Quizzes
Test your knowledge of science and technology with our quiz each week.
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Quick quiz #336: Which supercomputer is simulating the human brain?
21 January 2026
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Quick quiz #335: Which US state hosts the LCLS-II X-ray machine?
14 January 2026
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Quick quiz #334: Researchers found a planet shaped like what fruit?
7 January 2026
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Quick quiz #333: What type of cosmological structure is Cassiopeia A?
31 December 2025
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Quick quiz #332: What does the “A” in both DNA and RNA stand for?
24 December 2025
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Try our fiendishly difficult festive science quiz
10 December 2025
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Quick quiz #331: What animal body part has become a 3D-printing tool?
3 December 2025
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Quick quiz #330: What have orcas done to great white sharks recently?
26 November 2025
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Quick quiz #329: What does 鈥渏ulu鈥� mean, in the name Homo juluensis?
19 November 2025
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Quick quiz #328: What was written on Tim Berners-Lee’s computer?
12 November 2025
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Quick quiz #327: What is the maximum lifespan of a naked mole rat?
5 November 2025
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Quick quiz #326: What gives green turtles their colour?
29 October 2025
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Quick quiz #325: What’s Europe’s oldest known natural mummy’s name?
22 October 2025
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Quick quiz #324: What was the name of Jane Goodall’s favourite chimp?
15 October 2025
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Quick quiz #323: What is the collective noun for a group of ladybirds?
8 October 2025
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Quick quiz #322: In a typical ant colony, what sex are worker ants?
1 October 2025