Science Quiz #548
Science and Nature Quiz for 17 July 2019
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Q1.
Nitroglycerin is made by treating glycerin with nitric acid and … what?
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Q2.
What mythical medicine, believed to have mystical healing properties, was made from the horn of the unicorn?
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Q3.
The constellation of Gemini includes which two bright stars?
A
Rosencratz and Guildenstern
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Q4.
Blood groups are determined by complex chemical systems on or in where?
A
On the surface of a blood cell
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Q5.
Which of these is a genus of sauropod dinosaur, fossils first discovered in 1877 by S. W. Williston, that lived in western North America at the end of the Jurassic Period?
Note: This question was updated in January 2022
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Q6.
What star is closest to the Earth?
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Q7.
Which of Galileo's achievements brought him into conflict with the church, resulting in his being confined to his house for the last years of his life?
A
He attempted to measure the speed of light
B
He invented the thermometer
C
He said that the Copernican view of the universe was correct
D
He attempted to measure the weight of air
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