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| 1. | What part of the small intestine derives its name from the Latin for "twelve"? |
| 2. | After the femur, what is the next largest bone in the human body? |
| 3. | Approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth, what is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way? |
| 4. | What 'A' describes any invertebrate with a segmented body, jointed limbs, and usually a chitinous shell; including insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapods? |
| 5. | What virus was intentionally introduced in Australia, France, and Chile in the 1950s to control wild European rabbit populations? |
| 6. | Launched in 1977, the only spacecraft to have visited the two ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, is called |
| 7. | What 6-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for Tin, Argon and Einsteinium? |
| 8. | What 'T' describes an electrical device used to increase or decrease voltage through inductively coupled electrical conductors? |
| 9. | Still operational today, the world's first Web site was established in 1990 in what country? |
| 10. | What would you find in the sockets of your alveolar ridge? |
| 11. | Native to Western Australia, and about the size of a domestic cat, what species of marsupial is this? |
| 12. | What amphibious animal lives in a holt? |
| 13. | What 5-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for Iron, Technetium and Hydrogen? |
| 14. | Pinnaplasty is the surgical correction of what body part? |
| 15. | On an English language keyboard, which letter of the alphabet is furthest right? |
| 16. | What alloy typically comprises 88% copper and 12% tin? |
| 17. | What 'P' describes the mineral colloquially known as "fool's gold"? |
| 18. | K is the chemical symbol for what metal? |
| 19. | Rigel, Betelgeuse and Bellatrix are the brightest stars of what constellation? |
| 20. | What is the Latin name of the constellation known as the "Little Bear"? |
| 21. | Hexadecimal has how many base numbers? |
| 22. | What 16th century Polish astronomer is famed for formulating a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the centre of the universe? |
| 23. | In the life cycle of a mosquito, arrange these stages in chronological order: A. Embryo B. Imago C. Larva D. Pupa |
| 24. | What is the name of the two tubes that propel urine from the kidneys to the bladder? |
| 25. | What single Imperial or U.S. measure is equal to 453.59237 grams? |
| 26. | What is the sum of the internal angles of a hexagon? |
| 27. | In medicine, what single word is abbreviated as ECG? |
| 28. | California ebony, Texas brown, Costa Rican red, Mexican pink, and Peruvian pinktoe are all types of what? |
| 29. | What 'H' describes the method of growing plants without soil, by using water-based mineral nutrient solutions? |
| 30. | Also known as the forest giraffe or zebra giraffe, what 'O' describes this animal, native to the Congo in Central Africa? |
| 31. | What is the only moon in our solar system known to have a dense atmosphere? |
| 32. | 18 karat red gold is usually made with 75% gold and 25% what? |
| 33. | Replaced with Minesweeper in Windows 3.1, what was the first video game included with Microsoft Windows 1.0 thru 3.0? |
| 34. | Measured by diameter, what is the second smallest of the eight major planets in our solar system? |
| 35. | Of the 8 major planets in our solar system, which has the longest orbital period around the Sun? |
| 36. | What marine animal is this? |
| 37. | Tocopherol is also known as vitamin what? |
| 38. | Triton, Proteus, Larissa, Galatea and Despina are five of the moons of what planet in our solar system? |
| 39. | What 'F' describes the mathematical series that starts 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21? |
| 40. | A satellite of Jupiter, what is the largest and most massive of the Solar System's moons? |
| 41. | Named after the Surrey town in which it was first produced, how is hydrated magnesium sulphate better known? |
| 42. | What 'T' describes the middle section of an insect between its neck and abdomen? |
| 43. | What 'G' describes the decimal number 1100? |
| 44. | What 'P' describes a measuring device comprising a half or full circle graduated in degrees from 0 to 180 or 360? |
| 45. | What 7-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for barium, platinum, iodine, and samarium? |
| 46. | What 'H' is the term used to describe inflammation of the liver? |
| 47. | TON 618, NGC 4889, OJ 287, and Messier 87 are among the largest what so far discovered in space? |
| 48. | Reputed to have the second most painful insect sting in the world, this wasp's name comprises a type of spider and a type of bird. What is it called? |
| 49. | In human anatomy, where are the metacarpals? |
| 50. | In computing terminology, what does BIOS stand for? |
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