Science Quiz #346
Science and Nature Quiz for 2 September 2015
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Q1.
The male of which crab has one claw much longer than the other?
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Q2.
Piles is a familiar word for what medical condition?
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Q3.
Historically, silicosis was recognised as a common industrial disease of which of these professions?
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Q4.
Gamma-coniceine and coniine are the two principles which contribute most to the poisonous effect of what plant?
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Q5.
Ambergris, once commonly used as a fixative in perfumery, is produced in the digestive system of what?
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Q6.
What small green fish with blue reflections (due to a silver longitudinal stripe that runs from the base of the caudal fin) is found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans?
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Q7.
A group of quails or snipe is usually called what?
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