Science and Nature Quiz for 5 May 2010
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1
What is the name of the dark nebula in the constellation Orion that is approximately 1500 light years from Earth?
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2
Which of these is a dog, of which there are several breeds, including English, German, American, South African, Brazilian, Spanish, Pyrenean, Neapolitan, Nebolish, Anatolian, Tibetan, French, Japanese and Korean?
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3
What is the more common name for the white crystalline salt called hydrated sodium pyroborate?
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4
What was the name of George Stephenson's first steam engine, which first ran on the Manchester and Liverpool Railway in 1830?
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5
What is the name of the rose coloured gaseous envelope outside the incandescent surface of the sun?
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6
What is the name for a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to separate investors from their own money or money paid by subsequent investors rather than from any actual profit earned?
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7
What is the name for a mysteriously flattened area in a field?
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