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In like a lion, out like a lamb as they say. Yes, we're talking about March here.

Supposedly the month that comes in full of wintry fury and mellows into spring. So are you mad a March hare? Or mad enough to try this - The Mad March Quiz!

Your prize this month is suitably mad too, a completely bonkers game called N-Tropy, from the same game stable as Jenga, where you balance and wedge and generally 'construct' any way you can. Good luck!

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01
 On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the telephone. What was the patent called?
Improvement in telesales
Improvement in telegraphy
Improvement in telepathy

02
 The Eiffel Tower, one of Europe's most popular tourist attractions, opened on March 31, 1889. It is 312m in height. What building will become the world's tallest man-made structure at 800m when it is completed in 2008?
Burj Dubai Tower
CN Tower
Blackpool Tower

03
 Mad as a March hare or mad as a hatter. Hatters used to use a metal salt in the making of hats. This affected their nervous systems and, because of the tremors they experienced, they were labelled as mad. So which runny metal is reponsible for the mad hatter's malady?
Copper
Tin
Mercury

04
 Which famous scientist was born in Ulm Germany on March 14 1879 and changed the way we see the universe?
Dr Bunsen Honeydew
Albert Einstein
Stephen Hawking

05
 Loves, darlings, mwah, mwah, I just can't believe it! I'd like to thank my producer Bert, Edith my designer and not forgetting Dave the hamster! Yep, it's the Oscars! The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Annual Awards aka the Oscars take place in March.

Made from Britannia (metal alloy similar to pewter) and 24k gold plated, Oscar is a hefty 8.5 pounds, but how tall is he?
11.5 feet
12.5 millimetres
13.5 inches

06
 A planet in our solar system was discovered with a telescope on March 13, 1781. You'll hear all the credit for this discovery go to William Herschel, but it appears he credited his sister Caroline with helping him do most of the mathematics that was involved! What is the name of the planet?
Uranus
Betelgeuse
Alpha Centauri

07
 What makes lions different from other members of the cat family?
They have six toes on each foot
They live in prides
They have a chocolate bar named after them

08
 This French physicist and chemist shareed the 1903 Nobel Prize for physics with the Curies for his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity. Radioactivity was discovered on March 1, 1896. The units in which it is measured bear his name. What is it?
Newton
Richter
Becquerel

09
 The first laser was patented on March 22, 1960. Lasers are used in many applications including CD players and dental drills. Lasers are ideal for space communications because they can carry 1000 times the television channels today carried by microwaves. But what does laser stand for?
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Lots of Agitated States Emitting Rays
Little Atoms Simply Eating Raisins

10
 March is named after Mars, the Roman god of war. Mars is the fourt planet from the Sun and is commonly referred to as the Red Planet, and the red colour comes from which rusty element?
Aluminium
Iron
Calcium

Answers

1= Improvement in telegraphy • 2= Burj Dubai Tower • 3= Mercury • 4= Albert Enstein • 5= 13.5 inches • 6= Uranus • 7= They live in prides • 8= Becquerel • 9= Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation • 10= Iron

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