Science Quiz #623
Science and Nature Quiz for 23 December 2020
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Q1.
What is the median of 1, 2, 2, 5, 9 and 17?
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Q2.
Which of these is an ape that occurs in tropical and subtropical rainforests from northeast India to Indonesia and north to southern China, including the islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Java, and differs from great apes in being smaller and pair-bonded, in not making nests, and in certain anatomical details in which it more closely resembles a monkey than great apes do?
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Q3.
Where did the car manufacturer Audi originate?
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Q4.
In the acronym PAL, used in the television industry, what does the "P" stand for?
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Q5.
What temperature scale is referenced to absolute zero (i.e. where there is the theoretical absence of all thermal energy)?
Note: This question was updated in August 2023
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Q6.
Which of these is an integer?
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Q7.
Where is the Sea of Muscovy?
B
Off the east coast of Canada
D
In the book "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift
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