Science Quiz #752
Science and Nature Quiz for 14 June 2023
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1
Q1.
Olive oil is made from what part of the olive tree?
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2
Q2.
Snakes are kept in a what?
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3
Q3.
What does the "e" in Juice , the acronym for the mission launched on 14 April 2023 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, stand for?
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4
Q4.
What are "chiroptera"?
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Q5.
What was a major significance in Europe and the western world of the book the "Liber Abaci" (1202)?
A
It introduced use of the abacus
B
It demonstrated the mathematical relationship between the circumference of a circle and its radius
C
It convincingly advocated the use of Arabic numerals in European mathematical notation
D
A discussion of the golden ratio
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6
Q6.
Tianhe-1A, the supercomputer at the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin, China which in October 2010 became the world's fastest supercomputer, uses what operating system?
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7
Q7.
Platelets fulfil what primary function in human blood?
D
Carrying carbon dioxide
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