Science Quiz #239
Science and Nature Quiz for 14 August 2013
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Q1.
What colour is the copper mineral called "malachite"?
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Q2.
Stainless steel is a steel alloy with a minimum of 10.5 to 11% content by mass of what element?
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Q3.
What is the branch of medicine dealing with diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the human heart?
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Q4.
Francis Crick and James Watson did their research into DNA at what institution?
Note: This question was updated in April 2022
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
B
Yale, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Q5.
A boar is what type of creature?
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Q6.
Which of these is the name for an intermediate coal with poor heat generating capability?
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Q7.
What is the basic gauge most commonly used for both still photography and motion pictures?
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