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Science & Nature
5,023 questions • Page 8 of 72
| # | Question | Answer |
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| 491 | Who said `The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.`? | Albert Einstein |
| 492 | Which of the following planets is the smallest - Neptune, Earth or Mars? | Mars |
| 493 | How often does Haley`s comet appear? | Every 76 years |
| 494 | In which county is Windsor Castle? | Berkshire |
| 495 | Which is Europe`s largest port? | Rotterdam |
| 496 | If you travelled directly south from Malta, which is the first African country that you would arrive in? | Libya |
| 497 | A dipsomaniac would be obsessed with what? | Alcohol |
| 498 | Liechtenstein lies in between which two European countries? | Austria and Switzerland |
| 499 | How is the condition of somnambulism better known? | Sleep-walking |
| 500 | With what country are corgi dogs associated? | Wales |
| 501 | Topeka is the capital of which American state? | Kansas |
| 502 | Who invented the pneumatic tyre, which was first used on bicycles? | John Dunlop |
| 503 | In astronomy, what are Pallas, Vesta and Davida? | Asteroids |
| 504 | How many noble gases are there? | 6 |
| 505 | In which capital city of Europe would you find the train station called Tara Street? | Dublin |
| 506 | A female fox is known as a vixen, but what is a male fox known as? | A dog. |
| 507 | Which American state is nicknamed the Sunshine State? | Florida |
| 508 | What is the capital of the American state of Iowa? Lincoln, Concord or Des Moines? | Des Moines |
| 509 | What is the nearest sea-side resort to London? | Southend-on-sea |
| 510 | Which planet was discovered in 1781 by Frederick Herschel? | Uranus |
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| 511 | `Orcinus Orca` is the Latin name for which sea creature? | Killer Whale |
| 512 | In which country are the Angel Falls, the highest waterfalls in the world? | Venezuela |
| 513 | What is the capital of Turkey? | Ankara |
| 514 | Which Central American state is also the name of a type of headgear? | Panama |
| 515 | Vancouver in Canada stands on which of the following rivers? The Hudson, The Fraser or The St Lawrence? | Fraser |
| 516 | In which state in America is Salem where in 1692 a number of people were accused of witchcraft? | Massachusetts |
| 517 | What is the only river which flows both north and south of the equator? | The Congo |
| 518 | If a million is 10 to the power 6 then what is 10 to the power 18? one quadrillion, one trillion or one quintillion? | One quintillion |
| 519 | What river flows through the city of Cardiff? | Taff |
| 520 | In which country does the river Amazon rise? | Peru |
| 521 | In which famous French palace will you find the Hall of Mirrors? | Versailles |
| 522 | Which part of the body is affected by Bright`s disease? | The kidneys |
| 523 | Where in New York is the largest stained-glass window in the world? | At Kennedy International Airport |
| 524 | Trinidad lies off the coast of which South American country? | Venezuela |
| 525 | What was the first man-made object to move faster than the speed of sound? | A whip |
| 526 | What is the only bird in the world to have its nostrils at the tip of its long beak, just like a nose? | Kiwi |
| 527 | what is a molluscs tongue called? a chippel, a radula or an andilla? | radula |
| 528 | As in the saying `once in a blue moon`, what is a blue moon? | The second full moon that occurs in the same month. |
| 529 | What is the largest country in the world to have only one time zone? | China |
| 530 | What are the three parts of the spine called? | Cervical, thoracic and lumbar |
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| 531 | How many inches of Mercury equal 1 Bar (1000 millibars)? 9.5, 19.5 or 29.5? | 29.5 |
| 532 | At what gestation is a pregnancy classed full term? 27 weeks, 32 weeks or 37 weeks? | 37 weeks |
| 533 | What is the name for a group of goldfish? A troubling, a dole or a bloat? | A troubling |
| 534 | Which is not a real `Bottom`? Pratt`s Bottom (Greater London), Six Mile Bottom (Cambridgeshire), Kettlesing Bottom (North Yorkshire) or Tiny Bottom (Cornwall)? | Tiny Bottom (Cornwall) |
| 535 | In which European country is the Alhambra palace? | Spain |
| 536 | In the human body, what are you born with 23 pairs of? | Chromosomes |
| 537 | Which 2 European countries are linked by the Brenner pass? | Austria and Italy |
| 538 | What is the only animal believed to hunt humans actively? | Polar Bear |
| 539 | What is the name given to the stretch of water between Russia and Alaska? | The Bering Strait |
| 540 | Which of the Great Lakes is the source of the River Niagra? | Lake Eerie |
| 541 | What is the name of the first test tube baby born in 1978? | Louise Brown |
| 542 | What is the art of clipping hedges into various shapes called? | Topiary |
| 543 | Which English city stands on the river Nene? | Peterborough |
| 544 | How many pairs of chromosomes are there in the human body? | 23 |
| 545 | The Sea Parrot is more usually known by which more common name? | Puffin |
| 546 | Where on the human body is the skin the thinnest? | Eyelids |
| 547 | If you travel directly east from New York City, which country would you reach first? | Portugal |
| 548 | What major city is on an island in the St Lawrence river? | Montreal |
| 549 | What is the world`s highest mountain that isn`t part of a range? | Kilimanjaro |
| 550 | Which three countries have both a Mediterranean and Atlantic coastline? | France, Spain and Morocco |
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| 551 | Dakar is the capital of which African country? | Senegal |
| 552 | Which country in Africa is completely surrounded by South Africa? | Lesotho |
| 553 | In which county is Glastonbury? | Somerset |
| 554 | Which is the only vitaman not to be found in an egg? | Vitamin C |
| 555 | Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola are all part of which island group in the West Indies? | The Greater Antilles |
| 556 | What is the largest landlocked country in the world? | Kazakhstan |
| 557 | In which country is Timbuktu? | Mali |
| 558 | What town is home to the Irish National Stud? | Kildare |
| 559 | In which European Country is the port of Bergen? | Norway |
| 560 | What does LASER stand for? | Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
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