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Science Quiz #823

Science and Nature Quiz for 23 October 2024

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Q1. What did Bertolt Brecht call some intellectuals, including members of the Frankfurt School of thought in sociology and critical philosophy?

A
Sheep
B
Tuis
C
Crocodiles
D
Cuckoos
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Q2. Which club drug, particularly popular, and fatal, in some areas, was originally developed as an anaesthetic and painkiller and used mainly by veterinary surgeons?

A
MDMA (ecstasy)
B
Rohypnol
C
Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB)
D
Ketamine
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Q3. Which of these are known to stabilise a coastline?

A
Manatees
B
Mandrakes
C
Mangroves
D
Mantas
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Q4. In 1962, retired American racing driver Carroll Shelby got a licence to import a British sports car made by AC Motors of England and installed an American Ford engine rather than its original Bristol engine. He introduced the car to the American public as what model of car?

A
Boa
B
Anaconda
C
Cobra
D
Asp
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Q5. Which of these was not one of the first three countries to receive an internationalised country code top-level domain (i.e. that employs a non Latin alphabet) in the Internet Domain Name System?

A
Bulgaria
B
Egypt
C
Saudi Arabia
D
United Arab Emirates
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Q6. In an octal, or base 8, mathematical system, how is the result of squaring 3 written?

A
33
B
9
C
11
D
19
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Q7. What do benthic communities consist of?

A
People held together by a set of spiritual beliefs
B
Organisms that live on, in, or near the sediment at the bottom of a body of water
C
Groups such as athletes in a gymnasium
D
People supporting one another to combat addictions
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