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| 1. | How many living species of elephant are there? |
| 2. | Aboard a U.S.-launched V-2 rocket on 20th February 1947, what were the first animals sent into space? |
| 3. | What 'A' is a term used to describe the farming of fish, crustaceans, molluscs, or water plants? |
| 4. | What animal is responsible for more human deaths every year than all other animals combined? |
| 5. | What 'M' describes the part of a cell that generates its chemical energy? |
| 6. | What term is used to describe the result of dividing mass by volume? |
| 7. | What colour does litmus paper turn when immersed in a solution below pH 4.5? |
| 8. | A form of computer data storage, what does he acronym RAM stand for? |
| 9. | What 'L' describes the group of fluid-filled tubes and chambers in the ear which contain the receptors for the senses of balance and hearing? |
| 10. | What is the state of a person being evaluated for an Apgar score? |
| 11. | What 6-letter word can be made using the chemical symbols for Tin, Iodine, Phosphorus, and Erbium? |
| 12. | What highly potent toxin is extracted from the seeds of the castor oil plant? |
| 13. | What 'A' is a form of carbon often nicknamed "Black Diamond"? |
| 14. | In what organ of the body is the hypothalamus? |
| 15. | How many cubic feet are there in five cubic yards? |
| 16. | What 10-letter word can be spelt out using the chemical symbols for sodium, nobelium, selenium, cobalt, and neodymium? |
| 17. | What 'S' describes a triangle whose three sides (and therefore angles) are all different? |
| 18. | The introduction of Foucault's pendulum in 1851 provided the first simple proof of what? |
| 19. | Chinese for "sand skin", what breed of dog is this? |
| 20. | If you are going to a surgeon for a 'rhytidectomy', what are you seeking? |
| 21. | An assessment of human intelligence, what does the 'Q' in IQ stand for? |
| 22. | What 'E' is the medical term for the outermost layer of human skin? |
| 23. | This breed of dog, developed in Southern Africa, is commonly called a Rhodesian what? |
| 24. | Containing more species than any other in the animal kingdom, what is the more common name for the order Coleoptera? |
| 25. | With a highly developed sense of smell, unusual in a bird, what are the only birds with nostrils at the end of their long beaks? |
| 26. | What colour is named after a genus of cuttlefish from which a rich brown pigment is derived from its ink sac? |
| 27. | How many legs does a locust have? |
| 28. | In human anatomy, where are the metacarpals? |
| 29. | Native to mainland South and Central America, the world's largest toad gained notoriety as an invasive species in both the Caribbean and Western Pacific. What is it called? |
| 30. | The name of what animal is derived from the Malay and Indonesian words meaning "person of the forest"? |
| 31. | The nest of what mammal is called a lodge? |
| 32. | How many major planets are there in our solar system? |
| 33. | "Mary's 'virgin' explanation made Joseph suspect upstairs neighbour," is one of many ways to remember what? |
| 34. | Where on your body is the ethmoid bone and septal cartilage? |
| 35. | On what planet in our solar system is a day longer than a year? |
| 36. | On 23rd September 1846, what became the last of the eight major planets to be discovered? |
| 37. | Native to Africa, what 'S' describes this wild cat? |
| 38. | What is the name of the human syndrome characterised by multiple physical and vocal tics, often causing the sufferer to uncontrollably shout obscenities? |
| 39. | What 6-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for thorium, rhenium, and astatine? |
| 40. | What type of animal are sakis, tamarins and capuchins? |
| 41. | In most vertebrates, bile is stored in the gallbladder, but by what organ is it produced? |
| 42. | What is the name of this constellation? |
| 43. | Also known as the white of the eye, what 'S' describes the opaque, fibrous, protective, outer layer of the eye containing collagen and elastic fibre? |
| 44. | What 'E' is the medical term for inflammation of the brain? |
| 45. | What are the four types of teeth found in mammals? |
| 46. | In geometry, what 'V' describes a point where two or more curves, lines, or edges meet? |
| 47. | What 6-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for tungsten, aluminium, potassium, and erbium? |
| 48. | What third metal element is added to an alloy of gold and silver to give rose gold its colour? |
| 49. | What 'T' describes each of these two flat, triangular muscles? |
| 50. | What unit of power is defined as a derived unit of 1 joule per second? |
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