Science and Nature Quiz for 3 June 2009
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1
Which of these is a medical term for the escape of blood from a blood vessel?
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2
How many signs of the Zodiac are human?
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3
Vanilla is obained from what part of the plant?
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4
Three members of which family, between 1781 and 1850, discovered Uranus, compiled a star catalogue, mapped all the stars in the Northern hemisphere and founded an observatory to map those in the Southern?
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5
What is an affliction of nose, throat, upper air passages and eyes caused by over-sensitivity to proteins of pollen in certain plants?
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6
Auditory refers to which of the senses?
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7
Which planet has a diameter of 7,700 miles and a mass 0.83 times that of the Earth?
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