The BIG Britannica

Test your family’s brainpower by playing this special four-page edition of the Big Britannica Quiz! Regular readers may have an advantage because some of the facts appear in different issues of Britannica Magazine – including this one! Don’t worry if you don’t know them all, though – the answers are at the end of the quiz. Good luck!

Animals

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1 a. Great ape b. Orange ape c. King of the jungle d. Person of the forest

What does the word ‘orangutan’ mean in the Malay language?

2 a. Goldfish b. Clownfish c. Remora fish d. Sucker fish a. By blinking b. By licking them c. In the rain d. By diving underwater a. Calf b. Whelp c. Pup d. Cub a. 1 b. 4 c. 14 d. 24 a. Megalodon b. Velociraptor c. Tyrannosaurus rex d. Brachiosaurus

Which species of fish helps sharks by removing small bits of food from their teeth?

3 How do most species of gecko clean their eyes?

4 What is the name for a baby elephant?

5 How many eyes does a box jellyfish have?

6 Which of these prehistoric species of animal had the longest teeth?

SPACE & NATURE

7 If it were possible to drive through space in a car travelling at 100 kilometres per hour, how long would it take to reach the edge of our solar system? a. 170 days b. 170 years c. 1,700 years d. 17,000 years

11 a. Falcon b. Orion c. Eagle d. Challenger

What was the name of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module that landed the first astronauts on the Moon?