Science Quiz #382
Science and Nature Quiz for 11 May 2016
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Q1.
Which of these is subject to scientific debate about whether it is a bear (classified in the Family “Ursidae”), a racoon (a "Procyonidae") or a type all of its own ("Ailuridae")?
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Q2.
What genus of grass is also known as kaffir corn, dhurra, Guinea corn and Indian millet?
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Q3.
A placenta in which the umbilical cord is attached at the placental margin is called what?
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Q4.
What characterises a regular polygon?
B
Same length sides and size angles
D
A pair of sides the same length
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Q5.
What computer that began operation in 1954 at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, UK, could make calculations in 20 seconds that, it was said, "would keep 100 girls using calculating machines occupied for 8 hours"?
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Q6.
What scale initially related wind conditions to their effects on the sails of a man of war, from "sufficient for steerage" to "which canvas sails couldn't withstand."
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Q7.
Apart from a syringe which of these could also be called hypodermic?
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