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Science and Nature Trivia for March 10, 2010

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Q. What is the lining membrane of the cavity of the eyeball connected to the optic nerve which forms the receptor surface for light rays?

Rigoletto
Retsina
Red eye
Retina

Q. Which highly contagious disease, characterised by the sudden onset of rigor, headache, delirium and fever, followed by a rash, is caused by a virus conveyed by lice?

Typhoid fever
Typhus
Measles
Whooping cough

Q. When is a barium meal given to someone?

Before they take their clothes off for a medical examination
Before they go to a bar
Whenever they go to Bari, Italy
Before an X Ray examination of the digestive system

Q. An aircraft flying at 40,000 feet can be heard to break the sound barrier when it achieves a speed of how many miles per hour?

320
600
1,000
450

Q. In 1953, what was announced about the discovery in 1911 to 1915 of the bones of Piltdown Man, who was believed to represent the oldest human race in Europe?

The skeleton was constructed in a new way, proving that he was shorter than first thought
Even older bones were found nearby
Radiation tests proved that they were older than first thought
It was exposed as an elaborate hoax

Q. Which of these is a small monkey found in Columbia and Brazil?

Marmoset
Marmot
Mango
Mummer

Q. What term is used to refer to moths and butterflies?

Beetles
Arachnids
Lepidoptera
Chysalises
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