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| 1. | In 1824, this became the first genus of non-avian dinosaur to be validly named. From the Greek for "Great Lizard", what is it called? |
| 2. | Where in our solar system would you find the Colombo Gap, Maxwell Gap, Bond Gap, and Dawes Gap? |
| 3. | What element is the main component of bronze and brass? |
| 4. | Named after a French physicist, what 'C' is the fundamental unit of electric charge? |
| 5. | How many eyes do most spiders have? |
| 6. | A lustrous grey metalloid, what chemical element has the symbol Sb, derived from its Latin name stibium? |
| 7. | What is the collective noun for a group of crows? |
| 8. | In physics, what term is used to describe the ability of a body to resist a distorting influence or stress and to return to its original size and shape when the stress is removed? |
| 9. | What is the only moon in our solar system known to have a dense atmosphere? |
| 10. | The sugar C6H12O6, when produced by photosynthesis, is given what common name? |
| 11. | What 'S' describes a triangle whose three sides (and therefore angles) are all different? |
| 12. | In computing, what does the acronym ROM stand for? |
| 13. | Sequoia are the largest what in the world? |
| 14. | In female mammals, what 'F' describes the ducts connecting the ovaries and the uterus? |
| 15. | In physics, what word describes a quantity that has both magnitude and direction? |
| 16. | Found in coastal areas in many parts of the world, what 'O' describes this bird? |
| 17. | How many eyes does a bee have? |
| 18. | By what name is fossilised tree resin better known? |
| 19. | On the Beaufort wind force scale, what number represents hurricane force winds? |
| 20. | What 'T' is a precision optical instrument for measuring angles between designated visible points in the horizontal and vertical planes. |
| 21. | Completed in Pennsylvania in 1945, what five letters describe the world's first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer? |
| 22. | What 7-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for cobalt, tungsten, protactinium, and tennessine? |
| 23. | An assessment of human intelligence, what does the 'Q' in IQ stand for? |
| 24. | What 'P' describes this genus of flower? |
| 25. | What 8-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for lithium, iron, sulphur, protactinium, and nitrogen? |
| 26. | Udometer, pluviometer, hyetometer and ombrometer are all instruments used to measure what? |
| 27. | What 'G' is used to describe a lump or swelling at the front of the neck caused by a swollen thyroid? |
| 28. | What household name began life in 1996 as "BackRub"? |
| 29. | What name is given to the green alkaline fluid produced by the liver? |
| 30. | What 'S' is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas state, without passing through the liquid state? |
| 31. | What name is given to a straight line that touches a curve but does not pass through it? |
| 32. | By definition, what does a polyorchid person have at least three of? |
| 33. | At room temperature, what is the most malleable metal element? |
| 34. | What 7-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for uranium, palladium, astatine, and einsteinium? |
| 35. | What 'W' describes the loose red fold of skin that hangs from the neck of a rooster? |
| 36. | What alkaline earth metal has the atomic number 12 in the periodic table? |
| 37. | The five basic tastes that can be detected by humans are generally regarded as sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and what? |
| 38. | After the femur, what is the next largest bone in the human body? |
| 39. | What 'H' describes an organism with both male and female reproductive organs? |
| 40. | What 'C' is the name of the force and effect that deflects winds and currents as a result of the Earth's rotation? |
| 41. | The adductor pollicis muscle moves what body part? |
| 42. | What metal element is combined with a halogen to produce a light-sensitive chemical compound, most commonly used in photographic film and paper? |
| 43. | One of the most prevalent medical symptoms, what is a more common name for pyrexia? |
| 44. | The nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of what organ of the body? |
| 45. | How many sides does a heptadecagon have? |
| 46. | Native to the South Island of New Zealand, what 'K' describes this large species of parrot? |
| 47. | In 1873, Norwegian physician Gerhard Hansen discovered the bacillus that causes what infectious disease? |
| 48. | What three initials describe the human form of mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE)? |
| 49. | In nature, what 'P' describes a layer of ground (soil, rock or sediment) that remains frozen for more than two consecutive years? |
| 50. | What element has the atomic number 6? |
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