Science Quiz #350
Science and Nature Quiz for 30 September 2015
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Q1.
Development of the iron lung with which Drinker and Shaw's names are associated, and which was used to aid polio victims, was first funded by which body?
A
Medical Research Council, UK
B
Boston Children's Hospital
C
South Australia Health Department
D
Consolidated Gas Company of New York
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2
Q2.
Which one of these flightless birds would be most likely to be tall enough to be able to walk over the others?
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Q3.
In 2003 the unmanned Galileo spacecraft's mission was terminated how?
A
Bringing it back to Earth
B
Sending it in a trajectory beyond the Milky Way
C
Turning off its propulsion systems
D
Sending it into the atmosphere of the planet Jupiter
Select from the options above.
4
Q4.
The root of the word "carotid", as used for arteries carrying blood to the head, is the Greek for what?
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Q5.
In 2007, the largest known specimen of what, weighing 495 kg (1,091 lb) and measuring 4.2 m (14 ft) in length, was caught in the Ross Sea?
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Q6.
Ground-breaking research into American sexual habits was made by which couple?
B
William Masters and Virginia Johnson
C
Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox
D
Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain
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Q7.
Which medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal, native to Africa, is the sole representative of the mammalian order Tubulidentata?
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