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True or false: For the first time ever, NASA has beamed a live hologram of a doctor and his team into space.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Dr Josef Schmid took a virtual trip to the International Space Station, where he chatted to astronauts and even 'shook hands' with one. It is hoped the new technology could be used to beam images of more people from Earth into space and vice versa.

A new study has found that 21% of the world’s reptile species are what?

• Facing extinction

• Made up of crocodiles

• Living in the Amazon Rainforest

• Over 50 years old

True or false: A 13-year-old boy is set to graduate from university with a bachelor’s degree in physics.

• True

• False

• I don't know

• Impossible. He is only 13.

Answer explanation

Elliott Tanner from America is in his fourth year at the University of Minnesota, where he is studying physics and maths. The schoolboy is due to graduate this month and intends to continue studying even further!

Why has Nintendo warned that parents should be with their children when they are playing Nintendo Switch Sports?

• To make sure they are practising the sports correctly

• To make sure they take frequent breaks

• To make sure they don’t argue over who wins/loses

• To make sure they don’t accidentally hit each other while playing

True or false: A real-life angel has been found in space.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

This picture taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows what NASA describes as an “angel wing”. It’s actually two galaxies colliding symmetrically in a part of space called the VV-689 system, giving the illusion of a huge set of galactic angel wings!

A study of more than 18,000 dogs has found that breed has little to do with a pooch’s what?

• Popularity

• Behaviour and characteristics

• Bark

• Speed

A four-year-old Dutch boy has been called the next Max Verstappen (Dutch Formula 1 driver) after he did what?

• Became the youngest person to ever pass their driving test

• Took his mum’s car for a drive

• Became a world champion at Mario Kart

• Built a go kart that could travel at 30mph

Answer explanation

After stealing the keys and driving away from his house, the boy crashed into two parked cars. The police were called when the boy was spotted walking down the street in his pyjamas. Luckily, no-one was hurt and he was soon reunited with his mum.

True or false: Tropicana has created a breakfast cereal that is designed to be eaten with apple juice instead of milk.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

It is actually designed to be eaten with orange juice! The honey almond cereal, named Tropicana Crunch, was launched to celebrate National Orange Juice Day in America on 4 May.

A couple in America were giving their bathroom a makeover when they came across what stashed away in the wall?

• A key to a secret room in their house

• $10,000 in cash

• A 60-year-old McDonald’s meal

• A historic artefact

A suspected wolf pack in Colorado, USA, has turned out to be what?

• A group of St Bernard dogs

• A group of people dressed up as wolves on their way to a fancy dress party

• Soft toys that had been left on the roadside

• A film crew