Which planet
passed between the Earth and the Sun on 8 June this year? *Venus
What has been
built this year at Scroby Sands? *An offshore wind farm
On which
Indonesian island did scientists find the skeletons of humanoids only
1 metre high and nicknamed hobbits? *Flores
What is the title
of Richard Dawkins's latest book? *The Ancestor’s Tale
What is the name
of the asteroid that came within a million miles of the Earth on 29
September? *Toutatis
Into which London
railway station is a tunnel being dug to bring Eurostar? *St Pancras
In which British
city did a team win the first European approval for cloning human
embryos? *Newcastle
Which two rivers
had to be diverted to make way for Terminal 5 at Heathrow? * Longford
river and Duke of Northumberland’s river
What was the name
of the first private spaceship to reach space? *SpaceShipOne
Which substance,
common on Earth, is now thought to have existed once on Mars? *Water
