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