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OK quizaholics!

This time there’s no excuse to get anything wrong as we’ve taken our Easter Parents Pack and turned it into a big old Easter holiday quiz! With the travel and fluffy animals and egg themes mingled it’s tempting to start with: Why did the chicken cross the road? But no. That’s just not scientific enough for us!

Make sure you get the eggs-act answers now….

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01
What is the safest car colour?

Yellow

Green

Blue

02	Which way does a moles hair grow?
		Natural Side Parting (the ‘Superman’)
		Mostly Forwards (the ‘George Clooney’)
		Flexible in all directions (the ‘Harry Potter’)

03	Why are eggs so strong?
		Their shell is hard because of the high calcium component
		The ‘eggious’ membrane inside makes the shell slightly flexible
		The two arches structure spreads the weight

04	Which of these isn’t a type of road crossing?
		Puffin
		Pelican
		Penguin

05	Town traffic control system SCOOT stands for...
		Spoilt Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique
		Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique
		Spaced Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique

06	Dalmatian Puppies are born...
		Grey - the colour separates into black and white as they grow
		White – the spots appear later
		With the exact markings they’ll have as adults

07	Why does the shelless egg shrink in syrup?
		Osmosis
		Osbournis
		Oxidation

08	To make a Planet Science Jumping Bean you’ll need...
		Foil and a bean and a box
		A bean and a box and a marble
		A marble and foil and a box

09	Cloned cats don’t have the same coats as their clones, why?
		They wash and groom in different ways which influences how the fur looks
		Fur patterns are set in the womb and are influenced by environmental factors
		The genes for fur patterns are the most easily ‘scrambled’ in the laboratory

10	The lack of which brain chemical makes us more prone to Road Rage?
		Seratonin
		Melatonin
		Calmatonin

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