Science Quiz #2
Science and Nature Quiz for 28 January 2009
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Q1.
Which tuber of the nightshade family was cultivated by the Incas, was taken to Spain from Peru in the 16th century and to Ireland from Virginia in the 16th century?
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Q2.
Which animal has very low metabolic rates and a quarter of the muscle tissue of animals of similar size, and whose hair grows in a direction opposite to that of its extremities?
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Q3.
What substance was believed by Alchemists to transmute other metals into gold?
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Q4.
What fraction, having 10 or a multiple thereof as the denominator, is represented by a full stop?
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Proportional distribution
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Q5.
Which of these is not a member of the group of vitamins called Vitamin B?
Note: This question was updated in May 2015
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Q6.
What is the freezing point of water, in degrees?
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Q7.
What is a large semi-aquatic rodent native to Canada, much of the United States, and parts of northern Mexico that constructs homes out of sticks, twigs, and mud in lakes or streams?
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