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april easter eggology quiz

April is here and the lambsies are a-skippin', the chicks are a-hatchin' and the chocolate eggs are a-callin'. So why eggs for Easter? It symbolises new life.

Get all the answers right and 12 of you stand to win an Easter bunny full of fair trade choccy eggs.

Hmmmmmm! Let's crack on:

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01
 Egg-streme sports are all the rage nowadays. Skateboarders perform a trick where they jump over obstacles seeminghly with the skateboard stuck to their feet! This depends on forces of gravity, friction and momentum but what is the trick called?
A Stan
An Ollie
A disaster-waiting-to-happen

02
 The colour of an egg's shell depends on the breed of hen. Breeds with white feathers and ear lobes lay white eggs. Those with red feathers or ear lobes lay brown eggs. Now for something a bit different, what colour are duck eggs?
Golden
Black
Blue

03
 Quite egg-straordinary! Fleas would win a gold medal for jumping at the Insect Olympics. How high can they jump?
50 times their body length
100 times their body length
200 times their body length

04
 What's in an egg? Egg white or albumen makes up about two-thirds of the egg's liquid weight and contains most of the egg's protein. The yolk makes up about a third of the egg's liquid weight, and it contains all the fat iin the egg. A mass of thicker strands of egg white anchor the yolk in place in the centre of the white. What is it called?
Chalaza
Meringue
Scotch Egg

05
 The first egg-sample of synthetic plastic was invented in 1905 by Leo Baekeland - a Belgium chemist. This was a material that once it set hard would not soften under heat. It was called 'the material of a thousand uses'. What was its name?
Nylon
Bakelite
Polystyrene

06
 Rumour has it that Leonardo da Vinci, born on April 15, 1452, was a bit of an egghead. Not just a brilliant artist famous for painting the Mona Lisa, he was also a scientist and engineer! Many think that he invented one of our most familiar forms of transport. Which one?
Bicycle
Roller Skates
Motor Car

07
 Scientific egg-speriments show that eggshell contains calcium carbonate. But what is calcium carbonate better known as?
Quartz
Chalk
Cheese

08
 A Belgian city entered the Guinness book of records with the biggest Easter egg ever. The egg measured 8.32 metres high and was made by the Belgian chocolate producer Guylian. How many chocolate bars did it take to make it?
5
50,000
5 Billion

09
 Chicks break free from the egg by using a special tool at the point of the upper beak. This falls off shortly after hatching. What is it called?
Egg tooth
Sausage nail
Bacon claw

10
 Yum yum! Easter eggs are usually made from chocolate but what is chocolate made from?
Baked beans
Coffee beans
Cacao beans

Answers

1= An Ollie • 2= Blue • 3= 200 times • 4= Chalaza • 5= Bakelite • 6= Bicycle • 7= Chalk • 8= 50,000 • 9= Egg tooth • 10= Cacao beans

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