Science Quiz #282
Science and Nature Quiz for 11 June 2014
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Q1.
What is a group of owls called?
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Q2.
Which of these is a name for vitamin B2, which naturally occurs in milk and whole wheat grain?
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Q3.
Which of these is a name for a book of directions for the preparation of medicines?
C
Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management
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Q4.
Which of these is used to measure energy?
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Q5.
New Zealand celebrates Matariki, Maori New Year in late May or early June, marking the rising in the southern hemisphere of the seven stars of what?
A
Ocean's Three and a Half
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Q6.
Which of these is sometimes labelled as "extra virgin"?
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Q7.
The marshmallow was first created as a medicinal substance when extracts from what part of the marsh mallow plant were used as a remedy for sore throats?
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