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| 1. | What 7-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for cobalt, tungsten, protactinium, and tennessine? |
| 2. | What is the common name for the chemical compound NH3? |
| 3. | 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? |
| 4. | What 'R' describes an alternative medicine involving application of pressure to the feet and hands with specific thumb, finger, and hand techniques without the use of oil or lotion? |
| 5. | Using higher temperatures than soldering, what 'B' describes a metal-joining process in which two or more metal items are joined together by melting and flowing a filler metal into the joint, without melting the work pieces? |
| 6. | What name is given to the clear, straw-coloured liquid that holds blood cells in suspension? |
| 7. | What 'F' describes a pair of counterbalanced railway carriages permanently connected by a cable and pulley for transit on a steep slope? |
| 8. | On what part of your body is your ulna? |
| 9. | What name is given to the branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds? |
| 10. | At 0.5mm thick, where is the thinnest layer of skin on the human body? |
| 11. | Name a country, a capital city, and a province used to represent letters in the NATO phonetic alphabet. |
| 12. | What 'D' describes the main muscle separating the chest from the abdomen, used predominantly when breathing? |
| 13. | By what name is the white crystalline powder diamorphine hydrochloride more commonly known? |
| 14. | Notable for its large "tusk" from a protruding canine tooth, what type of whale is this? |
| 15. | What is the more common term for the medical condition hydrocephalus? |
| 16. | What 6-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for thorium, rhenium, and astatine? |
| 17. | What 5-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for Iron, Technetium and Hydrogen? |
| 18. | In both mathematics and shorthand, what word is represented by this symbol? |
| 19. | Where in our Solar System would you find the Maxwell Gap and the Colombo Gap? |
| 20. | In computer terms, what does the acronym GUI stand for? |
| 21. | Which of the five senses are your olfactory receptors responsible for? |
| 22. | What organ of the body is affected by Bright's Disease? |
| 23. | Titan, Rhea and Iapetus are the three largest moons of what planet in our solar system? |
| 24. | Accounting for around 46% by weight, what is the most abundant element in the Earth's crust? |
| 25. | By what initials do we more commonly know dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane? |
| 26. | At 273 Kelvin, what happens to water? |
| 27. | In computing, what does the acronym ROM stand for? |
| 28. | A branch of entomology, coleopterology is the scientific study of what group of insects? |
| 29. | What 'H' describes the iron-containing, oxygen-carrying protein in blood? |
| 30. | Would a strong acid have a pH value nearer to 0 or 14? |
| 31. | Which of these does an adult human have most of? A. Teeth B. Vertebrae C. Ribs |
| 32. | What 'D' describes a medical device used to apply electric shocks to restore the rhythm of an irregular heartbeat? |
| 33. | TON 618, NGC 4889, OJ 287, and Messier 87 are among the largest what so far discovered in space? |
| 34. | What is the correct name for the three bird species of which the males are called peacocks and the females peahens? |
| 35. | What 9-letter word can be spelt out using the chemical symbols for nitrogen, gold, selenium, astatine, and einsteinium? |
| 36. | Pollex is the Latin term for what body part? |
| 37. | What is the chemical symbol for the element named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus? |
| 38. | A lack of what vitamin causes Nyctalopia, or Night Blindness? |
| 39. | Which part of a horse consists of a dock and a skirt? |
| 40. | What 'B' is the general medical term for common ailments such as "housemaid's knee", "clergyman's knee", "student's elbow", and "weaver's bottom"? |
| 41. | On what temperature scale, at standard pressure, does pure ice melt at 273.15? |
| 42. | What 'A' describes the clear, slightly yellowish liquid that surrounds an unborn baby during pregnancy? |
| 43. | What 'M' describes this large genus of squirrel? |
| 44. | Which letter is furthest right on an English language computer keyboard? |
| 45. | Spell correctly the geometric term for the longest side of a right-angled triangle? |
| 46. | What 'F' describes the tubes leading from the ovaries of female mammals into the uterus? |
| 47. | What 'L' is the lightest metal and the least dense solid element? |
| 48. | What is polyvinyl chloride better known as? |
| 49. | What does a heliologist study? |
| 50. | What name is given to rain with elevated levels of hydrogen ions caused by emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide? |
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