The What on Earth! Taster Quiz!
Welcome! Here are fourteen questions from the Nov 2024 edition (Pyramids) to give you an idea of how the quiz heat will work. You can go backwards and forwards through the questions and the SUBMIT button is at the end. Your timer has already started and you have just over eight minutes before it runs out! To allow for any slow down on the internet, we advise you to submit 15 seconds before the timer runs out. You can try the quiz as many times as you like.
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Q1. Name the flower beginning with 'B' that is green, edible and often sold in the vegetable section of supermarkets.
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Q2. What percentage of all known species can be found in the Amazon rainforest? (Drag the dial to the correct amount or type the number in the middle of the circle.)
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Q3. What is the world's best selling video game, of all time?
A. Snake
B. Pac-man
C. Tetris
D. Space Invaders
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Q4. In which country is the city of Krakow? Click on the correct image to select the answer.
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Q5. What was the name of the most famous ships in history that sailed in 1620 carrying English people to America?
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Q6. Split into different sections or tiers, what is the name given to the highest layer of the rainforest?
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Understory
Canopy
Emergent Layer
Forest Floor
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Q7. What is the name for the 309.6 meter tall pyramid in London?
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Q8. If you take out the vowels, how many letters are there in the English alphabet?
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Q9. Buried next to the great pyramid ,what surprising object was found by archaeologists in 1954 that had remained completely hidden for 4,600 Years?
Gold Statue of a Pharaoh
Wooden Ship
The oldest shoe in the world
Jar of honey that was still edible
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Q10. True or False? Kazakhstan is the world's largest land locked country by surface area?
TRUE
FALSE
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Q11. What is the name for the type of salamander that has amazing abilities, including being able to regenerate a lost limb?
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Q12. Which famous museum has a pyramid as its entrance?
The Natural History Museum
Louvre
Acropolis Museum
Luxor Museum
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Q13. What was the name of the person who invented the printing press?
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Q14. Found in Russia, How deep is the world's deepest man made hole? Please answer in meters.
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