Science Illustrated

I can’t get any of these, it’s ridiculous

PUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST

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1. With its unique ancient statues and lack of trees, Rapa Nui is better known to English speakers as what?

2. Pitcairn Island was settled by members of the mutinous crew of which famous English ship?

3. Originally meaning “moveable personal property” and related to the word “capitalism”, what word refers to both sexes of the most common domesticat­ed ruminant?

4. An urban legend involving the US government doing psychoacti­ve experiment­s on teenagers in the 1980s, centred around Polybius, which was a what?

5. With a three-chambered heart, unique elliptical red blood cells, and a distinctiv­e long neck, which foul-tempered mammalian group has only seven species, found in Africa, the Middle East, and South America?

6. Which is the largest walled city in Europe, and inspiratio­n for a popular board game of the same name?

7. A 66 ton chunk of iron in a field in Namibia is actually a remarkably well-preserved what?

8. Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipT­wo is currently the only licensed commercial aircraft able to fly faster than what?

9. Which high-end sports car maker built an electric hybrid supercar in 2013, with a name that literally means “The [Name of Company]”?

10. Which sea creature has a name that means cloak, but refers to the type of blanket-shaped trap traditiona­lly used to catch it?

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