Here are your answers to last week's human body quiz:
Where is your tibia? Your leg
How many kidneys do you need to live? One
Which of these is not one of the five senses? Touch, Sight, Vibration, Sound, Taste, Smell? Vibration
How many percent water is your body? 90%, 75%, 60% or 30%? 60%
The smallest bone in the body is the size of… A grain of rice, a flea, a peanut or a matchstick? A grain of rice
How many pints of blood are there in an adult body? 9-10
Where is your mandible? Foot, pelvis, shoulder or jaw? Jaw
Healthy livers can regenerate after damage, true or false? True
Which is there more bones in, your foot or your hand? Hand (your hand contains twenty-seven bones compared to twenty-six in the foot)
How many muscles do we use for smiles? 36, 24, 19 or 48? 36
How many sweat glands do you have? 200,000, 187,000. 1.8 million or 2.6 million? 2.6 million
If you were to stretch out your digestive system, how long would it be? 29 feet, 30 feet, 26 feet or 32 feet? 30 feet
Which is the only area of your body without a blood supply? Cornea, tonsil, teeth or appendix? Cornea
Which feature are humans the only animals with? Earlobes, eyelashes, chin or knuckles? chin
I don't know about you, but there were a few there that caught me out! How did you get on?
This week we are in Advent and well on the way towards Christmas, so we've put together some festive challenges to see you through the next few weeks. Don't worry, we will publish the results and answers just before Christmas, but it will give you some time to work your way through them! We'll then have a bumper pack for you to lead you into Christmas itself, so plenty to look forward to!
1. What does the word Advent (from the Latin adventus) mean?
Before Christmas, arrival or coming, to go on an adventure, or a website for online Christmas coupons? 2. Like the 40 days of Lent, Advent is a fixed number of days before Christmas. True or false?
3. Which of these Advent hymns was written by Charles Wesley? “Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming”, “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus”, “Come, O Come, Emmanuel”, or “Hail to the Lord's Anointed”?
4. Who originated Watch Night services? Martin Luther, John Wesley, John the Baptist, Henry VIII, or President William McKinley?
5. According to tradition, approximately how far did Mary travel to visit Elizabeth? 10 miles, 50 miles, 100 miles, or 500 miles?
6. Why are the Advent candles arranged in the shape of a circle? They make a wreath, and wreaths are Christmassy, it is the easiest way to see all four candles, it takes up the least space, or Circles symbolize eternity?
7. What is a Jesse Tree? Another name for a Christmas tree, the tree decorated with Chrismons, a tree that blossoms at Christmastime, or a representation of Jesus' family tree?
8. On the third Sunday in Advent, some churches light a pink candle in the Advent wreath. Why? Pink (or rose) is a color of joy, pink signifies Mary, it represents the positive outlook we have in Christ, the rose color symbolizes Jesus’ childhood, or the rosebud is a sign of new birth?
9. What is the meaning of the Hebrew word “Emmanuel”? Mighty king, Christ child, God with us, or all of the above?
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