Science Quiz #568
Science and Nature Quiz for 4 December 2019
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Q1.
What do ethnologists call people occupying most of North Africa, after one of Noah's sons who is, according to legend, their ancestor?
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Q2.
What is the name for radiations of a wavelength shorter than, and immediately next to, the visible spectrum?
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Q3.
Piles is a familiar word for what medical condition?
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Q4.
What tree and its fruit is also known as the butter pear and alligator pear?
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Chinese Gooseberry (or Kiwi)
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Q5.
What is the name for a net of fine lines or fibres in the eyepiece of a sighting device, such as a telescope, a telescopic sight, a microscope, or the screen of an oscilloscope?
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Q6.
In geometry, there is a name for convex polyhedrons that are regular, of which there are 5 types. Generically, what kind of solid are they called?
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Q7.
Which of these is an article that is made for use in a chemistry laboratory?
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