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SCIENCE (Continued)

4) What did the man pictured in the quiz discover?
Answer: The three laws of motion. Isaac Newton, arguably the most influential scientists of all time,
discovered the three laws of motion among other important things like gravity and calculus.

5) Which animal's feet are unlike the others?

Answer: Zebra. Although they are all hoofed animals (a.k.a ungulates), zebras belong to the family of
odd-toed ungulates, while boars, giraffes, bison and antelopes are even-toed ungulates.

6) Which of the items is largest in size?
Answer: Cell. From order of smallest to largest: electron, atom, virus, bacteria, cell.

LITERATURE

1) Which William Golding novel is about
schoolboys stranded on an island?
Answer: Lord of the Flies. With two different
movie adaptations, this famous novel explores the

conflict between human impulse towards
savagery and the rules of civilisation.

2) Which Shakespeare play is set in a different
country to the others?
Answer: A Midsummer Night's Dream. The
Winter's Tale, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing
and The Taming of the Shrew are all set in Italy,
whereas A Midsummer Night's Dream is set in

Greece.

3) Which character does not appear in Pride and Prejudice?

Answer: Edward Rochester. Charlotte Lucas, Kitty Bennett, Fitzwilliam Darcy, William Collins
and Caroline Bingley are all characters in the Pride and Prejudice, but Edward Rochester is in
another classic novel - Jane Eyre.

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