Science Quiz #206
Science and Nature Quiz for 26 December 2012
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Q1.
What name is given to 7 mathematics problems stated by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000, for which a US$1,000,000 prize will be awarded for a correct solution to any of them?
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The Millennium Prize Problems
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Q2.
The series of numbers that is obtained by adding the previous two together is named after whom?
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Q3.
An aster is a type of what?
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Q4.
Mescaline comes from what plant?
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Q5.
What was the Giotto spacecraft sent to investigate in 1985?
D
The atmosphere of Uranus
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Q6.
Where is the Sea of Smyth?
A
In the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by ocean currents
B
Off the West coast of England
C
In Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan
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Q7.
What is the name for the five long bones in the foot that are numbered from the big toe (the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth) and are analogous to the metacarpal bones of the hand?
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