If you wanted to avoid rain showers, which of these places would be best to visit?

• Norfolk in July

• The Lake District in December

• Northern Ireland in October

Which of these is NOT a word for rain?

• Mizzle

• Drizzle

• Wizzle

Which of these foods contains the most water, at around 95%?

• Watermelon

• Steak

• Milk

What is the longest anyone has survived without water?

• Jonathon Rutter survived on a desert island for 8 days without water.

• For 14 days Margaret Butler was stuck in an abandoned well.

• Andreas Mihavecz survived for 18 days, forgotten in a jail cell without food or water.

Which of these animals can live its entire life without having to drink anything?

• Camel
• Kangaroo rat
• Dog

If there was no fresh water and you drank seawater what would happen to your body?

• You become more dehydrated… the body loses more water removing the salt than it gains from drinking it.
• You become very sensitive to the Sun… disastrous if you are in a lifeboat!

• Too much saltwater destroys the retinas in the eyes… it leads to blindness.

The fountain in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is the tallest seawater fountain in the world.  It can shoot water higher than which of these buildings?

• CN Tower in Toronto
• Canary Wharf in London

• Taipei 101 in Taipei

If 40,000 Olympic swimming pools were filled with seawater how much gold would there be in total?

• none

• 1 gram

• 1 kilogram

Heavy water is toxic to small animals and can be dangerous for humans if this is all they drink.  What is heavy water?

• Water with added lead.
• Water made of deuterium instead of hydrogen - deuterium has an extra neutron.

• Water with lots of added calcium - it is an extreme form of hard water.

Where else in the solar system might we find liquid water?

• Under the ice on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons.

• In the Sun's corona.

• The poles of the Moon.