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december panto probe quiz

It's the December Quiz. Oh no it isn't! Oh yes it is! Oh no it isn't! etc etc

Yes it's panto time! Get festive with ten questions about some of our favourite pantos. With a science twist naturally. Where's my gluteus maximum? It's BEHIND you! Get them all right and you'll go into the draw for 1 of 3 £50 theatre tokens, which should help a lot if you go see your own local panto.

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01
 Aladdin had help from the genie in the lamp. Alas for Wishy Washy – back to the laundry for him. But which of his washing powders contains enzymes to help remove the stains?
Soap flakes
Non-biological
Biological

02
 Sleeping Beauty was asleep for a hundred years. That was some nap. There is a medical condition which causes the sufferers to fall asleep at irregular and unexpected times. What is it?
Narcolepsy
Apoplexy
Snoozyitis

03
 Poor old Cinders had no way of getting to the ball. Fortunately the Fairy Godmother was on hand to turn a pumpkin into a glorious golden carriage. What gives the pumpkin its orange colour?
Alpha-male
Beta-carotene
Delta Goodrum

04
 Jack climbed the giant beanstalk and fooled the giant. But what about poor old Buttercup, the cow who was sold for a handful of magic beans? Like many other ruminants, cows have four stomachs. The first stomach chamber is called the rumen where large amounts of food are stored and softened. After which it is regurgitated and chewed again. Eeeeuuck. What is this process called?
Chewing the fat
Chewing the cud
Chewing the toffee

05
 Mother Goose is the tale of a goose that lays golden eggs. If only it were true…Gold is a fairly unreactive element but it can be dissolved by a mixture of one part nitric acid with three of hydrochloric acid. This mixture was given its name because it dissolved gold, the King of Metals. What is it?
Aqua scutum
Aquaduct
Aqua regia

06
 Wendy & Co did their best but they just couldn’t match up to Peter Pan in the flying department. How fast could he travel to Neverland we wonder? Presumably not at the speed of sound - unlike our modern supersonic aircraft. The ratio of the speed of a body divided by the speed of sound is known as what?
The Mach number
The Richter scale
Horsepower

07
 Poor Snow White,, poisoned with an innocent looking apple by her wicked step mother. Poisoning's been in the news lately with the untimely death by poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive...
Polonium - 210
Carbon 60
Liquid oxygen

08
 Deep in the dark forest the Babes in the Wood found a house made of gingerbread. Ginger beer was one of the first carbonated soft drinks. It is made from root ginger, lemons, sugar, water and a fermenting agent. What causes it to ferment?
Hops
Yeast
Baking powder

09
 Puss in Boots? Is the RSPCA Ok with that? Anyway, it would take more than a fancy pair of wellies to disguise a cat as a human. Some features are a bit of a giveaway. What does a Manx cat lack?
Whiskers
Fur
A tail

10
 Robinson Crusoe was castaway on a desert island with only Man Friday for company. Gerald Durrell, conservationist and author of ‘My Family and Other Animals’ spent his childhood on which island?
Tofu
Corfu
Kung Fu

Answers

1= Biological • 2= Narcolepsy • 3= Beta-carotene • 4= Chewing the cud • 5= Aqua regis • 6= The Mach number • 7= Polonium-210 • 8= Yeast • 9= A tail • 10= Corfu

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