Science Quiz #259
Science and Nature Quiz for 1 January 2014
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1
According to John Aubrey in "Brief Lives", Sir Francis Bacon's death was caused after he contracted a fatal case of pneumonia after an experiment to do what?
A
Find a foolproof way to keep a hat on
C
Use snow to preserve meat
D
Make a waterproof material from latex
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2
The Richter scale was used to measure the magnitude of what?
Note: This question was updated in January 2022
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3
The secretary bird is native to which continent?
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4
Which of these is a dog developed and bred solely in the former USSR by the state owned Red Star Kennel until 1957 for use as a military/working dog?
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5
What is the name for the gaseous region of a star which emits light and which extends into a star's surface until the gas becomes opaque?
Note: This question was updated in June 2022
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6
Which of these does not directly involve trigonometric functions or calculations?
C
Relationship between triangle sides and angles, and cyclical phenomena
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7
What is a mixture of saturated aliphatic and alicyclic C7 to C12 hydrocarbons with a maximum content of 25% of C7 to C12 alkyl aromatic hydrocarbons, which is used as an extraction, cleaning and degreasing solvent, and as a solvent in aerosols, paints, wood preservatives, lacquers, varnishes, and asphalt products?
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