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  1. Q1Type the answer

    What color is the sky on a clear day?

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    ✓Blue — scattered sunlight favors shorter blue wavelengths.

  2. Q2Multiple choice

    How many zeros are in one thousand?

    • Two
    • Three
    • Four
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    ✓Three — 1,000.

  3. Q3Type the answer

    Which large African animal is known for its long neck… wait, which animal is the largest living land mammal?

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    ✓The African elephant.

  4. Q4Type the answer

    Which sport uses terms like ‘love’, ‘deuce’ and ‘ace’?

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    ✓Tennis — ‘love’ likely comes from the French ‘l’œuf’, meaning egg (zero).

  5. Q5Multiple choice

    Which of these countries does NOT border the Mediterranean Sea?

    • Greece
    • Portugal
    • Egypt
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    ✓Portugal — it faces only the Atlantic.

  6. Q6Multiple choice

    What is the hardest working muscle in the human body, by continuous effort?

    • The heart
    • The tongue
    • The calf
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    ✓The heart — it beats roughly 100,000 times a day.

  7. Q7Type the answer

    What is the term for a poem of exactly 17 syllables in three lines, from Japan?

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    ✓A haiku — five, seven, then five syllables.

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