Science Quiz #294
Science and Nature Quiz for 3 September 2014
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Q1.
Apart from the platypus what are the only living examples of egg-laying mammals?
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Echidna (spiny anteater)
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Q2.
Which infective disease caused by toxins is characterised by the violent and prolonged contraction of skeletal muscle fibres?
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Q3.
What miners' oil lamp, invented in 1815, had a wire cylinder to enclose the flame, preventing the explosion of coal-gas?
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Q4.
About how much of the human body is composed of water?
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Q5.
Which of these is in a human's thoracic cavity?
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Q6.
Which of these is an instrument for recording electrical discharges associated with mental activity?
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Q7.
What dye used in cooking for crimson tints is made from the body of a female insect inhabiting Peru and Mexico?
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