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Eating an excessive amount of what vegetable can turn your skin orange?
Carrots
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Which animals hold hands when they sleep so they don't drift away from each other?
Otters.
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What does 'COEFFICIENT' mean?
A coefficient is a number—the constant—in a variable term in a mathematical expression.
100
In a room of 23 people, what is the percentage chance that two people will have the same birthday?
50%
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SYALWMEL
MR WALMSLEY
200
Where is the smallest bone in your body?
In your ear.
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Which animal can predict earthquakes?
Snakes
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What does 'MONOMIAL' mean?
A monomial is an algebraic expression which only has one term. For example, 
, or 
are monomials.
200
What is the first number to contain the letter A?
One Thousand
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NDBGIRE
MS BRIGDEN
300
In which country is it illegal to own just one Guinea Pig?
Switzerland
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Which reptile can't stick it's tongue out?
The crocodile.
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What are 'IRRATIONAL NUMBERS'?
Irrational numbers are real numbers that can't be made by dividing two integers, which have no fractional parts. The decimals of irrational numbers go on infinitely. The most famous irrational number of all is pi.
300
What is the only number that is twice the sum of its digits?
18
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AMANDA BATE
400
Why are bananas curved?
Because they grow towards the sun.
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Which animal is considered to be the 5th smartest animal?
The pig.
400
What does 'ABSCISSA' mean?
‘Abscissa’ is a fancy mathematical name for the x-coordinate, whereas the fancy mathematical name for the y -coordinate is the ‘ordinate’.
400
What is the value of a googolplex?
A googolplex is a googola googol, or (10100) to the power(10100).
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SRREEEUCABCO
REBECCA ROUSE
500
Where does the work "emoji" come from and what is it's meaning?
The word "emoji" comes from the Japanese words "e" and "moji", which mean picture and character.
500
What animal has a longer tale for the male than the female?
The cat.
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What does 'VINCULUM' mean?
Vinculum comes from Latin meaning to “bond or link”. A vinculum is a line which is used in mathematics above a group of numbers or symbols to show that they should be grouped together. It could be used in the following example situations:
- A vinculum is a line between the numerator and denominator in a fraction:
- A vinculum is the line in a radical such as a square root:
- A vinculum can be used to show a group of repeating decimals:
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What is a "jiffy'?
A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time. It means 1/100th of a second.
500
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DAVID COSENTINO