Science Quiz #365
Science and Nature Quiz for 13 January 2016
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Q1.
What statistical term is used in government, marketing or opinion research to denote the characteristics of a population?
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2
Q2.
Porcupine grass is also known as what?
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Q3.
The Great Western Railway's “City of Truro” was unofficially recorded as the first steam locomotive to reach a speed of 102.3 mph (164 km/h) on 9 May 1904, but the 100 mile per hour (160 km/h) record was not officially recorded until 30 November 1934, by which locomotive?
B
Cornish Riviera Express
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Q4.
What is lapis lazuli?
Note: This question was updated in September 2023
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Q5.
Which of these was invented by French physician René Laennec early in the 19th century?
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Q6.
Which of these is not one of the four main divisions of the Stone Age?
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Q7.
What is not true to say of the bog myrtle?
A
It typically grows in acidic peat bogs
C
It is used in Denmark and Sweden to prepare home-flavoured schnapps
D
It is traditionally used in Royal Wedding bouquets
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