, 5 December 2018
This time you’re up against our hardest quiz yet! If you get even one question right, we think you have fantastic science knowledge. If you answer all five questions correctly? You’re a quiz whiz. Let us know in the comments below!
Congratulations! You are a real science whiz!
Oh dear! Better brush up before the next quiz!
The OPAL reactor uses uranium as fuel.
The International Space Station orbits Earth once every 93 minutes. That means it’s travelling at more than 27 600 kilometres per hour!
Titanium dioxide is a bright white pigment. It’s commonly used as an ingredient in sunscreen.
Velcro was patented in 1955. George de Mestral invented Velcro after going for a walk and noticing seeds caught on his clothes and in his dog’s fur.
Callistemon typically have bright red, cylindrical flowers that look like brushes for cleaning bottles.
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14 December, 2018 at 11:40 am
Last 2 quizes the answers have not come when I clicked was I right.
14 December, 2018 at 11:42 am
Hi Graham,
We’d love to help you! Can you tell me which browser you are using? is it Chrome? Firefox?
14 December, 2018 at 11:45 am
Also, if you’re looking for the answers, they are:
a) Uranium
c) 27 600 kilometres per hour
d) White
c) 1955
c) Callistemon
14 December, 2018 at 4:56 pm
Yep that was hard but I got 2 right. Would have been 3 but I second guessed myself.
Love the weekly questions!
16 December, 2018 at 1:20 pm
Same problem here too. Safari 9.1.3.
17 December, 2018 at 11:31 am
Thanks Richard!
I’m sorry that the quiz isn’t working for you, but hopefully you found the answers down here. We’ll pass your browser details to the plugin developer and hopefully they can replicate and fix the problem.