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This week's quiz contains 20 very tough questions of various topics.
- What does the Latin tag Nil desperandum mean?
- In the city name Washington DC, what do the letters DC stand for?
- Which of the tropics is north of the equator?
- In which direction do tornadoes usually spin in the northern hemisphere?
- Only two flowering plants grow in Antarctica. One is the relative of the carnation, what is the other?
- How much of the earth's ice is found in Antarctica?
- Where is the deepest point in the oceans?
- In AD 582 Paris experienced a shower of what was thought to be blood. What was it?
- There is a fungus that can use jet fuel as a source of food. True or false?
- What is the definition of the 'minimum lethal dose' of a toxin?
- What is hypermertropia?
- Why is wound in your tongue far more painful than a wound of the same size on your back?
- What percentage of the body's energy is consumed by the brain?
- A British scientist once successfully used Coca Cola as a replacement for oil in a car. True or false?
- When did Native Americans first get the vote?
- Which was the first country to give the vote to women?
- By what title was Augustina Domonech better known?
- Which Irish juggler tried to steal the British crown jewels?
- What is alliteration?
- What is the bony substance in a tooth just beneath the enamel?
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