Science Quiz #406
Science and Nature Quiz for 26 October 2016
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1
Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is the collective name for a number of activities to search for extra-terrestrial life using scientific methods to search for what, specifically?
C
Electromagnetic transmissions
D
Buildings being erected on other planets
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2
What is most likely to be food for a tenrec?
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3
What is another name for the type of animal called poatsoj (in some Sami languages), tuktu (in the eastern Arctic), and caribou?
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4
What does the institution ECDC do?
A
Monitors infectious diseases on behalf of the EU
B
Certifies computer skills
D
Regulates international standards for electrical cable ducting
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5
If a person has pieces of metal in his body, such as from shrapnel, a bullet injury or any implanted devices e.g. a pacemaker or artificial joint, which procedure is particularly difficult or may be impossible?
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6
What term was coined by Alfred Maury for the transitional state between wakefulness and sleep?
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7
"Hermaphrodite" is a term used to describe what about a person?
Note: This question was updated in June 2018
B
They deliver love letters
C
They possess primary sexual organs or other sexual characteristics of both male and female
D
They are interested in Greek literature
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