Science Quiz #635
Science and Nature Quiz for 17 March 2021
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Q1.
Although the first permanent colour photo was taken in 1861 by the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell, the first 35mm colour film, "Kodachrome", did not reach the market until when?
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Q2.
What do you need to do to the number 3 to give a result of 9?
D
Calculate it as a factorial
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Q3.
A coherer, hot wire barretter and cat's whisker were all types of what?
A
Devices for measuring very small distances
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Q4.
What gives the flamingo the colour of its plumage?
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Q5.
Which of these is not an "angora"?
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Q6.
Tianhe-1A, the supercomputer at the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin, China which in October 2010 became the world's fastest supercomputer, uses what operating system?
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Q7.
What colour is a domesticated Pekin duck?
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