Our planet is an amazing place. Every day brings exciting new revelations, often about the most seemingly ordinary things. I love to learn new things, and it never gets boring. I also love sharing what Iโve discovered with my friends and family. So, letโs see how learned and erudite you are in the fascinating ways of the world with this intriguing trivia quiz!
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What do you call the little wire cage that fits to a champagne cork?
The muselet keeps the cork in position, so it can withstand the gas pressure and prevent it from popping.
An abboccato
A decanter
A muselet
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Why do the Japanese buy rakes for New Year?
Bamboo rakes are traditionally bought in Japan for New Year's Eve because they are thought to help the owner reap success.
To step onto them.
They're cheaper in winter.
To 'rake up' happiness.
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One animal has fingerprints that are almost the same as a human's. Which animal is it?
Koalas have papilliferous patterns on their finger pads, just like we do. This allows them to tear eucalyptus leaves and cling to bark.
Gorillas
Koalas
Aye-ayes (a lemur type beast)
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Do you know the name of this coniferous plant?
Pine trees have much longer needles that are four-sided, sharp, and rough. Silver fir trees' needles are not sharp, but soft and flat. Their smell is more pungent.
Pine
Picea
Silver fir
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What lake is set to become an ocean one day?
Lake Baikal is the world's deepest, but in 10 years a crack in the Earth's crust will become a bay and help the lake to meet the Sea of Okhotsk.
Lake Baikal
Lake Michigan
Lake Tanganyika
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Champagne bottles have an indented base. Why?
This indent is called a punt. It helps distribute pressure inside the bottle.
To make the bottle look bigger.
To make them stronger, and more durable.
To collect wine sediment.
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Do you know the name of the page that immediately follows the cover?
The fly page is the first one. The last is the nachsatz. The doubler is a decorative border along the inside cover's edge.
The fly page
The nachsatz
The doubler
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Penguins have a special organ. What is it?
The gland that de-salinates seawater is called the supraorbital gland. The remaining salt is sneezed out through the beak.
Infrared vision.
A pouch for holding fish.
A gland that makes salt water drinkable.
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The international classification of snowflakes does not include which shape?
The international commission on snow and ice have distinguished 7 types of snowflake: stellar dendrites, irregular crystals, sectored plates, spatial dendrites, hollow columns, rimed crystals, needles, and capped columns.
Plates
Columns
Tetrahedrons
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What is the word for the rumbling sound your tummy makes when you're hungry?
Collywobbles is a suitably fun term for a slightly embarrassing internal noise.
Collywobbles
Interrobang
Giggly wiggly
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Which of these 3 is responsible for the largest amount of Earth's oxygen?
During photosynthesis, algae release more oxygen than by trees and other vegetation put together.
We have four nostrils. The extra 2 are choanae, and lead to the nasopharynx. They let you breath when using your mouth for eating.
Four
Two
One (divided externally)
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What do you call the patches of color that you see before your eyes in the dark (or when you press down your eyelids)?
Phosphenes are the shiny dots, circles or lines that appear to your eyes without any light. They are usually blue, green, or yellow.
Phosphenes
Phosphates
Fluophors
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Where is the driest place in the world?
The McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica have neither ice nor snow. There it hasn't rained at all for more than 2 million years.
The Antarctic
The Nevada Desert
Death Valley
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