hi Graham,
I’m sorry the quiz isn’t working for you.
The correct answers are:
Limpet teeth overtook spider silk as the toughest naturally occurring fibre in 2015. Limpets are a type of marine snail. They spend most of their life looking for food by dragging their teeth along rocks in shallow ocean waters. With so much grinding, these teeth need to be super tough!
5000. Adults commonly have between 2000 and 8000 tastebuds on their tongue.
In 2017, a moth with yellow scales on its head was named Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, after Donald Trump.
118. As at February 2019, there are 118 elements in the periodic table.
Neptune. Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 has flown past all four planets listed. It is now on an extended journey in interstellar space.
Hope this helps,
24 February, 2019 at 6:02 am
Ha easy
27 February, 2019 at 8:15 am
I’ve got them all right now, hit rate wasn’t so good before 🙂 I have never heard about limpet teeth and had no idea the Trumpster was a scientist 🙂
Davidium? Must be a case of mistaken identity, I thought you were a hard shiny metal:)
1 March, 2019 at 5:34 pm
So cool I love it