Science Quiz #170
Science and Nature Quiz for 18 April 2012
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Q1.
The first European scientific observation of a transit of Venus (when Venus passes between the Sun and Earth, and can be seen as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun) was made by Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree in England in what year?
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Q2.
What name is given to describe the phenomenon of the gradual mixing of two different substances which are in contact?
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Q3.
In November 1938, while attempting to obtain a respiratory and circulatory stimulant (an analeptic), Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann became what?
B
The "inventor" of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
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Q4.
What is measured using the Rankine scale?
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Q5.
What name is given to a vicious elephant that separates from the herd?
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Q6.
What sign of the zodiac is represented by a sheep?
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Q7.
Which of these is a professional body and learned society established in 1957 and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1984, which has over 70,000 members in over 100 countries?
A
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
B
The Royal Academy of Arts
C
The Royal Society of Chemistry
D
The Geological Society of London
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