Science News Quiz #5 - Science News with Dan Riskin

Science News Quiz #5 (Dec 2023): Three Questions

This week: Wrecked him? Damn near killed him! Also, an orbit change, and a mosquito with a trick up its proboscis. See if you can get 3/3 on the weekly science news quiz!

1 / 3

A missouri man was having a routine colonoscopy when doctors were shocked SHOCKED to find what animal in his colon? (It was dead)

A housefly

A Black-footed Ferret

A Diamondback Rattlesnake

2 / 3

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) surprised everyone by putting the Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft back in Earth orbit. It had dropped off the Vikram 3 lunar lander, and was supposed to stay in orbit around the moon. Their success paves the way for sample return missions down the road. Which of the following countries has never successfully landed on the moon?

USA

Russia (including USSR)

India

China

Trinidad and Tobago

3 / 3

The oldest mosquitoes trapped in amber ever found were recently unearthed in Lebanon. What made them unusual?

They had butterfly wings

They were blood-drinking males (only female mosquitoes are supposed to drink blood).

They were used to get dinosaur DNA so a theme park could be built on an island and nobody listened to Jeff Goldblum.

Your score is

The average score is 66%

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