Science Quiz #160
Science and Nature Quiz for 8 February 2012
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Q1.
For what would one use a phenakistoscope, that was invented in 1832 simultaneously by Belgian Joseph Plateau and Austrian Simon von Stampfer?
A
Measuring angles to stars
B
Listening to heartbeats
C
Watching animated pictures
D
Viewing very small objects
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2
Q2.
Which of these are "root vegetables"?
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3
Q3.
Lalophobia is the irrational fear of what?
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Q4.
What is the calculation "the square root of 1.5 times the height in feet = the answer in miles" used for?
B
Land surveying using trig stations
D
Measuring the distance to the horizon
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5
Q5.
What is the technical term for a nose bleed?
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6
Q6.
What word is used to describe the lowest temperature at which vapour above a liquid can be ignited?
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Q7.
Which planet has 5 rings that are named for the astronomers Johann Gottfried Galle, Urbain Le Verrier, William Lassell, François Arago and John Couch Adams?
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