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Science & Nature

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1.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?
2.Native to South America, the largest living rodent in the world, what 'C' describes this animal?
3.What valuable product can be gained by mining kimberlites or lamproites?
4.What colour are Edelweiss flowers?
5.In reference to automotive gear arrangements, what does LSD stand for?
6.What part of the body does a rhinologist study?
7.What 'E' describes the mechanism in a timepiece that controls the transfer of energy from the power source to the counting mechanism?
8.What is the only bird that can fly backwards or upside down?
9.Diamond is a metastable allotrope of what chemical element?
10.The brachial artery is the major blood vessel of what part of the human body?
11.What is the SI derived unit of electric potential and electromotive force?
12.What single word describes this equation?
6CO2 + 6H2O
C6H12O6 + 6O2
13.How many cubic feet are there in five cubic yards?
14.What was the surname of the man who invented vulcanised rubber in 1839?
15.In dry air at 20 °C (68 °F), the speed of sound is how many metres per second?
16.What two body parts are connected by the Eustachian tube?

17.By what name is ethyl-2-cyanoacrylate more commonly known?
18.What does the letter 'D' stand for in RADAR?
19.What 'S' is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas state, without passing through the liquid state?
20.In computing, colloquially termed a web address, what does URL stand for?
21.What 'M' describes this creature?
22.Former British athlete Zola Budd was born in what country?
23.What 'E' is the medical term for the outermost layer of human skin?
24.Native to China and closely related to the weasel, raccoon and skunk families, what animal is this?
25.What type of animal are sakis, tamarins and capuchins?
26.Replaced with Minesweeper in Windows 3.1, what was the first video game included with Microsoft Windows 1.0 thru 3.0?
27.What 'V' describes the science, production and study of grapes?
28.From what type of tree is nearly all the world's natural cork obtained?
29.What type of animal is a brown booby?
30.What 7-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for cobalt, tungsten, protactinium, and tennessine?
31.Illegally trafficked due to unfounded beliefs in Asia that its ground-up scales can cure cancer or asthma, what 'P' describes this endangered mammal?
32.In computing, what is the word bit short for?

33.If you have XY sex chromosomes, are you male or female?
34.What 'G' is a soft, silvery metal that melts at 30°C (86°F)?
35.What planet in our solar system is named after the Roman messenger to the Gods?
36.In physics, what comes in six flavours: up, down, strange, charm, top, and bottom?
37.A U.S. government agency, what does NASA stand for?
38.What 'S' describes types of rock that are formed by the deposition of material at the Earth's surface and within bodies of water?
39.Sildenafil, tadalafil and vardenafil are the generic names of drugs used to treat what medical condition?
40.Rounded to the nearest million, how many million metres does light travel in a vacuum in 1 second?
41.In mammals, what organ contains the vestibular system?
42.What does the internet slang abbreviation IMHO mean?
43.What is the aquatic larva of an amphibian more commonly called?
44.All kittens are born with what colour eyes?
45.On the Beaufort wind force scale, what number represents hurricane force winds?
46.What three-letter word is the SI derived unit of illuminance?
47.What chemical element was historically called brimstone?
48.Also the name of an astrological sign, what constellation includes the two stars Castor & Pollux?
49.Developed as an improved, non-patented replacement file format for the GIF, what does PNG stand for?
50.What single mechanical unit of measurement is equal to 745.7 watts?


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