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1 What is the name of the BBC’s free online resource for children, where the topics are broken down into small sections?
A Bitesize – free videos, step-by-step guides, activities and quizzes.
2 What nickname did Ernst and Pierre Michaux’s velocipede bicycle earn due to its uncomfortable ride?
A Boneshaker
3 What is measured on the Stanford-Binet Scale?
A Intelligence/IQ – The SB5 provides comprehensive coverage of five factors of cognitive ability: fluid reasoning, knowledge, quantitative reasoning, visual-spatial processing, and working memory.
4 Which is the only national capital whose name appears in the NATO phonetic alphabet?
A Lima, the capital and largest city of Peru.
5 How many keys are there on a full-size piano keyboard?
A 88 – 52 white keys and 36 black keys.
6 The trade union BALPA represents members of what profession?
A UK pilots (British Airline Pilots’ Association)
7 In the early 1960s, what term did US meteorologist Edward Lorenz use to describe the variations found in his computer models of weather systems?
A Butterfly effect, the nonlinear equations that govern the weather have such an incredible sensitivity to initial conditions, that a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil could set off a tornado in Texas.
8 Before decimalisation, how many threepenny bits were there in a pound?
A 80 – in conversation the THRUUP-nee bit
9 What is the date of St Swithin’s Day?
A 15th July.
10 How many letters are in the Greek alphabet?
A 24