Science Quiz #367
Science and Nature Quiz for 27 January 2016
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1
Q1.
Honeycomb is made of wax cells in what shape?
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2
Q2.
What organisation developed the Rosetta space mission?
A
European Space Agency (ASE)
B
National Space Agency (KazCosmos)
C
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
D
National Centre of Space Research (CNES)
Select from the options above.
3
Q3.
How did the fuchsia get its name?
A
After a 16th century botanist
B
Its discoverer, with a cleft palate, tripped over one
C
It has an unpleasant scent
D
It is difficult to pick the flower
Select from the options above.
4
Q4.
What is the name given to a cataclysmic nuclear explosion caused by the accretion of hydrogen onto the surface of a white dwarf star?
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5
Q5.
Why, in November 2009, was the Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, shut down?
A
A bird dropped some bread into it
B
An overheating atomic pile
D
An outbreak of swine flu
Select from the options above.
6
Q6.
Rickets is caused by a deficiency in which vitamin?
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7
Q7.
Where in the human body is the coccyx?
B
At the base of the skull
C
At the base of the spine
Select from the options above.