Science Illustrated

TRIVIA

PUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST

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What you don’t know... you don’t know

1.

Concepts like hashrate, blockchain, fork and private key, are part of what highly speculativ­e new kind of tech investment?

2.

Though not found in Australia, what kind of amphibian can (very slowly) regrow a lost leg?

3.

Which is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World to have not had its location definitive­ly found by archaeolog­ists?

4.

Which manned US rocket came first: Mercury or Gemini?

5.

Known for its instantly recognisab­le sports coupes, which European car marque plans to release a fully electric sports car in 2019, called the Mission E?

6.

Usain Bolt would struggle to beat a typical example of which common pet in a sprint over 25 metres?

7.

UNSW Professor Michelle Simmons was named 2018 Australian of the Year for her work in which new field of IT?

8.

Is the Australian climate currently under the influence of an El Niño or La Niña pattern?

9.

Which two words were instrument­al in giving British cryptologi­sts a breakthrou­gh in cracking Germany’s Engima code system?

10.

Which leggy invertebra­tes are second only to earthworms when it comes to breaking down dead plant matter and putting nutrients back into the soil?

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