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january what's in a year? quiz

January, only a few weeks ago it was last year! Sign. So what can we expect in 2007? World Peace? A reversal of Global Warming? Nah, we though there were more realistic science based things to investigate...

If you get all the questions right you'll go into the prize draw for a Blue Glow Brick - a nifty non energy using bulb that absorbs light and gives off a blue glow at night - perfect for those dull, dark January evening!

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01
 Our bodies produce saliva to help digest food. Roughly what size of container could one person fill with the saliva they produce in a year?
A bucket
A bath
An Olympic swimming pool

02
 The human body produces about 760 litres of gastric juice a year to help digest all the food we eat. Which of these chemicals is found in gastric juice?
Arsenic
Hydrochloric acid
Iron oxide

03
 How much protein does the average person in the UK get through in a year?
The equivalent of about half a cow or 365 kg of cooked red lentils
The equivalent of around 30 chickens or 20 kg tofu
The equivalent of roughly 100 mackerel or 50 kg of pine nuts

04
 How many oranges would you have to eat in a year to obtain all your recommended vitamin C?
30
300
3,000

05
 Which mineral does the human body need 5 grams of each year?
Iron
Copper
Iodine

06
 It is recommended we walk 10,000 steps every day. With a pace of about 60 cm, how far would a person walk in a year?
Once around the world
From London to Paris
From London to Cairo

07
 A person will sleep for about 4 months every year. Which of these animals sleeps the most, averaging around 10 months a year?
Brown bat
Lion
Sheep

08
 It takes less than a year for a human to produce a baby - which of these animals takes 365 days?
Chimpanzee
Giraffe
Donkey

09
 In one year what is your chance of being hit by lightning in the UK (it's more if you play golf!)?
1 in 1,200
1 in 1,200,000
1 in 1,200,000,000

10
 As we go about our day-to-day business, the continents are drifting about. How much further away is the UK from North America at the end of year due to the expansion of the Mid Atlantic Ridge?
0.2 cm
2 cm
20 cm

Answers

1= A bucket • 2= Hydrochloric acid • 3= Half a cow • 4= 300 • 5= Iron • 6= From London to Cairo • 7= Brown bat • 8= Donkey • 9= 1 in 1,200,000 • 10= 2cm

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