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Answer all of the questions on the quiz, then select the Score button to grade the quiz.

There are 15 Questions total.

1. Which country does not have a domestic space program?

China
Russia
Japan
United States

2. Three different parasites, causing three different diseases, have a similar:

one-celled structure
genetic core
outer coating
fly locater

3. What is one thing the $1 million in U.S. grant money will help in African countries?

Food
Water
Shelter
Transportation

4. Where do wild pandas normally live?

City
Towns
Zoo
Mountains

5. The new Antarctic lab will be built on:

rock
logs
stilts
granite

6. How might 80% of water borne disease cases in Pakistan be corrected?

using boiled water
hospitalization
antibiotics
buying bottled

7. Who wrote the book on which the movie "Five Children and It" is based?

Freddie Highmore
Eddie Izzard
Jim Henson
E. Nesbit

8. In which ocean do Gray Whales currently live?

Pacific
Atlantic
Artic
Indian

9. Why did NASA delay the launch of the shuttle Discovery?

Inadequate funding
Hurricanes in Florida
Malfunctioning fuel tank sensor
Astronauts had the flu

10. Which country does not have diplomatic relations with the United States?

Iraq
Indonesia
Cote d'Ivoire
North Korea

11. What is the acronym of the association that wants to ban the word “fail?”

PAT
CAT
HAT
BAT

12. What is the scientific name for the huge shark--cousin to the Great White Shark--that lived 10,000 years ago?

Habeas Corpus
Sharkalinon
Carcharodon Megalodon
Jaws

13. What are book clubs?

Giant sticks shaped like a book
People who discuss books
Special books
Members-only libraries

14. Which of these is the name of a William Shakespeare play?

Rent
Aida
Much Ado About Nothing
The Sound of Music

15. What type of animal is the WWF hoping to name with help from the public?

lion
bear
swan
elephant

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