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For all you poor examinees this month – we want you to know we feel your pain. So in a salute to you in your month of suffering we’ve, er…oh hang on…um…not sure this works...made a quiz in your honour. Oh well, you should have such a head full of knowledge this will be a piece of cake.

For all you poor examinees this month – we want you to know we feel your pain. So in a salute to you in your month of suffering we’ve, er…oh hang on…um…not sure this works...made a quiz in your honour. Oh well, you should have such a head full of knowledge this will be a piece of cake.

Your prizes are things that may help if you find yourself undergoing the revision process again in the future…. USB plug in coffee warmer/keyboard vacuum cleaner and shoulder massager kit and retro flip date clock for that authentic deadline feeling!

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01	Physics/Poetry... As well as being a great physicist, James Clerk Maxwell was also a published poet. What rhyming word or words are missing from his poem 'Lectures to Women on Physical Science'? To mirror heaven those eyes were given, And not for methods of ---------.
	Illumination
	Precision
	Multiplication

02	Chemistry/Home Economics... What did the chemist Joseph Priestley invent in the 1770s that became very popular at the time and is still popular today?
	Chocolate
	Popcorn
	Fizzy Water

03	Biology/Zoology... Which of these is a made up animal?
	Liger - a cross between a lion and a tiger
	Zonkey - a cross between a zebra and a donkey
	Rhinopotamus - a cross between a rhino and a hippo

04	P.E.... If you were asked to exercise your sartorius, what would you be exercising?
	Your dog
	Your choice
	One of your thigh muscles

05	English... According to the Oxford English Dictionary, what do you call more than one octopus?
	Octopodes
	Multipus
	Octopus

06	French... The French mathematician Le Verrier is credited with calculating the position and discovery of which planet?
	Mars
	Neptune
	Earth

07	Art... Red vermilion paint contains a toxic substance, what is it?
	Cochineal
	Broccoli
	Mercury

08	Geography... From which country does the European Space Agency launch its spacecraft and satellites?
	Kourou, French Guiana in South America
	Houston, Texas in the USA
	Vienna, Austria in Europe

09	History... Some ancient monuments are thought to have been built for astronomical reasons, possibly because the builders worshipped the Sun, Moon or stars. Which one of these is the oldest, being build around 3150BC.
	The Eygyptian Pyramids in Egypt
	Newgrange in Ireland
	The Eiffel Tower in Paris

10	Maths... Take the number of stomach compartments that a cow has and add the number of eyes a tarantula has, then subtract the number of legs an insect has… what number do you get?
	6
	60
	600

Answers

1= Precision • 2= Fizzy water • 3= Rhinopotamus • 4= Thigh muscle • 5= Octopodes • 6= Neptune • 7= Mercury • 8= Kourou • 9= Newgrange • 10= 6

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competitions & quizzes...pit your wits & win with Planet Science

june exam quiz

For all you poor examinees this month – we want you to know we feel your pain. So in a salute to you in your month of suffering we’ve, er…oh hang on…um…not sure this works...made a quiz in your honour. Oh well, you should have such a head full of knowledge this will be a piece of cake.

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