Science Quiz #522
Science and Nature Quiz for 16 January 2019
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Q1.
The word "nebula" derives from the latin word for what?
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2
Q2.
What becomes less dense as it solidifies?
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3
Q3.
What machine, called the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computing machine, was completed and demonstrated in 1941 and destroyed in 1943?
A
Z3, designed by Konrad Zuse
B
Turing machine, designed by Alan Turing
C
Charles Babbage's difference engine
D
ENIAC, designed by John Mauchly & J. Presper Eckert
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4
Q4.
Which vehicle maker has marketed models called Diamante, L300, Chariot and Delica?
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5
Q5.
Which of these is not a prime number?
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6
Q6.
The Macrocarpa tree is native to what continent?
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Q7.
What is a group of lions called?
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