Question One: c (Rutherfordium is named after Lord Rutherford, the famous New Zealand physicist. Rutherfordium has no known uses.)
Question Two: b (A study at Newcastle University has found that cows with names like 'Daisy' and 'Buttercup' produce more milk than cows without names. Apparently, the cows with names feel happier and more relaxed.)
Question Three: d (Maui was unsuccessful in his attempt to kill the Goddess of Death. His failure means that humans do not live forever.)
Question Four: a (2009 is the United Nations International Year of Natural Fibres. It is also the International Year of Reconciliation, and the International Year of Astronomy.)
Question Five: b (Valentine’s Day, on the 14th of February, is the busiest day of the year for florists.)
Question Six: d (The so-called Roman coin must be a fake. In 46 BC, a coin maker wouldn’t have known he was living 46 years before the birth of Christ. The BC/AD dating system was not invented until AD 525.)
Question Seven: d (Captain Chesley Sullenberger has been called a hero because he crash landed his plane in New York’s Hudson River. His actions saved the lives of the passengers and crew.)
Question Eight: a (In the Asterix comics, Getafix is the village druid who brews the magic potion.)
Question Nine: b (A person who ‘moonlights’ is someone who works two or more jobs.)
Question Ten: c (According to legend, William Webb Ellis caught the football and ran with it, thereby inventing the game of Rugby.)
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Question One: c (Rutherfordium is named after Lord Rutherford, the famous New Zealand physicist. Rutherfordium has no known uses.)
Question Two: b (A study at Newcastle University has found that cows with names like 'Daisy' and 'Buttercup' produce more milk than cows without names. Apparently, the cows with names feel happier and more relaxed.)
Question Three: d (Maui was unsuccessful in his attempt to kill the Goddess of Death. His failure means that humans do not live forever.)
Question Four: a (2009 is the United Nations International Year of Natural Fibres. It is also the International Year of Reconciliation, and the International Year of Astronomy.)
Question Five: b (Valentine’s Day, on the 14th of February, is the busiest day of the year for florists.)
Question Six: d (The so-called Roman coin must be a fake. In 46 BC, a coin maker wouldn’t have known he was living 46 years before the birth of Christ. The BC/AD dating system was not invented until AD 525.)
Question Seven: d (Captain Chesley Sullenberger has been called a hero because he crash landed his plane in New York’s Hudson River. His actions saved the lives of the passengers and crew.)
Question Eight: a (In the Asterix comics, Getafix is the village druid who brews the magic potion.)
Question Nine: b (A person who ‘moonlights’ is someone who works two or more jobs.)
Question Ten: c (According to legend, William Webb Ellis caught the football and ran with it, thereby inventing the game of Rugby.)
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