A quiz that warms you!

In the last few days we have seen downright freezing temperatures. Brrr! How about a quiz… that’s hot? Here it is!

1- In the Pacific Ocean there is a group of small islets with … quite funny name. This means it is a good name when you imagine palm trees, white sand and turquoise water. What are these islands called?

A. Bikini Islands
B. The Sun Islands
C. The Sun Islands
D. Coconut Islands

Answer: A

Yes, they are called Bikini Islands! They are more precisely in Oceania and are part of the country called Marshall Islands.

2- Why are you sweating when you get hot?

A. To avert the wicked
B. To cool the body
C. To remove viruses

Answer: B

In fact, sweating has a specific purpose: to cool you. The sweat that evaporates on the skin helps to dissipate heat and reduces body temperature. Practical, right?

3- What is the temperature inside the sun?

A. 100 degrees Celsius
B. 250,000 degrees Celsius
C. 15 million degrees Celsius
D. 1 million degrees Celsius

Answer: C

In fact, the center of the sun reaches 15 million degrees Celsius !! Imagine: The temperature of the camp fire is around 800 degrees Celsius…

4- Do you know the desert animals well? Choose a photo of which is a camel!

Answer: C

This mammal is often confused with your cousin Dromedar, which you can see in Figure 2. How to distinguish them? The camel has two humps on his back, while only one dromedar! Dromedar also lives in hot deserts such as Sahara, while the camel occurs in cold deserts in Asia.

5- True or false? There are underwater volcanoes, ie volcanoes placed under water.

FAITHFUL

FALSE

Answer: True

Like ground volcanoes, underwater volcanoes can explode. Several islands, especially Hawaii, were created after an eruption of underwater volcanoes. Thank you volcanoes!

6- Which of these facts about hot chocolate is true?

A. hot chocolate tastes best when drinking from orange mug
B. Astronauts can drink hot chocolate in space
C. Hot chocolate has been used as a medicine for a long time.
D. All of the above

Answer: D

All these answers are true! Scientists have indeed found that the color of the container in which the food or drink is served can improve the taste. For hot chocolate it is orange! It is also true that for a long time hot chocolate has been prescribed to doctors for stomach pain. And fortunately, astronauts can drink hot chocolate in space!

7 – In Dubai, a city in the United Arab Emirates, is an artificial island (which means that it was created by people) in the shape of ________.

A. Pineapple
B. Palma
C. A drop of water
D. sunglasses

Answer: B

This island in the shape of a palm tree is called Palm Jumeirah. It is one of the largest artificial islands in the world. The construction started in 2001 and completed in 2009! Many people disagreed with the creation of this island, mainly because of impact on the environment.

8 – Have you ever eaten something very spicy? If so, you probably had a burning feeling in your mouth. What explains this reaction?

Answer: Chilli peppers contain a fabric that shouts your brain to think you ate something hot.
B. Your body will warm up to protect you from spicy meals.
C. Chilli peppers contain small, invisible flames.

Answer: A

Yes, this is because chili peppers contain a fabric called capsaicin that will shout your brain to think you ate something hot. Holy brain!

9 – In 2010, three English hotels chains Holiday Inn chains to their nervous customers for a limited time for a limited time. What was it about?

Answer: Some rooms are equipped with heated walls.
B. Hotel pet dragon farts into the bed of guests to warm them up.
C. The employees of the clothes in white pajamas, gloves and the night cap came and lay down in bed for 5 minutes to warm up.

Answer: C

Although it may seem crazy, three hotels in Holiday Inn have temporarily set up a “human bottle with hot water” in England to heat the beds of their cold guests.

10- Which of these sentences correctly uses the term “to be all hot”?

A. Did you see Mélania’s orange clothing? It’s all hot!
B. Caroline is enthusiastic about the idea of ​​going on holiday!
C. What warmth! I’m all hot!

Answer: B

When we say that someone is “beaten”, it means that this person is very excited, very excited. So the correct answer is “Caroline is excited about vacation”!

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