Science Quiz #157
Science and Nature Quiz for 18 January 2012
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Q1.
In 1979, a World Health Organization commission of scientists certified the global eradication of which human infectious disease, the first (and only) one to be completely eradicated from nature?
Note: This question was updated in July 2019
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Q2.
What type of animal is a silverback?
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Q3.
The Priestley medal is awarded for excellence in what field?
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Q4.
What bird has iridescent blue-green or green coloured plumage, where the train feathers have a series of eyes that are best seen when the tail is fanned?
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Q5.
What 3-wheeled microcar manufactured in 1962 and 1965 on the Isle of Man retailed for £199, and holds the record for the smallest-ever automobile to go into production?
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Q6.
In the middle ages, what infection was called "the king's evil", and, it was rumoured, could be cured by the touch of a king?
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Q7.
What is the substance that causes irritation from a sting by a nettle or an ant?
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