Science Quiz #475
Science and Nature Quiz for 21 February 2018
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Q1.
What does 2 squared, plus the circumference of a circle, minus twice the product of the circle's radius and pi, minus the cube root of 8, equal?
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Q2.
What chemical compound of 1 carbon and 4 hydrogen atoms is the simplest alkane, and the principal component of natural gas?
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Q3.
What is an astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object moves into the shadow of another?
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Q4.
What does the Chytrid fungus particularly affect?
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Q5.
Which of these includes termites in its diet?
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Q6.
What did Bayer name its new over the counter drug in 1898, developed and advertised as a morphine substitute and cough suppressant that did not have its addictive side-effects?
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Q7.
How many years lapsed after Pierre de Fermat formulated his "Last Theorem" in 1637, until the last part of an accepted proof was published?
B
None, a proof has not been published yet
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