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2) Which planet in the solar system spins on its "side" instead of the east-to-west way that the Earth and other planets do? Saturn I think.
6) What was the name of the supercontinent that existed about 250 million years ago? Gondwanaland.
7) What special adaptation allows Albatrosses to drink seawater? They have a system which removes the salt and it trickles out of vents near the beak. Don't know the name of it but photograph below of a NZ Albatross.
11) What disease killed Queen Mary II of England, Emperor Joseph I of Austria, King Luis I of Spain, Tsar Peter II of Russia, Queen Ulrika Elenora of Sweden, and King Louis XV of France? Smallpox.
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