Science Quiz #235
Science and Nature Quiz for 17 July 2013
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Q1.
What shape are the individual cells in a honeycomb?
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Q2.
Snowflake was the name of what albino animal that died in the Barcelona Zoo in 2003?
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Q3.
The thymol derivatives concentrated in the roots of which flowering plant are used in ointments for strains, sprains, bruises, and as an anti-inflammatory?
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Q4.
What is the name for the middle part of the nose that separates the nostrils?
Note: This question was updated in July 2022
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Q5.
How many days are there in the last three months of the Western calendar year?
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Q6.
What colour does blue litmus paper turn when in contact with acid?
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Q7.
In the 18th century John Harrison solved the problem of determining longitude at sea using what instrument?
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