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Generic Info Slide (Just enjoy the quiz, it's about science and nature!)
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How many planets in our solar system have rings surrounding them?
4
2
3
5
16% got this right
All of the gas giants in our solar system, including Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, have their own ring systems
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12 sequential squares
In 1996, in the UK, the first mammal in history was cloned. Her name was "Dolly", but which type of animal was she?
Ewe
Sheep
56% got this right
She was cloned by associates of the Roslin Institute in Scotland
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Where is the capital of the USA?
24% got this right
Washington DC
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How many Earth orbits did pioneering astronaut John Glenn's first space flight complete?
1 —
3
— 12
73% got this right
Glenn also made the first transcontinental flight with an average supersonic speed, in 1957, from California to NY
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What common food takes its name from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "mouldy"?
Cheese
Bread
Butter
Mushrooms
40% got this right
Unlike most foods, if cheese is mouldy, you can usually just cut it off and keep the remainder
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How many times larger, in volume, is a human egg cell (ovum) than a human sperm cell?
50000 —
10000000
— 20000000
48% got this right
Egg cells are the largest cells in most organisms
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48 random squares
The word "vaccine" originates from the fact that the original disease in question was spread from which animal?
Cow
Bull
Cattle
72% got this right
It was noticed at the time that milkmaids didn't seem to catch smallpox - the human variant of cowpox, hence the vaccine
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48 random squares
Which fruit tree's blossoms provide the perfume industry with the "essential oil" neroli?
Orange
Grapefruit
Lime
Nectarine
20% got this right
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Alexander Graham Bell - often credited with inventing the telephone - also held the World Record for what, in 1919?
Fastest Water speed
Fastest Air Speed
Fastest Land Speed
Longest Underwater Breath Hold
12% got this right
On 9 September 1919, Bell's HD-4 achieved the world record for the maximum speed of a watercraft at 70.86 mph
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Derived from the Peruvian word for "bird dung", which is a highly sought-after natural waste product of birds/bats?
Guano
Guava
Guavo
Mano
34% got this right
Guano has many uses including as an effective plant fertiliser
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Which of the following animals are naturally found in the wild in Britain, but not in Ireland?
Moles
Snakes
Lizards
Newts
32% got this right
Due to tectonic shifts, plus The Ice Age, snakes never managed to bridge the gap between Ireland and Britain :]
