Science Quiz #358
Science and Nature Quiz for 25 November 2015
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Q1.
Dr Benjamin Spock wrote books on what subject?
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Q2.
UK Ariel programme developed and launched 6 satellites 1962-79, which were launched for them by NASA; which was the only British satellite successfully launched by Britain using a British rocket?
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Q3.
Pertussis is the technical name for which of these?
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Q4.
If x = yz², what is the value of x if y = 4 and z = 3?
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Q5.
What is a violet variety of quartz used in jewellery, that the ancient Greeks and Romans believed protected its owner from drunkenness?
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Q6.
What is the name for the change of direction when a ray of light passes from one medium (e.g. water) to another (e.g. air)?
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Q7.
What is another name for "lateral epicondylitis"?
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