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QUIZ: How Much Did You Learn From Science Week?
Told you there’d be a test.
SCIENCE WEEK IS coming to an end, sadly, and we’re sorry to see it go.
But like the teacher you loved to hate in school, you’re not getting away without a test.
There was a lot of learning over the course of the week, and we want to know just how much stuck around in there.
On Monday we spoke to Dr John Cryan about good bacteria and their role in the fight against stress.
On Tuesday, it was all about sports recovery and Sharon Madigan told us how best to look after yourself when you’re working out hard.
Wednesday’s expert was Mark Brophy from Clever Bugs who let us into the secrets behind marketing science and on Thursday it was the turn of Dr Craig Slattery to tell us how coffee and chocolate affect the brain.
Friday saw Simon Watts speaking about conservation and how some animals (*cough* pandas) are unfairly advantaged in the fight against extinction.
What have you learned? Let’s find out.
Q2 Which of these does not help with sports recovery?
Q6 How much coffee do you have to ingest to poison yourself?
1 gram per day
One mug per kilo body weight in 10 minutes
10 mugs in an hour
500mg per day
Q7 Which of these does coffee withdrawal not result in?
Headaches
Irritability
Slurred speech
Drowsiness
You scored out of !
Rocket scientist
Your science knowledge is out of this world
You scored out of !
Brain surgeon
You've got cutting edge knowledge right there
You scored out of !
Young Scientist winner
On the right track with this science lark
You scored out of !
Junior cert scientist
Not bad, but lots to learn
Science Week takes place from 8-15th November 2015. This is Science Week’s 20th birthday, and the theme for this year is Science Week 2.0 – Design Your Future. Over the course of the week, there will be 800 events held nationwide, with an participating audience of 250,000. For events in your area, check out www.science.ie.
