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Science & Nature
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| 1891 | This membrane controls the amount of light entering the eye. | Iris | |
| 1892 | __________ can swim for a 1/2 mile without resting, and they can tread water for 3 days straight. | Rats | |
| 1893 | The sound a __________ makes is called "nuzzing". | Camel | |
| 1894 | Who first used antiseptics ? | Joseph Lister | |
| 1895 | The hides of mature female blue __________ are more than twice as thick as those of males, probably as a protection against courtship bites. | Sharks | |
| 1896 | Wildlife biologists estimate that as many as five out of six fawns starve to death during a hard winter in __________ | Vermont | |
| 1897 | Who said all things were made up of air, earth, fire, and water? | Aristotle | |
| 1898 | A baby doctor is a _________. | Pediatrician | |
| 1899 | In Alaska, it is legal to shoot __________. However, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited. | Bears | |
| 1900 | Today's oldest form of horse is the Przewalski, or Mongolian Wild Horse. Survivors of this breed were discovered in the Gobi Desert in __________ | 1881 | |
| 1901 | Hydrogen Hydroxide is more commonly known as what? | Water | |
| 1902 | __________ can travel up to 40 miles per hour. | Sharks | |
| 1903 | The mudskipper is a fish that can actually __________ | Walk on land | |
| 1904 | A thread used in surgery to tie a bleeding blood vessel is called a(n) _________. | Ligature | |
| 1905 | What is the symbol for iron in chemistry | Fe | |
| 1906 | A garter snake can give birth to __________ | 85 babies | |
| 1907 | What is name applied to the study of soil? | Paedology | |
| 1908 | What word is used for a male duck? | Drake | |
| 1909 | What is the meaning of the name of the constellation Cepheus ? | Cepheus | |
| 1910 | What did Lewis E. Waterman invent in 1884? | Fountain pen | |
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| 1911 | Which is the most sensitive finger? | Forefinger | |
| 1912 | What gland secretes fluid that washes the eyes? | Tear gland | |
| 1913 | What Does WYSIWYG Mean In The Field Of Computing? | What You See Is What You Get | |
| 1914 | A woodchuck breathes only ten times per hour while __________, while an active woodchuck breathes 2,100 times an hour. | Hibernating | |
| 1915 | What is the scientific name for earth's outer layer of surface soil or crust? | Lithosphere | |
| 1916 | What is the hardest bone in the human body? | Jawbone | |
| 1917 | What Is A Red Admiral? | Butterfly | |
| 1918 | A __________ in the wild usually makes no more than 20 kills a year. | Lion | |
| 1919 | Of what did Aristotle say all things were made up? | Air, earth, fire, and water | |
| 1920 | Which meteor shower occurs on the 16th November ? | Leonids | |
| 1921 | What is the main component of air | Nitrogen | |
| 1922 | Which meteor shower occurs on the 12th August ? | Perseids | |
| 1923 | The female king crab incubates as many as 400,000 young for 11 months in a brood pouch under her __________ | Abdomen | |
| 1924 | For what did Pieter Zeeman receive the Nobel prize in Physics? | Zeeman effect | |
| 1925 | What is the symbol for silver | Ag | |
| 1926 | "Scotch pine", "Douglas fir", "Noble fir", "Fraser fir" are all commonly used as what? | Christmas trees | |
| 1927 | By what name is Lysergic acid diethylamide better known? | LSD | |
| 1928 | Prosthetics deals with the making of __________. | Artificial limbs | |
| 1929 | What Is The Most Common Colour Of A Great Dane? | Fawn | |
| 1930 | What are the units of measurement for Frequency ? | Hertz | |
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| 1931 | What does a camel store in its hump? | Fat | |
| 1932 | A __________ can squeeze through an opening no larger than a dime. | Rat | |
| 1933 | Quinine is added to water to make _______. | Tonic water | |
| 1934 | What nationality is Erno Rubik,inventor of the 80's craze the Rubik's Cube? | Hungarian | |
| 1935 | Which colour has highest wavelength in the visible spectrum? | Red | |
| 1936 | What word is used for a male duck | Drake | |
| 1937 | More than one million stray dogs and over 500,000 stray cats live in the __________ | New york city | |
| 1938 | What well known marsupial is the wallaby related to? | Kangaroo | |
| 1939 | An ox is a castrated bull. A mule is a sterile cross between a male ass and a __________ | Female horse | |
| 1940 | What is the world's largest insect? | Goliath beetle | |
| 1941 | What is made by a Bessemer converter? | Steel | |
| 1942 | This cluster of stars is also known as the Seven Sisters. | Pleiades | |
| 1943 | What is the royal disease? | Haemophilia | |
| 1944 | Approximately how many years old are oak trees before they produce acorns? | Fifty | |
| 1945 | A racehorse averages a weight loss of between 15 and 25 pounds during a __________ | Race | |
| 1946 | Water containing carbon dioxide under pressure is called ____ _____. | Soda water | |
| 1947 | __________ have the best eyesight of any breed of dog. | Greyhounds | |
| 1948 | A rhinoceros has __________ toes on each foot. | 3 | |
| 1949 | __________ of South and Central America and the Caribbean lay their eggs in February and March. | Iguanas | |
| 1950 | The __________ snake found in the state of Arizona is not poisonous, but when frightened, it may hiss loudly and vibrate its tail like a rattlesnake. | Gopher | |
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| 1951 | Two rats can become the progenitors of 15,000 rats in less than | 1 year | |
| 1952 | This poisonous, oily liquid occurs in tobacco leaves. | Nicotine | |
| 1953 | What is the smallest irreducible constituent of a chemical element known as? | An Atom | |
| 1954 | He founded our modern periodic table. Surname only? | Mendeleev | |
| 1955 | What genus of tree does the wattle belong? | Acacia | |
| 1956 | Who made the first phone call to the moon? | Richard Nixon | |
| 1957 | The leech will gorge itself up to __________ its body weight and then just fall off its victim. | Five times | |
| 1958 | The __________ continually grows new sets of teeth to replace old teeth. It also cannot move its tongue. The tongue is rooted to the base of its mouth. | Crocodile | |
| 1959 | What element has the periodic table name Sn ? | Tin | |
| 1960 | In what body part does an osteopath specialise? | Bones | |
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