Weekly Science Quiz

Science and Nature Trivia for May 22, 2013

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +1200

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Which planet comes closest to the earth in its orbit around the sun?
1. Saturn
2. Mercury
3. Mars
4. Venus

What is a koi?
1. Weapon
2. Fish
3. Belt
4. Ladle

What compound in the human body acts as a neurotransmitter and helps to regulate temperature?
1. Cortisone
2. Serotonin
3. Haemoglobin
4. Insulin

The white fumes that form when hydrogen chloride dissolves in water consist of what?
1. Methane
2. Hydrochloric acid
3. Arsenic
4. Helium

What are Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium and Caesium?
1. Metalloids
2. Halogens
3. Inert gases
4. Alkali metals

Which planet is closest to Neptune in size and composition?
1. Uranus
2. Jupiter
3. Earth
4. Venus

What are Proxima Centauri, Sirius A, Pollux, Arcturus and Betelgeuse?
1. Planets
2. Stars
3. Comets
4. Black holes

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Science and Nature Trivia for May 15, 2013

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +1200

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What is a goby?
1. Fish
2. Mammal
3. Reptile
4. Bird

What are SMS messages sent by?
1. Carrrier pigeon
2. Air mail
3. Mobile phone
4. Parcel post

What are alternative names for "typhus"?
1. Foot and mouth disease
2. Mad cow disease
3. Prison fever
4. Dutch elm disease

What is the name for a hare's nest?
1. Style
2. Sett
3. Form
4. Elan

Which of these is the oldest known complex scientific calculator, sometimes called the first analog computer?
1. Scheutz's engine
2. Babbage's difference engine
3. Antikythera mechanism
4. Harvard Mark I

What is the common name for Anagallis known for the opening and closing of the flowers in response to environmental conditions?
1. Crocus
2. Pimpernel
3. Myrtle
4. Speedwell

Oil from oil wells was first used for what?
1. Evaporate brine to produce salt
2. Fuelling railway engines
3. Lubricating weaving machines
4. Lighting

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Science and Nature Trivia for May 8, 2013

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 +1200

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What is the Mars rover, Curiosity, investigating in its first ever drilling operation in 2013?
1. Chemical composition of the soil
2. Shiny pebbles embedded in sandstone
3. Evidence of microbial life
4. What look like water-created minerals

Which South American water rat is the world's largest rodent, growing to over 4 feet long?
1. Capybara
2. Agouti
3. Coyphilla
4. Coypu

Besides their meat, whales have been hunted from the 1600s for three main items. Which of these is not one of them?
1. Oil
2. Caviar
3. Baleen
4. Ambergris

What is another name for egg white?
1. Abalone
2. Albumen
3. Amulet
4. Armitrage

What is the process of decreasing or eliminating an unwanted magnetic field, a term first used by Commander Charles F. Goodeve, RCNVR, during World War II while trying to counter German mines?
1. Randomising
2. Degaussing
3. AC erasure
4. Lambert Point Deperming

Which of these is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyses the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language and social structure of the ethnic, racial, and/or national divisions of humanity?
1. Linguistics
2. Ethnography
3. Ethnology
4. Humanitarianism

A function whose logarithm is a quadratic equation is represented graphically as what?
1. Sigmoid shape
2. Bell curve
3. Fréchet space
4. Folium of Descartes

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Science and Nature Trivia for May 1, 2013

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 +1200

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Which part of the body would be treated if a patient was suffering from myopia?
1. Back
2. Feet
3. Eyes
4. Throat

Darwin, Cottage, May and Parrot are varieties of what?
1. Cat
2. Yarrow
3. Tulip
4. Narcissus

What is the transparent front part of the eye which, while contributing most of the eye's focusing power, has a fixed focus?
1. Retina
2. Iris
3. Cornea
4. Lens

What does an icthyologist study?
1. Fish
2. Animal behaviour
3. Fossils
4. Elections and voting patterns

What name is given to the neuropsychiatric disorder in which a person holds a belief that they are dead, do not exist, are putrefying, or have lost their blood or internal organs?
1. Zombie Disorder
2. Necropsy
3. Therianthropy
4. The Cotard Delusion

What pigment found in plant leaves uses energy from sunlight to provide food?
1. Chlorophyl
2. Cochineal
3. Glycoside
4. Carotene

The following people died from what cause: Eva Braun, Wallace Carothers, Odilo Globocnik, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Heinrich Himmler, Günther von Kluge, Erwin Rommel, Alan Turing and the residents of Jonestown?
1. Asphyxiation
2. Gunshot wounds
3. Cyanide poisoning
4. Strychnine poisoning

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Science and Nature Trivia for April 24, 2013

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1200

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Who was killed on 4 January 1967 when his jet propelled boat, Bluebird K7, somersaulted and disintegrated on Coniston Water?
1. Donald Campbell
2. John Cobb
3. Ken Warby
4. Henry Segrave

In which decade was the hovercraft invented?
1. 1980s
2. 1950s
3. 1900s
4. 1920s

The sum of the internal angles of a polygon are how many degrees more than that of a triangle?
1. 180
2. 540
3. 360
4. 270

Which of these is the word for groups of sheep?
1. Flicks
2. Flax
3. Flux
4. Flocks

The Mohs scale measures what?
1. Hardness of minerals
2. Softness of water
3. Elasticity of metals
4. Density of liquids

What ore is the chief source of aluminium?
1. Iron
2. Bauxite
3. Manganese
4. Lead

What is referred to as earth's sister planet due to its similar size and mass?
1. Venus
2. Mars
3. Mercury
4. Jupiter

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Science and Nature Trivia for April 17, 2013

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1200

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Which of these is a graph of a function showing smooth repetitive oscillation?
1. Parabola
2. Wave equation
3. Hyperbolic partial differential
4. Sine wave

What is the staple diet of the panda?
1. Wheat
2. Eucalyptus
3. Horseweed
4. Bamboo

A logarithmic spiral, frequently seen in natural phenomena and called spira mirabilis by Jacob Bernoulli in the 17th century, is characterised by what?
1. Distances between the curves are constant
2. Its shape stays the same as its size increases
3. As the spiral increases in size the distance between its outer arms narrows until it disappears
4. It always appears in combinations of two or more spirals

The Tarantula is named after a town in which country?
1. Spain
2. Italy
3. Mexico
4. Greece

A species of elk is named after which of these US presidents?
1. John Kennedy
2. Theodore Roosevelt
3. Jimmy Carter
4. Abraham Lincoln

What substance in the human body causes blood vessels to dilate when released as part of an allergic reaction?
1. Insulin
2. Cortisone
3. Haemoglobin
4. Histamine

What gas is the main component of the atmosphere of the planet Mars?
1. Carbon dioxide
2. Oxygen
3. Hydrogen
4. Xenon

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Science and Nature Trivia for April 10, 2013

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1200

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The humerus bone connects what other bones?
1. Knee and hip
2. Ankle and knee
3. Elbow and wrist
4. Elbow and shoulder blade

What makes soft drinks fizzy?
1. Hydrogen
2. Helium
3. Argon
4. Carbon dioxide

What does the chemical symbol Au stand for?
1. Gold
2. Silver
3. Iron
4. Cheese

The tough fibrous membrane called the dura covers what?
1. The brain and spinal cord
2. Liver
3. Heart and lungs
4. Pancreas

What name is given to a set of noncommunicable diseases brought on by consumption of junk food, to which Native Americans and the indigenous people of Oceania are particularly susceptible, characterised by obesity, heart disease, diabetes and a shortened life span?
1. New World Syndrome
2. McDonalds Syndrome
3. Clinical lycanthropy
4. Anorexia nervosa

How many planets orbit the sun between it and earth?
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

Where is Husband Hill?
1. Near Hammersmith, London, England
2. On the Moon
3. Near Cape Kennedy, Florida, USA
4. On Mars

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Science and Nature Trivia for April 3, 2013

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1300

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Which of these is type of pheasant?
1. Penguin
2. Peacock
3. Parrot
4. Pigeon

Which of these is an alternative medicine based on examining the condition of the eyes?
1. Homeopathy
2. Iridology
3. Graphology
4. Speliology

Which of these is an example of an "anthropoid"?
1. Wasp
2. Ape
3. Deer
4. Bear

Found in the human body, what are the "venae cavae"?
1. Appendices
2. Cavities in the stomach
3. Holes in teeth caused by decay
4. Veins that return deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart

Fingerprints come in three basic patterns. Which of these is not one of them?
1. Arches
2. Loops
3. Whorls
4. Turns

What is the name for a mixture of clay, sand and silt?
1. Peat
2. Loam
3. Gravel
4. Sludge

What number, on the Ph scale, represents "neutral"?
1. 0
2. 7
3. 10
4. 5

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Science and Nature Trivia for March 27, 2013

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1300

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What name is given to a neuron which fires both when an animal performs an action and when the animal observes the same action performed by another animal, as though the observer were performing the action?
1. Vicarious neuron
2. Mirror neuron
3. Broca's neuron
4. Mimetic neuron

How heavy is a megagram?
1. 0.1 tonnes
2. 10 tonnes
3. 100 tonnes
4. 1 tonne

Iron is the main component of which of these?
1. Steel
2. Aluminium
3. Bronze
4. Brass

What is a "briard"?
1. Ancient breed of dog
2. Moth of the Noctuidae family
3. Birth defect
4. An enriched pastry

Why was Dolly, the sheep cloned in 1996, so named?
1. After Dolly Parton
2. She was small and dainty
3. That was the name of the lead scientist's wife
4. From the acronym for DNA Open Learning Institute which co-sponsored the work

The young female animal called a filly is what type of animal?
1. Dog
2. Horse
3. Cat
4. Pig

What type of rock is formed by the solidification of molten magma?
1. Sedimentary
2. Igneous
3. Heavy
4. Metamorphic

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Science and Nature Trivia for March 20, 2013

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1300

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In 1846, using mathematical predictions by French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier, German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle became the first person to observe which planet?
1. Uranus
2. Saturn
3. Neptune
4. Mercury

Castoreum, which comes from a beaver, is used as an ingredient in what?
1. Perfume
2. Eyeliner
3. Lipstick
4. Mascara

What was the common name of the Volkswagen Type 14, a 2+2 sold from 1955 to 1974 in coupe and convertible bodystyles, which was then the car most imported to the USA?
1. Dino
2. 911
3. Karmann Ghia
4. Beetle

What is a lemniscate?
1. A type of antelope
2. A furry-skinned fruit
3. The mathematical symbol for infinity
4. A pair of green-coloured roller blades

Between 1901 and 1909, Karl Landsteiner, Jan Janský and William Moss worked on the classification of what?
1. Moths
2. Roses
3. Dinosaurs
4. Blood groups

What is the overall name for a branch of applied mathematics used to study behaviour in strategic situations, in which an individual's success in making choices depends on the choices of others?
1. Game theory
2. Von Neumann's examination of mixed strategy equilibria
3. Logarithmics
4. Minimax mixed strategy

What type of highly directional microphone, commonly used on television and film sets, in stadiums, and for field recording of wildlife, was invented by Fritz Sennheiser in the 1950s?
1. Sneaky
2. Laser
3. Poker
4. Shotgun

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Science and Nature Trivia for March 13, 2013

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1300

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Mastitis affects what part of the body?
1. Breast
2. Hand
3. Jaw
4. Stomach

What is traditionally added to sulphur and saltpetre to make gunpowder?
1. Charcoal
2. Iron
3. Phosphorus
4. Magnesium

Which of these is part of a television set?
1. Hard drive
2. Differential
3. Cavity magnetron
4. Receiver

What is another name for oedema?
1. German measles
2. Hiccoughs
3. Dropsy
4. Mumps

A group of what is usually called a "parliament"?
1. Owls
2. Ravens
3. Crows
4. Rooks

Where do arboreal animals live?
1. In burrows
2. In trees
3. Beside streams
4. On the ground

In 1961 Alan Shephard made the first manned flight into space aboard what vehicle?
1. Freedom-7
2. Apollo-7
3. Luna-7
4. Explorer-7

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Science and Nature Trivia for March 6, 2013

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1300

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Something formed to resemble glass is known as what?
1. Crazed
2. Vitriform
3. Vulcanised
4. Serrated

What is the base for the common logarithm?
1. ~2.718
2. 2
3. 10
4. 7

Which Apollo mission was the first to land on the moon?
1. 11
2. 12
3. 10
4. 13

Which of these numbers is not a square?
1. 169
2. 186
3. 144
4. 225

The New Stone Age was in what period?
1. Neolithic
2. Palaeolithic
3. Holocene
4. Pleistocene

What was the first robotic probe to land on the Moon and return a sample to Earth?
1. Sputnik I
2. Apollo 8
3. Luna 16
4. Discovery

Which of these is not a rodent?
1. Dog
2. Rabbit
3. Rat
4. Skunk

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Science and Nature Trivia for February 27, 2013

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1300

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Which of these ailments affects the throat?
1. Pericarditis
2. Quincy
3. Fibromyalgia
4. Arthritis

What is a localised, blood-filled dilation of a blood vessel caused by disease or weakening of the vessel wall, which most commonly occurs in arteries at the base of the brain and in the aorta?
1. Aneurism
2. Eczema
3. Allergy
4. Alopecia

Which of these is a type of bat?
1. Pipistrelle
2. Ptarmigan
3. Protea
4. Palomino

Which of these is a migratory bird?
1. Goforit
2. Quick
3. Speedy
4. Swift

What is the only geometric shape that has infinite lines of symmetry?
1. Dodecahedron
2. Rhombus
3. Triangle
4. Circle

Which of these is an organ that, in humans, are in pairs behind the abdominal cavity, in the retroperitoneum, on top of each of which is an adrenal gland (also called the suprarenal gland)?
1. Kidney
2. Lung
3. Liver
4. Spleen

What is a common chronic neurological disorder characterised by recurrent unprovoked seizures, which are transient signs and/or symptoms of abnormal, excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain?
1. Eczema
2. Diphtheria
3. Aneurism
4. Epilepsy

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Science and Nature Trivia for February 20, 2013

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1300

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Taking 0 BC as a point in time, what is the last day of the first decade of the second millenium?
1. 31 December 2010
2. 31 December 2009
3. 31 December 1909
4. 31 December 2011

Which of these is a nickname for the kookaburra?
1. Monkey bird
2. Waltzing matilda
3. Laughing jackass
4. Billabong

Which of these is most commonly found in apples?
1. Citric acid
2. Folic acid
3. Malic acid
4. Coconuts

What alloy is made of 12% tin and 88% copper?
1. Bronze
2. Steel
3. Brass
4. Pewter

Silkworms feed mainly on the leaves of what tree?
1. Mulberry
2. Maple
3. Eucalyptus
4. Milkweed

In August 2005 the robotic rover Spirit explored the surface of what?
1. Saturn
2. The Moon
3. Venus
4. Mars

What species of spiny lobster is probably the longest decapod crustacean in the world, growing to lengths of up to 60 centimetres (24 in)?
1. Draycray
2. Burro lobster
3. Mule lobster
4. Packhorse crayfish

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Science and Nature Trivia for February 13, 2013

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1300

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Which of these is a form of alternative medicine, first proposed by German physician Samuel Hahnemann in 1796, which uses reference books known as "repertories"?
1. Abroadopathy
2. Awayopathy
3. Homeopathy
4. Houseopathy

What word is used to mean the dead skin at the base of a fingernail?
1. Clavicle
2. Reticule
3. Cubicle
4. Cuticle

What is the name of the vertical groove above the upper lip that connects the top lip to the bottom of the nose?
1. Philtrum
2. Lymph
3. Dozier
4. Phylum

Which of these is a type of sheep?
1. Bolero
2. Merino
3. Matador
4. Gaucho

What sort of creature is a coypu?
1. Snake
2. Fish
3. Reptile
4. Rodent

What is the engineering term for a shallow masonry construction used to carry the supports of a timber superstructure?
1. Tourney
2. Stack
3. Fleet
4. Plinth

Serotonin is a hormone that mainly affects what in the human body?
1. Production of urine
2. Heart rate
3. Hair growth
4. Mood, intestinal movements, vasoconstriction

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Science and Nature Trivia for February 6, 2013

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1300

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Graphic representation of a formula containing two variables one of which is the reciprocal of the other, is a what?
1. Ellipse
2. Hyperbole
3. Parabola
4. Hyperbola

Who would use an inkblot or Rorschach Test?
1. Chemist
2. Butcher
3. Psychologist
4. Astronomer

The mandrill is the word's largest what?
1. Monkey
2. Cat
3. Dog
4. Eagle

What was the first satellite put into orbit by the USA?
1. Mercury
2. Explorer
3. Genesis
4. Voyager

What type of computer uses three possible values in its calculations: the digits -1, 0, and +1?
1. Binary computer
2. Ternary computer
3. Indecisive computer
4. Government computer

Quicksilver is the alternative name for what?
1. Mercury
2. Iron
3. Brass
4. Gold

What is the engineering term for the slope of a structure, slightly out of the vertical?
1. Batter
2. Slide
3. Fletch
4. Strom

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Science and Nature Trivia for January 30, 2013

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1300

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What branch of anthropology compares and analyses the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language, and social structure of the ethnic, racial, and/or national divisions of humanity?
1. Embryology
2. Entomology
3. Etymology
4. Ethnology

On the Cartesian Plane where is the unit usually represented as i or j?
1. At the nadir
2. Horizontal axis
3. At the zenith
4. Vertical axis

What name is given to a person or animal with a form of hypopigmentary congenital disorder, characterized by a lack of melanin pigment in the eyes, skin and hair?
1. Albino
2. Mongrel
3. Washout
4. Pygmy

What is a Thompson seedless?
1. Apple
2. Grape
3. Melon
4. Tennis tournament

What device measures its the proper acceleration relative to freefall, and is increasingly used in portable electronic devices and video game controllers to detect the orientation of the device or provide game input?
1. Accelerometer
2. Cyclotron
3. Gravimeter
4. Centrifuge

Improved well being and fitness is sought at what kind of establishment?
1. Holiday Estate
2. Beer Barn
3. Energy Camp
4. Health Farm

What does the parotid gland produce?
1. Adrenaline
2. Saliva
3. Masseter stimulants
4. Paraotic discharge

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Science and Nature Trivia for January 23, 2013

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1300

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In the acronym NTSC, used in the television industry, what does the "N" stand for?
1. Natural
2. New
3. Notional
4. National

What fluid results from lachrymation?
1. Milk
2. Blood
3. Sweat
4. Tears

What is the lightest noble gas?
1. Xenon
2. Argon
3. Krypton
4. Helium

What is the term used in wine making for the catalyst function that turns grape juice into an alcoholic beverage when yeast interacts with sugars in the juice to create ethanol and carbon dioxide?
1. Pigmentation
2. Segmentation
3. Permutation
4. Fermentation

What is an inflamed swelling on the skin?
1. Roast
2. Bake
3. Boil
4. Simmer

How many faces are there on a cube?
1. 6
2. 8
3. 4
4. 10

Which of these is a qualitative research method often used in the social sciences to write about human societies/cultures through observation, interviews, questionnaires, etc. and to describe the nature and cultural systems of the group being studied?
1. Ethnology
2. Ethnography
3. Anthropology
4. Sociology

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Science and Nature Trivia for January 16, 2013

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1300

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Bigfoot, a supposedly large, hairy, bipedal humanoid which lives in forests in the Northwest of North America, is also known as what?
1. Mono Grande
2. Chuchunaa
3. Sasquatch
4. Woodwose

What is the common name of the chemical NH3, which is found in cleaning products?
1. Chlorine
2. Ammonia
3. Napthalene
4. Turpentine

Which of these is a learned society based in the UK, founded in 1807 partly from a previous club known as the Askesian Society, and receiving its Royal Charter in 1825 from George IV ?
1. The Royal Geographic Society
2. The Geological Society of London
3. The Royal Society
4. The Chartered Institute of Linguists

How many ounces are there in 8 lbs?
1. 128
2. 108
3. 112
4. 120

What is the name of the condition where the sufferer can fall asleep at any time?
1. Nostalgia
2. Hypersomnia
3. Amnesia
4. Insomnia

Which of these animals has the most northerly natural habitat?
1. Hyena
2. Giant Panda
3. Wombat
4. Penguin

How many decades are there in a millenium?
1. 1000
2. 100
3. 50
4. 25

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Science and Nature Trivia for January 9, 2013

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1300

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The discovery of what Earth-like planet with the greatest potential for harbouring life found so far, was announced in late September 2010?
1. Gliese 581 e
2. Gliese 581 g
3. Gliese 581 f
4. Gliese 581 c

What is the name of a family of satellites launched since 1995 and operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator (orbital position) with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East?
1. WorldCom
2. Hot Bird
3. Telstar
4. Intelsat

In July 2009, why did Russian physicists begin trying to synthesize Ununseptium?
1. The Ununseptium mines are running out of ore
2. It is an undiscovered chemical element
3. It is a cheap chemical that can be used to cure AIDS
4. A proposed trade embargo by China

Which of these is commonly removed by a dentist?
1. Piquet
2. Placket
3. Plague
4. Plaque

Which of these is a name for a fear of flying?
1. Pteromechanophobia
2. Haemophobia
3. Cynophobia
4. Mysophobia

What is a sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep?
1. Sleep apnoea
2. Snoring
3. Amnesia
4. Insomnia

Which part of the body would be treated if the patient was suffering from lumbago?
1. Eyes
2. Back
3. Feet
4. Throat

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Science and Nature Trivia for January 2, 2013

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1300

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The symptoms for which poisoning include seizures, a "sawhorse" stance, rigid extension of all four limbs and respiratory paralysis?
1. Strychnine
2. Cyanide
3. Atropine
4. Carbon monoxide

Which of these is a herb?
1. Fennel
2. Tunnel
3. Kennel
4. Puddle

When did people last walk on the moon?
1. 21 July 1969
2. 14 December 1972
3. 6 February 1985
4. 24 April 1992

What is the medical description of the loss of hair from the head or body, sometimes to the extent of baldness?
1. Alopecia
2. Epilepsy
3. Diptheria
4. Aneurism

What chemical element with atomic number 55 is a soft, silvery-gold alkali metal with a melting point of 28 °C (83 °F), and one of only five metals that are liquid at or near room temperature?
1. Gallium
2. Mercury
3. Caesium
4. Silicon

Which of these is not an "angora"?
1. Goat
2. Horse
3. Rabbit
4. Cat

Which planet is named after the Greek god of the sky?
1. Jupiter
2. Mars
3. Uranus
4. Saturn

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Science and Nature Trivia for December 26, 2012

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +1300

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What name is given to 7 mathematics problems stated by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000, for which a US$1,000,000 prize will be awarded for a correct solution to any of them?
1. The Clay Posers
2. The Magnificent Seven
3. Principia Mathematica
4. The Millennium Prize Problems

The series of numbers that is obtained by adding the previous two together is named after whom?
1. Archimedes
2. Isaac Newton
3. Pierre de Fermat
4. Fibonacci

An aster is a type of what?
1. Punctuation mark
2. Plant
3. Fish
4. Semi-precious stone

Mescaline comes from what plant?
1. Carrot
2. Poppy
3. Cactus
4. Palm tree

What was the Giotto spacecraft sent to investigate in 1985?
1. Saturn's rings
2. Halley's comet
3. The Asteroid Belt
4. The atmosphere of Uranus

Where is the Sea of Smyth?
1. In the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by ocean currents
2. Off the West coast of England
3. In Asia, bordered by Khazakhstan
4. On the Moon

What is the name for the five long bones in the foot that are numbered from the big toe (the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth) and are analogous to the metacarpal bones of the hand?
1. Synapses
2. Phalanges
3. Metatarsals
4. Tibia

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Science and Nature Trivia for December 19, 2012

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +1300

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Neophobia is the fear of what?
1. Eggs
2. Spiders
3. Heights
4. New things

Which island is the home to a breed of tailless cat?
1. Isle of Man
2. Jersey
3. Isle of Wight
4. Ireland

Which of these is an ape that occurs in tropical and subtropical rainforests from northeast India to Indonesia and north to southern China, including the islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Java, and differs from great apes in being smaller and pair-bonded, in not making nests, and in certain anatomical details in which it more closely resembles a monkey than great apes do?
1. Chimpanzee
2. Gibbon
3. Gorilla
4. Orangutan

Ranidaphobia is the irrational fear of what?
1. Rats
2. Water
3. Frogs
4. Heights

Which of these animals attacks its food with a "death roll"?
1. Lion
2. Alligator
3. Hyena
4. Giraffe

Where are the Huygens Gap and the Maxwell Gap?
1. Swiss Alps
2. Rocky Mountains
3. Saturn
4. Under the Pacific Ocean

Tianhe-1A, the supercomputer at the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin, China which in October 2010 became the world's fastest supercomputer, uses what operating system?
1. Linux
2. Windows XP
3. Unix
4. Mac OS X

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Science and Nature Trivia for December 12, 2012

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +1300

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Nephology is the study of what?
1. Waves
2. Clouds
3. Ice
4. Volcanoes

Which of these are words applied to an eclipse?
1. Total and partial
2. Full and piecemeal
3. All and some
4. Most and bitty

What is the main ingredient in "yellowcake"?
1. Golf balls
2. Heroin
3. Lemon
4. Uranium

Which of these is not a type of newt found in Britain?
1. Red-spotted
2. Smooth
3. Banded
4. Palmate

Which part of the cardamom plant is used as a spice?
1. Pollen
2. Stalk
3. Flower
4. Seed

What is boiled in water to form gelatine?
1. Botox
2. Fructose
3. Collagen
4. Sago

What is the word for a male turkey?
1. Bull
2. Buck
3. Stag
4. Tom

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Science and Nature Trivia for December 5, 2012

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +1300

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In Euclidean geometry what is the definition of a triangle?
1. Quarter of a square
2. A polygon
3. A two-dimensional plane determined by any three points
4. A shape containing at least three angles

The natural habitat of which of these animals is the furthest south?
1. Giant panda
2. Polar bear
3. Emperor penguin
4. Koala

Pi squared is closest to which of these numbers?
1. 10
2. 9
3. 11
4. 7

What initials refer to an improved quality of TV transmission?
1. VD
2. CD
3. HD
4. PD

Which of these is a form of bursitis?
1. Housemaid's knee
2. Athlete's foot
3. Tennis elbow
4. Cauliflower ear

What is the next in this series: 2000, Me, XP, Vista ...
1. 2005
2. 7
3. You
4. GTR

Which of these is a type of tuna?
1. Skipjack
2. Rainbow
3. Hump-back
4. Conger

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Science and Nature Trivia for November 28, 2012

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +1300

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"Pulmonary" refers to which organ?
1. Spleen
2. Lungs
3. Heart
4. Liver

The Royal Navy introduced limes to the standard diet for crewmen to prevent what?
1. Scurvy
2. Malaria
3. Measles
4. Polio

Macadamia is a type of what?
1. Pot plant
2. Dog
3. Nut
4. Bull

What is the largest planet in our solar system?
1. Mars
2. Saturn
3. Uranus
4. Jupiter

The constellation Volpecula means what?
1. Elephant
2. Amphibian
3. She wolf
4. Little fox

What is a specific learning disability involving innate difficulty in learning or comprehending mathematics, similar to dyslexia?
1. Dysinteger
2. Dysnumera
3. Dyscalculia
4. Dysalgebra

What name is given to 2 distinct diseases, one of which is a condition due to deficiency of secretion of the pancreas, the other associated with diseases of the pituatary gland?
1. Alzheimer's
2. Diabetes
3. Strabismus
4. Stradivarius

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