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    What do bees collect from flowers to make honey?

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    ✓Nectar — bees regurgitate and evaporate it to make honey.

  2. Q2Multiple choice

    Which ocean is the largest on Earth?

    • Atlantic
    • Indian
    • Pacific
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    ✓Pacific — it’s bigger than all the land on Earth combined.

  3. Q3Type the answer

    In the fairy tale, what does Cinderella lose at the ball?

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    ✓A glass slipper — a translation quirk may have turned fur (‘vair’) into glass (‘verre’).

  4. Q4Type the answer

    Which gas do plants absorb from the air for photosynthesis?

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    ✓Carbon dioxide — they release oxygen as a byproduct.

  5. Q5Multiple choice

    Who wrote the play “Romeo and Juliet”?

    • Christopher Marlowe
    • William Shakespeare
    • Ben Jonson
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    ✓William Shakespeare — the whole tragedy unfolds over just a few days.

  6. Q6Type the answer

    What spice, by weight, is the most expensive in the world?

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    ✓Saffron — it takes around 150,000 crocus flowers to make a kilogram.

  7. Q7Multiple choice

    What is the smallest bone in the human body?

    • Stapes
    • Pisiform
    • Coccyx
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    ✓The stapes — a tiny stirrup-shaped bone in your middle ear.

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