School Quiz: How Far Can You Get With Only 3 Lives?

School Quiz: How Far Can You Get With Only 3 Lives?: questions and answers

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1. How many letter r's are in the word 'strawberry'? 3 · 2 · 4

   3 – St-R-awbe-RR-y: one early, two at the end. Most people say 2.

2. Which of these is a crustacean? Octopus · Crab · Jellyfish

   Crab – Crabs, shrimp and lobsters: hard shell, jointed legs.

3. What color is a giraffe's tongue? Pink · Bright red · Dark purple

   Dark purple

4. A baby kangaroo is called a joey.

   True

5. Which one is NOT a main color of screen light? Yellow · Red · Green · Blue

   Yellow – Screens mix red, green and blue. Red + green light makes yellow!

6. Which one is NOT a mammal? Whale · Bat · Penguin · Platypus

   Penguin – Platypuses lay eggs but are mammals. Penguins are birds.

7. What do bees make honey from? Nectar · Pollen · Tree sap

   Nectar

8. What is the capital of New Zealand? Auckland · Christchurch · Wellington

   Wellington – Auckland is much bigger, but Wellington has been capital since 1865.

9. Mars has two moons.

   True

10. Bears eat berries, fish and honey. That makes them... Carnivores · Omnivores · Herbivores

    Omnivores – Giant pandas are bears too, but eat almost only bamboo.

11. At sea level, water boils at what temperature in °F? 212°F · 100°F · 180°F

    212°F

12. Only one of these numbers is prime. Which? 51 · 57 · 59

    59 – 51 = 3 × 17 and 57 = 3 × 19. Sneaky!

13. Which fish can walk on land? Mudskipper · Clownfish · Goldfish

    Mudskipper

14. What is the chemical symbol for silver? Si · Ag · Sv

    Ag – From 'argentum', Latin for silver. Argentina is named after it!

15. What is 8 ÷ 2 × 4? 1 · 64 · 16

    16

16. Ants live on every continent.

    False – Every continent except Antarctica: too cold for them.

17. Over half of all the world's lakes are in which country? Finland · Canada · Russia

    Canada – Canada has more lakes than every other country combined.

18. What is 0.1 + 0.2 × 10? 3 · 0.3 · 2.1

    2.1

19. Which bird's baby is called a cygnet? Swan · Goose · Duck

    Swan

20. What is the largest moon in our solar system? Titan · Ganymede · Our Moon

    Ganymede

21. Which one is NOT a planet anymore? Neptune · Pluto · Mars · Venus

    Pluto

22. What is H₂O₂? Heavy water · Liquid hydrogen · Hydrogen peroxide

    Hydrogen peroxide

23. What does the 'D' in D-Day stand for? Day · Destiny · Deliverance

    Day – Planners used 'D-Day' for any attack date. The D just means day.

24. About how long is one year on Mars? 365 Earth days · 687 Earth days · 120 Earth days

    687 Earth days – So a 14-year-old on Earth would be about 7 on Mars.

25. The first animals sent to space were fruit flies.

    True – In 1947 fruit flies rode a US rocket, and came back alive.

26. What is 25% of 25% of 100? 50 · 12.5 · 6.25

    6.25

27. Which ocean is the saltiest? Atlantic · Pacific · Indian

    Atlantic

28. Which chess piece can never move backwards? Bishop · Pawn · King

    Pawn – But reach the far side and a pawn can become a queen.

29. Which Shakespeare play has 'To be, or not to be'? Macbeth · Othello · Hamlet

    Hamlet

30. What is the derivative of x²? 2x · x · x³ ÷ 3

    2x – x³ ÷ 3 is the integral, the opposite direction.

31. Which of these animals is a cousin of the elephant? Rhino · Rock hyrax · Hippo

    Rock hyrax – This rabbit-sized animal shares an ancestor with elephants and manatees.

32. Who wrote the novel '1984'? Aldous Huxley · Ray Bradbury · George Orwell

    George Orwell – Huxley wrote 'Brave New World', Bradbury wrote 'Fahrenheit 451'.

33. Humans use only 10% of their brains.

    False

34. How many dots are on a standard die in total? 21 · 18 · 24

    21 – Opposite sides always add up to 7: three pairs make 21.

35. Who wrote 'The Wealth of Nations'? Karl Marx · Adam Smith · John Maynard Keynes

    Adam Smith

36. Over half of your bones are in your... Spine and ribs · Skull and face · Hands and feet

    Hands and feet – 106 of your 206 bones are in your hands and feet.

37. Which one is NOT a noble gas? Neon · Argon · Helium · Nitrogen

    Nitrogen

38. In rugby, grounding the ball over the line is called a... Try · Touchdown · Goal

    Try

39. How many US states border Canada? 9 · 13 · 17

    13 – Ohio and Pennsylvania count: they share a border in the Great Lakes.

40. Which planet has the shortest year? Venus · Mars · Mercury

    Mercury

41. Which country printed the first paper money? China · Italy · England

    China – China used paper money about 1,000 years ago.

42. How much of Earth's water is fresh water? About 10% · About 3% · About 25%

    About 3%

43. There are more possible chess games than atoms in the universe.

    True – About 10¹²⁰ possible games vs about 10⁸⁰ atoms.

44. Which is bigger: 3⁴ or 4³? 4³ · They're equal · 3⁴

    3⁴

45. What color is an airplane's 'black box'? Bright orange · Black · Silver

    Bright orange

46. Fold a sheet of paper in half 7 times. How many layers? 14 · 128 · 49

    128

47. Yesterday was two days after Monday. What day is tomorrow? Thursday · Saturday · Friday

    Friday – Yesterday was Wednesday, so today is Thursday.

48. A brick weighs 1 kg plus half a brick. What does the brick weigh? 2 kg · 1.5 kg · 1 kg

    2 kg – Half a brick weighs 1 kg, so the whole brick is 2 kg.

49. Which is heavier: 1,000 grams or 2 pounds? 2 pounds · 1,000 grams · Exactly equal

    1,000 grams – 2 pounds is only about 907 grams.

50. What is 1 + 2 + 3 + ... all the way to 100? 5,000 · 10,100 · 5,050

    5,050