Welcome back to our Saturday science quiz, testing your knowledge of the week’s news.

It’s been an interesting week for space with Nasa taking steps toward mining the moon for resources by 2032. With Wimbledon around the corner, we now have a robot that can play tennis, zipping around the court and returning human shots.

Also in good news from tech, social media giants like TikTok and Meta have enhanced their parental supervision tools so you can keen an eye on your kids’ social media use.

There’s more where that came from so let’s see if you remember what went down this week.

Don’t forget to tell us how you fared in the comments!

1. What is the most likely explanation for the doughnut-shaped object found by the Perseverance rover on Mars?

a) It is a meteorite that crashed into the planet
b) It is a naturally occurring rock formation
c) It is human-made debris left behind by a previous Mars mission
d) It is a sign of ancient life on Mars.

2. What special artifact was found in a site bombed by ISIS in Iraq?

a) A golden statue of a lion
b) A statue of an ancient goddess
c) A clay tablet with ancient writing
d) A set of coins

3. What did scientists recently discover that confirms a 100-year-old prediction by Albert Einstein?

a) A new type of black hole
b) The existence of dark matter
c) The presence of gravitational waves
d) The expansion of the universe

4. Why did the astronauts on Virgin Galactic’s recent flight unfurl an Italian flag in zero gravity?

a) To show their support for the Italian football team
b) To mark the 100th anniversary of the Italian air force
c) To celebrate the first Italians going to space
d) To celebrate the fact that Italy is the birthplace of pizza

5. What’s the problem with Aspartame, an artificial sweetener in Diet Coke?

a) It is linked to Alzheimer’s disease
b) It could be declared as a possible cause of cancer
c) It causes memory loss
d) It could cause infertility

6. What’s special about this picture taken from space?

a) It’s an image of Mecca taken by a Muslim astronaut on the ISS
b) It was taken by the Virgin Galactic astronauts this week
c) It’s a picture of Elon Musk’s Starship launch site
d) It shows the prediction of a drought in Europe

7. What has boosted the hope of finding life on the Red Planet again?

a) Humans colonising Mars
b) The potential for water to flow on Mars again
c) A new comet crashing into Mars
d) New images from the Perseverance rover

Answers

1. a It could be a meteorite that crashed to the ground at some point in the Red Planet’s 4.6billion year history.

2. b Fragments of a stone monument depicting the goddess Ishtar was found in Nimrud, one of the heritage sites severely damaged by Islamic State (ISIS) in northern Iraq.

3. c Scientists found evidence of gravitational waves which are ripples in the fabric of spacetime that were first predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916.

4. b The crew unfurled the Italian flag in zero-gravity celebrating 100 years of the Italian Air Force.

5. b The World Health Organisation (WHO) is set to declare an artificial sweetener as a possible cause of cancer.

6. a It’s a picture of the holy site of Mecca captured by Muslim astronaut Suntan Al Neyadi from the ISS.

7. b Scientists believe liquid water may have flowed on Mars just a few hundred thousand years ago, and could do so again, increasing the possibility of life on the Red Planet.

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