Science Quiz #579
Science and Nature Quiz for 19 February 2020
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Q1.
What is "UDFy-38135539" which was calculated in October 2010 to be 13 billion light years away?
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Q2.
What is another name for shingles?
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Q3.
Where would one find "Bachmann's bundle"?
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A book about set theory
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Q4.
What preparation, consisting mainly of citron, orange, bergamot, neroli and rosemary, was first prepared by Johann Maria Farina soon after 1700?
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Q5.
Viewed from Earth, Venus crosses the sun twice every 100 to 120 years or so, about 8 years apart. The next is on 10-11 December 2117. When was the last?
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Q6.
What name is given to a young goat?
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Q7.
What name is given to a cultural and societal phenomenon characterised by an excessive preoccupation with the individual's own appearance, accompanied by difficulties coping with the aging process and with the requirements of maturation?
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