Science Quiz #576
Science and Nature Quiz for 29 January 2020
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Q1.
How many nickels are there in $2.45?
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Q2.
What joint is between the femur and the tibia?
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Q3.
In mathematics, what is the name for the following sequence of numbers: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597, 2584, 4181, 6765 ...
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Q4.
What genus of flowering plants, native to an area from Brazil to Peru to southern Argentina discovered in 1768 by French botanist Philibert Commerçon, is a thorny, woody vine reaching from 1 to 12 metres tall by growing over other plants with hooked thorns tipped with a black, waxy substance?
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Q5.
What name is given to the unnatural fear of men?
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Q6.
What is the only breed of dog to be named after a character in fiction?
B
The Dandie Dinmont Terrier
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Q7.
Mastitis is a complaint affecting what?
C
Automated production lines
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