Science Quiz #113
Science and Nature Quiz for 16 March 2011
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Q1.
What long bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow to connect the scapula and the lower arm consists of 3 sections?
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Q2.
Which venomous snake is able to dilate its neck into a hood?
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Q3.
The Royal Observatory, from which standard time was recorded, was established in Greenwich in 1676. Where is it now?
Note: This question was updated in December 2017
A
Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, England
B
Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, England
C
Dartmoor, Devon, England
D
Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
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Q4.
For a proper fraction, the numerator is
A
equal to the denominator
B
greater than the denominator
C
less than the denominator
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Q5.
The peacock belongs to which family of birds?
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Q6.
Which of these is almost the world's largest moth?
Note: This question was updated in February 2017
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Q7.
What is the connection between the computer programming language ADA, developed in 1980, and the daughter of poet Lord Byron?
A
The "Dreamworks" film production company
D
Charles Babbage's "analytical engine"
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