Science Quiz #43
Science and Nature Quiz for 11 November 2009
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Q1.
What is the next in the series 1, 4, 25, 676?
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Q2.
Pharology is the study of what?
Note: This question was updated in August 2014
A
The measurement of very long distances
C
Use of prisms in nano-technology
D
Lighthouses and signal lights
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Q3.
What type of motor vehicle propulsion was introduced by Citroen in 1934?
C
Limited slip differential
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Q4.
What function must be applied to the numbers 10 and 5 to provide 50 as the result?
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Q5.
What is another name for the larkspur?
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Q6.
What is the study of fossils?
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Q7.
Ignis fatuus, a faintly luminous flame which hovers over marshy places, is known as a Jack O' Lantern or what?
Note: This question was updated in July 2016
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