Science Quiz #148
Science and Nature Quiz for 16 November 2011
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1
What are the young of a frog called?
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2
Which of these is a German astronomer who assigned most of the brighter stars their first systematic names in 1603 in his star atlas "Uranometria"?
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3
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4
What sign of the zodiac is represented by a bull?
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5
Where is the Sea of Serenity?
A
In the book "Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan
C
Around the islands of Tonga
D
Off the east coast of Canada
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6
What proportion of the 206 bones in the human body is contained in the hands and feet?
Note: This question was updated in February 2023
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7
What is the name of the system of stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter (then Latin letters in lower-case then upper-case), followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name (e.g. α Tauri)?
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