Science Quiz #241
Science and Nature Quiz for 28 August 2013
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Q1.
Who studies fish?
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Q3.
Which of these is a native American tribe, originally from the Southeastern USA?
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Q4.
A hexagon has how many internal angles?
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in 1853 while working on the synthesis and properties of various acid anhydrides, French chemist Charles Frederic Gerhardt made acetylsalicylic acid by mixing acetyl chloride with a sodium salt of salicylic acid (sodium salicylate). He called the resulting compound "salicylic-acetic anhydride". What was this preparation later marketed as?
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Q6.
What is the chief ore from which aluminium is obtained?
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Pure gold is denoted by how many carats?
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