SCIENCE QUIZ 5 MIXTURE
Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 5:52 pm1 The crown, the neck and the root are the three main parts of a what?
A TOOTH
2 What name is given to a young hare?
LEVERT
3 What plant is the official emblem of Ireland?
SHAMROCK
4 What is the national flower of Austria?
EDELWEISS
5 Hermit, red, horseshoe and edible are all species of what?
CRAB
6 By what shorter name is polyvinylchloride better known?
PVC
7 What year saw the creation of Dolly the cloned sheep?
1998
8 What type of snake killed Cleopatra?
ASP
9 What nationality was the scientist Alfred Nobel?
SWEDISH
10 What five-letter word is the name given to the home of a beaver?
LODGE
11 What is the largest species of shark?
WHALE SHARK
12 What is the only reptile that represents a year in the Chinese calendar?
SNAKE
13 What is a Suffolk Punch?
BREED OF HORSE
14 Other than Mercury, which is the only planet in our solar system that does not have a moon?
VENUS
15 In what year did Yuri Gagarin become the first man in space?
1961
16 What does the V stand for in DVD?
VERSATILE
17 What type of apes inhabit the Rock of Gibraltar?
BARBARY APES
18 Which is the only bird capable of rotating its neck through 270 degrees?
OWL
19 The county town of Buckinghamshire gave its name to which breed of duck?
AYLESBURY
20 Which temperature scale is represented by the letter K?
KELVIN
A TOOTH
2 What name is given to a young hare?
LEVERT
3 What plant is the official emblem of Ireland?
SHAMROCK
4 What is the national flower of Austria?
EDELWEISS
5 Hermit, red, horseshoe and edible are all species of what?
CRAB
6 By what shorter name is polyvinylchloride better known?
PVC
7 What year saw the creation of Dolly the cloned sheep?
1998
8 What type of snake killed Cleopatra?
ASP
9 What nationality was the scientist Alfred Nobel?
SWEDISH
10 What five-letter word is the name given to the home of a beaver?
LODGE
11 What is the largest species of shark?
WHALE SHARK
12 What is the only reptile that represents a year in the Chinese calendar?
SNAKE
13 What is a Suffolk Punch?
BREED OF HORSE
14 Other than Mercury, which is the only planet in our solar system that does not have a moon?
VENUS
15 In what year did Yuri Gagarin become the first man in space?
1961
16 What does the V stand for in DVD?
VERSATILE
17 What type of apes inhabit the Rock of Gibraltar?
BARBARY APES
18 Which is the only bird capable of rotating its neck through 270 degrees?
OWL
19 The county town of Buckinghamshire gave its name to which breed of duck?
AYLESBURY
20 Which temperature scale is represented by the letter K?
KELVIN
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