Science Quiz #191
Science and Nature Quiz for 12 September 2012
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Q1.
The lychee is native to which area?
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Southern China and southeast Asia
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Q2.
What is the name of the supercomputer at the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin, China, one of the few petaFLOP-level supercomputers in the world, that in October 2010 became the world's fastest supercomputer, performing at peak computing rate of 2.507 petaflops?
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Q3.
A manx cat has no what?
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Q4.
When was the last mission until 2020 to enable a person to walk on the Moon?
Note: This question was updated in June 2021
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Q5.
Which American carnivorous mammal feeds by night, habitually dipping its prey into water before eating?
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Q6.
Which of these is not an element?
Note: This question was updated in February 2024
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Q7.
Balsam and cottonwoods are species of what?
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