Science Quiz #155
Science and Nature Quiz for 4 January 2012
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A
Contacting spirits by a seance
B
Determining character from bumps on the head
C
Determining character from facial features
D
Exercising on a treadmill
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Q2.
Which company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on 4 April 1975 to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for a new microcomputer, the Altair 8800?
A
Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems
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3
Q3.
Which branch of mathematics was named after the Latin for "small pebble"?
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4
Q4.
What is the name used for the young of a kangaroo?
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5
Q5.
Goliath is the name for a South American spider that eats what?
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6
Q6.
Where are the pleurae, bronchi and alveoli?
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Q7.
What does the chemical symbol "Au" stand for?
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