Science Quiz #583
Science and Nature Quiz for 18 March 2020
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Q1.
What term applies to an engine comprising two banks of four cylinders inclined towards each other, with a common crankshaft?
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2
Q2.
What colour does the planet Neptune appear to be from space?
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Q3.
What is measured using the Rankine scale?
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Q4.
The diet of a Portia, a genus of jumping spider, focusses on what food?
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Q5.
Ground-breaking research into American sexual habits was made by which couple?
B
William Masters and Virginia Johnson
C
Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox
D
Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain
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Q6.
What element takes its name from the German word for "evil spirit"?
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Q7.
What is the name for a mysteriously flattened area in a field?
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