Science Quiz #232
Science and Nature Quiz for 26 June 2013
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Q1.
What genus of bulbous flowering plants, native to the eastern Mediterranean region east to Iran and Turkmenistan has 3 species: litwinowii, orientalis and transcaspicus?
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Q2.
Which of these is a species of falcon?
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Q3.
Which was the last unit in the International System of Units still directly defined by an artefact?
Note: This question was updated in July 2021
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Q4.
What was the cause of an epidemic of 355 cases (46% fatal) between March and June 2010 in Zamfara State, Nigeria?
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Q5.
A black widow is a type of what?
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Q6.
Which of these plants is used both as a substitute for jute for making burlap as well as in folk medicine as a diuretic, mild laxative and treatment for cardiac and nerve diseases and cancer?
A
Sisal (Agave sisalana) of which Brazil is the major world producer
B
Roselle, a species of Hibiscus
C
Cannabis sativa sativa, produced mainly in Canada, France & China
D
Manila hemp, obtained from the leaves of the abacá, a relative of the banana
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Q7.
James Esdaile, John Elliotson, Jean-Martin Charcot, Hippolyte Bernheim, Pierre Janet, Émile Coué, Morton Prince, Clark L. Hull, Andrew Salter, Theodore R. Sarbin, Ernest Hilgard, Martin Theodore Orne, and Nicholas Spanos are associated with what?
A
The United Nations Secretariat
B
Seeking a cure for AIDS
D
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)
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