Can you get a better score than your children in our What on Earth! kids quiz?
What on Earth! is a kids’ magazine full of fascinating facts, fun games and unmissable puzzles and quizzes. We have teamed up with this brilliant brand to help them host their annual schools quiz – all the details are below, or you can visit whatonearth.co.uk/quiz to enter.
First though, test your knowledge with 10 questions – just the sort you’ll get if you enter the What on Earth! quiz contest. You can find the answers in the fact box at the end of the quiz.
Here goes:
1) How many brains does a jellyfish have?
a. None
b. One
c. Three
d. Eight
2) What will you find if you travel to the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way?
a. A star
b. A planet
c. A black hole
d. Empty space
3) Eating which of these common vegetables did the Ancient Greeks believe made them stronger?
a. Spinach
b. Carrots
c. Aubergines
d. Onions
4) Approximately how long do fingernails grow over the course of the average human lifespan?
a. 30 centimetres
b. 1 metre
c. 3 metres
d. 30 metres
5) In which year was the first chocolate bar made?
a. 1747
b. 1847
c. 1927
d. 1947
6) Approximately how many years ago did dinosaurs go extinct?
a. 6 million years ago
b. 36 million years ago
c. 66 million years ago
d. 106 million years ago
7) In what shape did 18th-century French queen Marie Antoinette once style her hair to celebrate a victory in battle?
a. A ship
b. A sword
c. A bird
d. A flag
8) Relative to its size, what is the world’s strongest animal?
a. Gorilla
b. Elephant
c. Leafcutter ant
d. Dung beetle
9) Which popular video game character was originally referred to as Jumpman?
a. Pac-Man
b. Donkey Kong
c. Link
d. Mario
10) Which is the only species of big cat that cannot roar?
a. Tiger
b. Lion
c. Cheetah
d. Leopard
SIGN UP FOR THE WHAT ON EARTH! MAGAZINE SCHOOLS QUIZ
Metro is teaming up with What on Earth! Magazine to host the first ever national What on Earth! Individuals Quiz Challenge, aimed at identifying the child with the best general knowledge in the country.
Questions like ‘Which animal does cube-shaped poos?’ and ‘What type of fish is Nemo’ will be posed to the children battling it out to be crowned quiz champ.
This exciting event follows on from the What on Earth! Schools Quiz Challenge launched in 2022, which saw a team from Cramlington Village Primary School take the trophy back to Northumberland.
This year, a winning individual will take home their own trophy, too.
To get involved, a child just needs to ask a parent, guardian or responsible adult to register them online at whatonearth.co.uk/quiz before the deadline of 22 October 2023.
There will be two categories, Junior (ages 8-11) and Senior (ages 11-14).
It is free to sign up and only takes a minute to register. Heats will be conducted online at the end of October and beginning of November.
The final 32 individuals will be invited to an in-person finals day at Stationer’s Hall in London on Tuesday 28 November, with travel bursaries will be available to make sure the contest is accessible to all.
All questions will be inspired by topics covered in the last year’s issues of What on Earth! magazine and digital editions of this archive will be made available free of charge to individuals who enter the contest so everyone can prepare for the quiz.
Good luck!
QUIZ ANSWERS
1) a 2) c 3) d 4) c 5) b 6) c 7) a 8) d 9) d 10) c