Science Quiz #686
Science and Nature Quiz for 9 March 2022
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Q1.
Which branch of astronomy studies radiation with wavelengths greater than approximately one millimetre?
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Q2.
In 1906, Lee de Forest developed a "triode" to amplify and convert alternating current to direct current, which played a major role in the development of which invention?
C
The manufacture of horses' bridles
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Q3.
What does the "B" stand for in the name of the computer language called "BASIC"?
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Q4.
Which virus spread by fleas was deliberately introduced into Australia to control rabbits in 1951?
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Q5.
What infectious disease, caused by a virus, is characterised by the eruption of successive crops of blisters?
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Q6.
Which of these birds can fly?
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Q7.
The internal angles of a pentagon add up to how many degrees?
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