The FUSE Wonder Wall
Welcome to our new feature , where you ' ll find questions that don ' t really have a ' right ' answer – but DEFINITELY need to be thought about . And talked about . And argued over .
If something is first in a series , then the series isn ’ t there yet , so can you actually call it “ the first in a series ”?
Fuser , Poppy
What would happen if our names were decimal numbers ?
Fuser , Poppy
We looked at horsehair in iTech , p9 . Does that mean horses are ‘ hairy ’? Could a ‘ fur ’ coat have camel hair woven in ? What is the difference between ‘ hair ’, ‘ fur ’ and ‘ wool ’..?
FUSE Editor
Some birds go to sleep in one half of their brain but the other side stays awake . They keep one eye open so they can still fly long distances and look out for dangers . Would you like to sleep this way ?
Fuser , Poppy
For more on ‘ unihemispheric ’ sleep see Cool Weblinks , p19 .
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QUIZ
We make sure every FUSE Quiz has something different . For Summer 2016 , you can find all the answers just by reading this e-zine really carefully ..!
Q1
Q2
An Angora goat and an Angora rabbit give their friends big , soft tufts of the woolly fur they have each produced . Which animal gives Angora wool and which one gives mohair ?
What is the name we give to the colugo that cannot fly ?
Q3
Who was the famous English actor , poet and playwright who died 400 years ago in 1616 ?
Q4 What is a “ red herring ”?
Q5 Can you name three continents ? Answers on the back cover , page 20 .
FUSE 17