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Planet Science and Horrible science get together for a Mouses at The Ready Special competition!

Yes, if you answer our three ‘horrible’ questions correctly you go into the prize draw for one of 10 of these brilliant science kits or one of 15 Measly Medicine Horrible Science Books

Those bags look very interesting…

….and even if you don’t get one of those you’ll be in the running for Measly Medicine.

We’re going to run this quiz over four weeks to give the MAXIMUM possible chance for all our visitors to enter! So take a look at the questions and if you think you’ve got the answers right email your choices to planet-science.news@nesta.org.uk with HORRIBLE BAG in your subject line.

1 Which gas in farts make them smell bad?

Nitrogen
Carbon dioxide
Hydrogen sulphide

2 Starting with one bacterium, how long would it take to fill a bath with bacteria under ideal conditions?

About 3 days
About 7 hours
About 1 month

3 Dr. Charles Gerba, an environmental microbiologist has suggested that one object in the house may frequently harbour salmonella bacteria. Which object is it?

Toilet seat
Kitchen sponge
Kettle

A little tip if you’re stumped completely – all the questions come from Ex Planet Science quizzes of the month

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