Wednesday, August 11, 2010

SCIENCE QUIZ 21

Question: In a modern 3 pin electrical plug, what is the colour of the live or positive wire?
Answer: Brown

Question: By what name is the flower truss of the Hazel and Willow tress known?
Answer: Catkin

Question: Macaroni, Gentoo, Chinstrap and Emperor are types of what?
Answer: Penguins

Question: What disease is the BCG vaccine used to combat?
Answer: Tubercolosis

Question: What type of plant does the Boll Weevil attack & destroy?
Answer: The cotton plant

Question: Graphite is composed of which element?
Answer: Carbon

Question: What type of fish is a skipjack?
Answer: A fish

Question: What is an eagles nest called?
Answer: An Eyrie

Question: Lacking of which vitamin causes rickets?
Answer: D

Question: Where in your body is the Metatarsal arch?
Answer: The foot

Question: What is a group of owls called?
Answer: A parliament

Question: What is a tine?
Answer: The prong of a fork or a deer's antler.

Question: Which spice comes from the Crocus?
Answer: Saffron

Question: What colour flag is flown at Beaches deemed clean and pollution free?
Answer: Blue

Question: What is H2SO4 the chemical formula for?
Answer: Sulphuric Acid

Question: What is the world’s longest man made waterway – 1600km
Answer: The Grand Canal in China

Question: Humans have 7 vertebrae in the neck, how many does a giraffe have?
Answer: 7

Question: Which part of the body is affected by gingivitis?
Answer: The gums

Question: What was the name of the space shuttle that exploded after lift off in 1986?
Answer: Challenger

Question: What did the British inventor Sir Christopher Cockerell invent & develop?
Answer: The hovercraft

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