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brain-squeezer quiz
Try your luck with our new quiz as seen at the Tomorrow’s World Live exhibition..
Good luck…
01 Where would you weigh least?
Top of Mount Everest
Centre of the Earth
In Australia
In an aeroplane
02 Uranus is a blue green colour because it contains what gas?
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Methane
Carbon Dioxide
03 The nearest star to Earth is...
The Sun
Mars
Alpha Centauri
Betelgeux
04 What does the E stand for in E=mc2?
Energy
Einstein
Electronvolts
Entropy
5 How many millions of years ago did the dinosaurs become extinct?
Dinosaurs were never alive – it’s just a conspiracy
12
65
950
6 Which animal has killed more people than any other?
Great White Shark
Mosquito
Piranha Fish
Funnel Web Spider
7 Cooking salt is really the chemical...
sodium bicarbonate
carbon dioxide
sulphur dioxide
sodium chloride
8 The violin beetle is called this because...
It makes a sound like a violin
It eats violins
It looks like a violin
It was named after Mr. Violin
9 How much poo does an elephant produce each day?
Elephants only poo once a week
20 kilograms
150 kilograms
1 tonne
10 The driest place in the world is...
The Sahara desert in North Africa
The Atacama desert in Chile
The Antarctic
Death Valley, USA
Answers:
1= Centre of the Earth 2= Methane 3= The Sun 4= Energy 5= 65 6= Mosquito
7= sodium chloride 8= It looks like a violin 9= 150 kilograms 10= The Atacama desert in Chile
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