Science Quiz #341
Science and Nature Quiz for 29 July 2015
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1
Q1.
In Euclidean geometry what is the definition of a triangle?
C
A two-dimensional plane determined by any three points
D
A shape containing at least three angles
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2
Q2.
When was astronomy accepted by the Nobel Prize Committee as part of the discipline of physics, thereby making astronomers eligible for a Nobel Prize?
A
1967, to accommodate a prize for Hans Bethe
B
Shortly after astronomer Edwin Hubble's death in September 1953
C
1919, in recognition of Albert Einstein's multi-disciplinary achievements
D
1970, with the prize for Hannes Alfvén
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3
A
A motorbike-mounted distribution system for mosquito-focussed insecticide
B
A smoke machine for theatrical presentation
C
Coloured car exhaust used for street circus
D
Atmospheric pollution specifically due to vehicle exhaust fumes
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4
Q4.
What is the name for the phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere?
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5
Q5.
Where would a thorny devil usually be found?
A
In ikebana arrangements
B
In mediaeval illustrated Christian gospels
C
In the art of Hieronymus Bosch
D
In the Australian arid scrubland or desert
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6
Q6.
Lise Meitner with Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann discovered what, for which Hahn (only) received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1944?
A
Laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions
B
That the uranium atom splits when bombarded by neutrons
C
The use of radioactive isotope tracers to study chemical processes
D
The structure of proteins, especially that of insulin
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7
Q7.
Which of these is a pomaceous fruit?
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