Science and Nature Quiz for 27 May 2009
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1
What reptile, of which there are two living species, the American and the Chinese, got its name from the Spanish for lizard?
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2
Besides crosswords, where is the only place that you could see an emu in its native environment?
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3
Pi, a mathematical constant whose value is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, is the same value as what other ratio?
A
A circle's area to the square of its radius
B
The hypotenuse to the sum of the other sides
C
The sum of the sides of a dodecahedron to one side
D
GDP to GNP in a balanced economy
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4
What infectious disease is characterised by catarrh of the respitory tract and paroxysms of coughing?
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5
What is the name for radiations of a wavelength longer than and immediately next to the visible spectrum?
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6
What mathematical tabular system was invented in 1614 by John Napier that changes calculations of, for example, multiplication and finding square roots to addition and division respectively?
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7
Humidity measures the quantity of water vapour in the air as a percentage by … what?
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