Elements, inventors and odd facts quiz
Checked on 4 November 2026
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He is the chemical symbol for which element?
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The tibia is a bone in which part of the human body?
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The answer is Leg.
The tibia, or shinbone, is the larger of the two bones in the lower leg.
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Which element has the atomic number 5?
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The answer is Boron.
Boron is element 5 on the periodic table, with the symbol B.
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Which animal's name means "earth pig" in Afrikaans?
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The answer is Aardvark.
Aardvark comes from Afrikaans and means earth pig, from its burrowing habits.
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In which decade was Arthur Conan Doyle born?
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The answer is 1850s.
Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, was born in Edinburgh on 22 May 1859.
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On a graph, which coordinate is called the abscissa?
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The answer is x.
The abscissa is the first, horizontal (x) coordinate of a point; the ordinate is the y coordinate.
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In the name of the writer J. G. Ballard, what does the J stand for?
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The answer is James.
J. G. Ballard, author of Empire of the Sun, was born James Graham Ballard in 1930.
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Ouachita and Chester are varieties of which berry?
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The answer is Blackberry.
Ouachita and Chester Thornless are both blackberry cultivars.
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Linda Grant won the Orange Prize for Fiction for which novel?
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The answer is When I Lived in Modern Times.
Linda Grant won the 2000 Orange Prize for Fiction with When I Lived in Modern Times.
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Jacob Schick invented which common item?
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The answer is The electric razor.
Jacob Schick patented an early electric razor and founded Schick Dry Shaver, Inc.