Science Quiz #492
Science and Nature Quiz for 20 June 2018
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Q1.
What type of dog is a pekingese?
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2
Q2.
What colour is a velella's upper structure?
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3
Q3.
How often does the Earth's moon totally eclipse its sun from the standpoint of somewhere on the Earth's surface, i.e. a total solar eclipse?
B
Every 12 or 18 months approximately
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Q4.
What does "differential" measure in the mathematical discipline of calculus?
B
Difference between two known quantities
D
A tiny or infinitesimal change in the value of a variable
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Q5.
The bitter aromatic bark from the Angostura tree is most used as a remedy for what?
B
Bilious diarrhoea, dysentery, constipation, fever, and dropsy
C
Difficulties in birth, or to procure an abortion
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Q6.
Which of these signs of the zodiac has no horns?
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Q7.
What is the next in this series: 3.1, 95, 98, 98SE, ...
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