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Quiz: How much do you know about seconds?
Celebrating the only thing February is known for: Being second.
SECONDS ARE DIFFICULT: Difficult second child, difficult second album, difficult second month of the year.
To celebrate February – which, let’s face is it, is just a repeat of January – we want to test your knowledge of these other seconds.
Let’s go.
What is the second month of the year?
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January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Who was the second President of Ireland?
Douglas Hyde
Erskine Childers
Seán T. O'Kelly
Michael D Higgins
Which is the second biggest county in Ireland?
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Kerry
Donegal
Mayo
Galway
When was the French Second Republic formed?
1848
1798
1948
1066
According to the Gregorian calendar, how many seconds are in a year?
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Two (hence the name, seconds)
31,556,952
153,234,650,555.4
600,342,444
Absolutely loads
What is the second tallest building in the world?
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Liberty Hall
One World Trade Center
Burj Khalifa
Shanghai Tower
Which of these is NOT a second album?
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Nevermind by Nirvana
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel
Back to Black by Amy Winehouse
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by (yep, you guessed it) Bob Dylan
The Doomsday Clock remains unchanged this year but is still closer to midnight than at any other time since its creation. How many seconds?
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100
90
69 (nice)
10
What's the second line of Bohemian Rhapsody?
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Is this a fantasy?
We're gonna sing you a little Bohemian rhapsody, let's go (woohoo)
Which came second, the chicken or the egg?
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The chicken
The egg
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You scored out of !
You are time immemorial.
You scored out of !
You are second child Anne Windsor
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You scored out of !
You are second child Warren Buffet
You scored out of !
You are second child Abraham Lincoln
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You scored out of !
You are second child Bill Gates
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You scored out of !
You are second child Britney Spears
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You scored out of !
You are second child Mark Zuckerberg
You scored out of !
You are second child JFK
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You scored out of !
You are second child Charles Darwin
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You scored out of !
HOW did you get none right?
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