Science Quiz #335
Science and Nature Quiz for 17 June 2015
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Q1.
What sort of creature is a lurcher?
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Q2.
Making a U-turn results in a change of direction of how many degrees?
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Q3.
What is the common name for a mixture of calcium silicates and aluminium, prepared by prolonged heating of limestone with clay, which slowly hardens when mixed with water?
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Q4.
What is the name for a nutritional disease caused by a lack of vitamin c?
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Q5.
What is the force that causes unsupported objects to fall to the ground?
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Q6.
What is a geminid?
Note: This question was updated in January 2016
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Someone born under the star sign Gemini
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Q7.
Digitalis is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennials, shrubs, and biennials that are commonly called … ?
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