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"Look Around You" - "Water" Trivia Quiz

This is the second episode of the 2002 BBC programme "Look Around You". Do not assume the science here is accurate in real life. Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by daBomb619. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
daBomb619

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
322,746

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
173

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. In the opening scene, what type of pie is the lady preparing and subsequently baking? Hint

Apple

Lemon meringue

Cherry

Blueberry

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the atomic symbol of water?

Answer: (as seen on Periodic Table)

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is water? As it turns out, water is impossible to describe, just like what else? Hint

Duct tape

Spoons

Birds

Humans

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Question 4 of 10

4. Water has the ability to affect whatever it comes into contact with. To demonstrate this property, a pitcher of water is poured onto something. What? Hint

A glass of water

A computer

A television

A cat

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Question 5 of 10

5. According to this episode, what is the boiling point of water? Hint

450 degrees

212 degrees

1000 degrees

100 degrees

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Question 6 of 10

6. After an egg is boiled for two minutes, you should look out for the release of what new substance? Hint

Yolk

Albumen

Egutamine

Gooey stuff

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Question 7 of 10

7. At the end of Experiment One, the programme turns into a French lesson. What does the French phrase printed on the screen translate to in English? Hint

The egg is boiled

Write that down in your copybooks now

Three minutes have now passed

Breakfast is ready

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Question 8 of 10

8. A modern snowman has a calculator for a mouth, an aerial for a nose, and what for eyes? Hint

Remote control buttons

Keyboard keys

Batteries

Radio dials

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Question 9 of 10

9. About how much nitrogen gas is used in Experiment Two?

Answer: (Two words)

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Question 10 of 10

10. If nitrogen gas is mafipulated through water for five minutes, the water turns to embenzalmine nitrotomine. What is embenzalmine nitrotomine more commonly known as?

Answer: (One word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the opening scene, what type of pie is the lady preparing and subsequently baking?

Answer: Apple

The opening scene seems to suggest that this module will focus on something to do with baking, apples, or perhaps the pie itself. However, just before the woman removes the pie from the oven, the scene quickly switches to a waterfall, and the narrator states that the subject of this week's programme is water.

2. What is the atomic symbol of water?

Answer: H20

On the Periodic Table, water is located between the elements red and iodine. It has two properties, both of which have a value of 1; these properties, however, are not explained.

3. What is water? As it turns out, water is impossible to describe, just like what else?

Answer: Birds

"What is water? It's a difficult question because water is impossible to describe. One might ask the same about birds. What are birds? We just don't know."

4. Water has the ability to affect whatever it comes into contact with. To demonstrate this property, a pitcher of water is poured onto something. What?

Answer: A television

Water is the most powerful substance on Earth, and it retains this property in any form, be it ice, water vapor, or just water. The television is ruined.

5. According to this episode, what is the boiling point of water?

Answer: 1000 degrees

In Experiment One, the effect of water upon proteins is tested. To start off with, a beaker of water is heated over a Bunsen burner until it begins to boil.

6. After an egg is boiled for two minutes, you should look out for the release of what new substance?

Answer: Albumen

After one minute, the proteins in the egg have hardly reacted to the water's intense heat. After two minutes, the albumen has started to firm up, but it is not quite fully prepared yet.

7. At the end of Experiment One, the programme turns into a French lesson. What does the French phrase printed on the screen translate to in English?

Answer: Breakfast is ready

After the egg is boiled for three minutes, the proteins have fully coagulated. The scientist adds salt to taste and dips a piece of toast into the egg. The narrator notes, "Le petit d�jeuner est pr�t," or, in English, "Breakfast is ready."

8. A modern snowman has a calculator for a mouth, an aerial for a nose, and what for eyes?

Answer: Batteries

Frozen water falling from the sky is known as "snow". As we all know, snow's main purpose is entertainment. However, you may not know that snow is used by other animals. In the programme, ants are shown to have been meticulously trained to build a small igloo. The narrator then thanks them for their efforts: "Thanks, ants. Thants."

9. About how much nitrogen gas is used in Experiment Two?

Answer: Ten pence

In Experiment Two, nitrogen gas is mafipulated through a Jane Grey and into a sample of water, causing bubbling. The mafipulation continues for five minutes, after which the gas is shut off and the Jane Grey is removed from the beaker.

10. If nitrogen gas is mafipulated through water for five minutes, the water turns to embenzalmine nitrotomine. What is embenzalmine nitrotomine more commonly known as?

Answer: Whiskey

Once the Jane Grey is removed, you may notice that the water is no longer invisible; it has turned brown. As the narrator puts it, "whiskey is a pleasant-tasting, thirst-quenching drink, and it's enjoyed by all."

When we return to the ants, we find that their igloo has melted, and the ants have all drowned. "Bless you, ants. Blants."

Source: Author daBomb619

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