Science Quiz #256
Science and Nature Quiz for 11 December 2013
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Q1.
The faces of which of these shapes are not triangles?
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2
Q2.
What element has the symbol "P"?
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3
Q3.
What does FRCP after someone's name mean?
A
Farmer Raising Chickens and Poultry
B
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
C
Father of Royal Children and Politicians
D
Further Requests for Conversation Prohibited
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Q4.
In 1936, prototypes of a car called "strength through joy", with a round shape and air-cooled, flat-four, rear-mounted engine, appeared and was developed to become which car that is still recognisable?
B
Morris Oxford / Morris Isis
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5
Q5.
What is millstone grit?
A
Grinding stones found in a bird's crop
D
Illness, mainly of parrots
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Q6.
The budgerigar is native to which country?
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Q7.
What is an eating disorder characterized by extremely low body weight, distorted body image and an obsessive fear of gaining weight which has an incidence of between 8 and 13 cases per 100,000 persons per year, and largely affects young adolescent women?
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