Quiz 40 split the country right down the middle. Just 52% of players knew what we call an astronaut from Russia, and the tech question at the end fooled two thirds of everyone who tried it.
- Average score
- 11.3/15
- Answers correct
- 75%
- Hardest question
- 32%
What do we call an astronaut from Russia?
A cosmonaut. Same job, different badge. The word comes from the Russian space program, while astronaut is the American term that Australia borrowed along the way.
At 52% correct this was as close to a coin flip as a quiz question gets. It also produced one of the biggest state splits of the quiz, so somewhere out there is a state quietly bragging.
Can you name the World Cup countries from their three letter codes?
Have a go at the picture before reading on. The codes were AUS for Australia, TUR for Türkiye, BRA for Brazil, MAR for Morocco, NED for Netherlands, JPN for Japan, MEX for Mexico and RSA for South Africa.
The tricky ones were NED and RSA, because the code comes from the country's own name rather than the English one. 63% of players got all eight, which is a strong effort.
How many bits are in a byte?
Eight bits make one byte, the little chunk a computer uses to store a single letter. A kilobyte is officially 1,000 bytes, though computers often count it as 1,024.
This was the hardest question of the whole quiz. Only 32% of players got it, which made Tech the week's toughest topic by a mile. Time to quiz the kids at the dinner table.
Every question, ranked by difficulty
How many players got each one right
| Rank | Question | Type | Percent correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In computers, how many "bits" join together to make one "byte" - the chunk used to store a... | Hard | 32% |
| 2 | What do we call an astronaut from Russia? | Hard | 52% |
| 3 | Evie filled out a form to start her cupcake company, but she spelled one word wrong. She w... | Normal | 61% |
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Where players came from
Share of the week's plays by state
Topics, hardest to easiest
Correct rate by question topic
Tech
32%Space
52%Geography
63%Language
64%Sport
70%Science
78%General Knowledge
79%Flags
83%Maths
87%Movies / TV
91%History
93%Games
93%Pop Culture
95%The average score landed at 11.3 out of 15. If the byte question got you, you now have a rematch fact ready to go.
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