Science Quiz #177
Science and Nature Quiz for 6 June 2012
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Q1.
Taste buds detect five known elements of taste perception, two of which are "sweet" and "savoury" (or "umami"). Which of these is not one of the others?
Note: This question was updated in June 2020
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Q2.
If someone is narcoleptic, what do they tend to do?
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Q3.
Where is the calcaneus bone?
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Q4.
Palaeontology is the study of what?
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Q5.
A guava is a type of what?
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Q6.
Churning cream turns it into what?
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Q7.
What is the main constituent of the atmosphere of Mars?
Note: This question was updated in September 2020
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