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What's combined with nickel and zinc to make
German silver?Copper
What class of creatures are sometimes called
hexapods?Insects
What's a number called if it's equal to the
sum of its divisors other than itself?Perfect
What female organs are inflamed in
oophoritis?The ovaries
What's the term for the water induction
process in plants?Osmosis
What would a scientist find out about a
fossil by measuring its carbon-14 content?Its age
How many cylinders does a V-8 engine boast?Eight
Does the Sun rotate?Yes
What gas filled the ill-fated zeppelin the
"Hindenburg"?Hydrogen
What's the common name for the stinging
insects that belong to the genus "Apis"?Honeybees
What relative is the ideal donor in a bone
marrow transplant?An identical twin
What bird is famed for nesting on chimneys?The stork
Which are more central to the body's immune
system - red or white blood cells?White blood cells
What are stripped from helium atoms to form
alpha particles?Electrons
What are the green swallowtail, painted lady
and red admiral all varieties of?Butterflies
What craft did NASA leave empty during most
of its 75-month life in space?Skylab
What flabby fellow is the world's largest
seal?The elephant seal
What modeling material is really calcium
sulfate hemihydrate?Plaster of Paris
What metal, also called wolfram, is used for
the filaments in electric light bulbs?Tungsten
Where did Ranger 7 crash in 1964 after
taking 4,316 photographs?The moon
What do entomologists study?Insects
What kind of trees is rosin obtained from?Pine trees
What computer accessory contains    a head
access window and a write-protect cutout?A floppy disk
What grain is graham flour made from?Wheat
Which way do stalactites grow - up or down?Down
Which side of the brain is usually
responsible for speech?The left
What three major types did Britain's Luke
Howard classify clouds into, in 1803?Cirrus, cumulus, stratus
How many children are born if a woman gives
birth to nonuplets?Nine
Which has the greatest wave length - red,
green or blue light?Red
What deposits an alluvial fan?A river or stream
What organ of the body breaks down old red
blood calls?The spleen
What was the outermost known planet before
the discovery of Uranus?Saturn
What was the favorite drink of Java Man?Water
What mountain range would you be most likely
to encounter an ibex on?The Himalayas
What fibrous mineral was found to be linked
with the cancer mesothelioma?Asbestos
What element is there an excess of in the
blood if you suffer from hypercalcemia?Calcium
What kind of fish is a bluefin?A tuna
What's the common term for an alloy that's
heated to join metals?Solder
What flower, originally from Turkey, was
given a name meaning "turban"?The tulip
What's the earliest known explosive?Gunpowder
What word does "DIR" stand for in computer
lingo?Directory
Do bananas have seeds?Yes
What did 25,000 couples approach the Eastern
Virginia Medical School for, in 1980?Test-tube babies
Do you add oil to the gasoline used to fuel
a four-stroke engine?No
What animal is laid bare in the book "The
Naked Ape"?Man
What North African tree needs less water
than any other that bears fruit?The date palm
What part of Skuldfrid Sjorgren measured
twice her height?Her hair
What letter is normally used in physics to
represent acceleration due to gravity?G
What large planet's moons did Voyager I
discover volcanoes and cracks on, in 1979?Jupiter's
What five-letter word is the common term for
the skin condition called urticaria?Hives
What do we call the noise made by a sudden
spasm closing the windpipe?A hiccup
What breed was Shamgret Danzas, the tallest
dog ever recorded?Great Dane
What continent did apricots, litchis and
mangos first grow in?Asia
What element did Martin Heinrich Klaproth
name in 1789 for a newly-discovered planet?Uranium
What do ferns, mosses and mushrooms produce
instead of seeds?Spores
How many surfaces does a cone have?Two
What flying creatures come in varieties such
as horseshoe, sheath-tailed and long-eared?Bats
What flower, sometimes called       a jonquil, is
named for a self-absorbed Greek?The narcissus
What are periwinkles - animal, vegetable or
mineral?Animal
How many legs does a scorpion run around on?Eight
Which sex's characteristics are promoted by
androgens?The male's
What unit is equal to 745.70 watts?The horsepower
What branch of mathematics is concerned with
the gathering and analysis of numerical data?Statistics
What color is the line around the gums of
victims of lead poisoning?Blue
What's the four-letter term in computerese
for a particular style and size of print?Font
What's the largest structure ever made by
living creatures?The Great Barrier Reef
What plant is codeine derived from?The opium poppy
What scientific couple shared the 1903 Nobel
Prize for physics with Henri Becquerel?Pierre and Marie Curie
What term for a psychotic disorder comes
from Latin words meaning "split mind"?Schizophrenia
Where is the thermocline layer - in the
atmosphere, ground or ocean?In the ocean
What color is the flame produced when carbon
monoxide is burned?Blue
Which are katydids most closely related to - beetles, butterflies or crickets?Crickets
How many of the five hottest years of the
20th century have occurred since 1977?Five
What's the only planet not named for a god?Earth
What large African bird is the South
American rhea most like?The ostrich
How many strokes of the pen are normally
used to write the Greek letter pi?Three
What kind of flowers do North Dakota farmers
most often grow to protect grain from wind?Sunflowers
What layer lies between the mesosphere and
the troposphere?The stratosphere
What do people usually call their third
molars?Wisdom teeth
What color are the handles of most Swiss
army knives?Red
What color are most of a whooping crane's
feathers?White
What slippery creatures slither to the
Sargasso Sea to spawn?Eels
What's the common term for the shape also
known as a regular hexahedron?Cube
What element, common in milk, are most
kidney stones made of?Calcium
What organs are particularly affected by
emphysema?The lungs
How many pairs of sides are parallel in a
trapezoid?One
What gem gets its green color from small
amounts of titanium and chromium?Emerald
Where in the sea do benthic marine animals
live?On the bottom
Which are more common - gallstones or kidney
stones?Gallstones
What mineral scores a 10 on the Mohs
hardness scale?Diamond
What valuable metal is the best conductor of
electricity?Silver
What's the fruit of a hawthorn called?A haw
What part of a building might a cupola form?The roof
What are lacustrine deposits laid down in?Lakes
What machine's parts include a feed dog,
needle plate and reverse feed button?The sewing machine's
What depressing group of drugs was barbitone
the first of?Barbiturates
What kind of creature is a stargazer?A fish
What are you unable to tolerate if you
suffer from photophobia?Light
What piece of woodworker's equipment is
traditionally used to make table legs round?The lathe
What does a geodesist try to figure out the
size and shape of?Earth
What's the common term for acoustic energy?Sound
What's the general term for the illness
caused by salmonella or ptomaine?Food poisoning
What does a child normally have trouble
doing if his adenoids are enlarged?Breathing
What's a gyroscope normally called when it's
a child's toy?A top
What starts going through many a flounder's
head when it's only a few weeks old?One of its eyes
What decade saw personal computers first go
on sale in U.S. retail outlets?The 1970s
What planet comes closest to Earth?Venus
What's bloody if a patient suffers from
hematuria?Urine
How many sides of the magnetic tape in a
cassette can be recorded on?One
What continent boasts the lowest recorded
temperature?Antarctica
What does "AT" stand for in IBM computer
jargon?Advanced technology
Which geological epoch came first - the
Cambrian, Devonian or Cretaceous?The Cambrian
Where have you got a pain if you wake up
with torticollis?In the neck
How many atoms are there in a normal
molecule of oxygen?Two
What's the common seven-letter term for
lower back pain?Lumbago
What valuable metal has the chemical symbol
Pt?Platinum
What organs of the body are affected by
strabismus and trachoma?The eyes
Which side of the body contains the spleen?The left
Which floats to the top when gasoline and
water are mixed?Gasoline
What's the cube root of one million?100
What tree-dwelling Australian marsupials did
fur-seeking hunters kill 600,000 of in 1927?Koalas
What potentially explosive element has the
chemical symbol Pu?Plutonium
What's fermented to make the drink that
Mongolians call "`airak'"?Milk
What are angiosperms - animals, plants or sex
cells?Plants
How many bananas does the typical American
eat in a year - 10, 25 or 50?Fifty
What kind of creatures are kites and
nightjars?Birds