Science Quiz #766
Science and Nature Quiz for 20 September 2023
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1
Q1.
What colour is "cochineal"?
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2
Q2.
Every year from mid-July to late August a shower of shooting stars, called the Perseid shower is seen. What does the event result from?
A
A son et lumière display organised by NASA and ESA
B
Periodic re-entry of a patch of satellite and other space debris
C
Earth's passing through a comet's debris
D
Earth's passing through debris trailing from the Perseus constellation
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3
Q3.
What is a disease of the bone, estimated to affect 2-3 million across Tibet, north-eastern to south-western China, South Siberia, and Korea?
C
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
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4
Q4.
What does large-scale thermohaline circulation drive?
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5
Q5.
What is lapis lazuli?
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6
Q6.
Apart from a brilliant scarlet pigment what is the main constituent of cinnabar?
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7
Q7.
How many digits are there in the number 2020?
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