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    What shape has three sides?

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    ✓A triangle — its interior angles always add up to 180 degrees.

  2. Q2Multiple choice

    Which fruit is traditionally used to make wine?

    • Apples
    • Grapes
    • Cherries
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    ✓Grapes — the study of winemaking is called oenology.

  3. Q3Type the answer

    What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

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    ✓Diamond — just carbon atoms arranged in a super-strong lattice.

  4. Q4Multiple choice

    Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?

    • Britain
    • France
    • Spain
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    ✓France — it arrived in 350 pieces packed in 214 crates.

  5. Q5Type the answer

    In the human body, what does the acronym ‘DNA’ stand for?

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    ✓Deoxyribonucleic acid — stretched out, one cell’s worth is about two meters long.

  6. Q6Type the answer

    Which composer continued writing music after going deaf, including his Ninth Symphony?

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    ✓Beethoven — he reportedly felt vibrations through the floor and his piano.

  7. Q7Multiple choice

    What is the only mammal capable of true sustained flight?

    • Flying squirrel
    • Bat
    • Sugar glider
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    ✓The bat — the others glide, but only bats truly fly.

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