New Book Week Quiz!

Which weighs more, a kilo of rice or a kilo of popcorn?

Quiz 12 reheated one of the oldest trick questions in existence, and it still worked a treat. There was proper history in there too.

Average score
11.7/15
Answers correct
78%
Hardest question
55%

Which weighs more, a kilo of rice or a kilo of popcorn?

They weigh the same. A kilo is a kilo, whether it fits in a cup or fills a garbage bag. The popcorn just takes up vastly more room while doing it.

The kids who paused before answering got it. The adults who blurted rice are still living it down.

Who claimed Australia for Britain in 1770?

Captain James Cook, who charted the east coast aboard the Endeavour and claimed it for Britain at Possession Island. A cornerstone date in Australian history, and one that comes with important conversations about the 65,000 years of history that came before it.

Which car maker uses the three-pointed star?

Take a look at the badge above. It is Mercedes-Benz. The three points of the star were meant to represent dominance on land, sea and air, which is confident branding for a company that makes cars.

Every question, ranked by difficulty

How many players got each one right

Every question from the quiz ranked hardest to easiest, with the percentage of players who answered correctly
Rank Question Type Percent correct
1 In the board game Rummikub, name one of the two ways you can play tiles on the table. Normal 55%
2 Tartrazine, Xanthic and Aureolin are all shades of which colour? Hard 63%
3 What English Premier League club does this logo belong to? Hard 65%

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Topics, hardest to easiest

Correct rate by question topic

Games

55%

Art

63%

Australia

66%

Logic

68%

Sport

77%

Maths

77%

General Knowledge

80%

Movies / TV

80%

Geography

85%

History

88%

Space

95%

Animals

98%

That was Quiz 12: a kilogram with a sense of humour, a date every Australian kid learns and a very ambitious star.

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