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| 1. | Where in our solar system would you find the Colombo Gap, Maxwell Gap, Bond Gap, and Dawes Gap? |
| 2. | What is the base unit of temperature in the International System of Units? |
| 3. | Hyperopia is a medical term for what? |
| 4. | What was the surname of the German engineer who invented and patented the first rotary engine? |
| 5. | Who became the first American to orbit the Earth on 20th February 1962? |
| 6. | What 'C' is the correct term for Siamese Twins? |
| 7. | What is measured with an anemometer? |
| 8. | What 'G' describes the decimal number 1100? |
| 9. | What 'T' describes each of these two flat, triangular muscles? |
| 10. | A branch of entomology, coleopterology is the scientific study of what group of insects? |
| 11. | In mathematics, what type of number has a real and imaginary part? |
| 12. | Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of what? |
| 13. | What 'L' describes the group of fluid-filled tubes and chambers in the ear which contain the receptors for the senses of balance and hearing? |
| 14. | Endemic to Africa and largely terrestrial, hunting its prey on foot, what 'S' describes this bird of prey? |
| 15. | What 'A' describes the fluid that protects a fœtus during pregnancy? |
| 16. | What acid is also known as vitamin B9? |
| 17. | In computing, what does CPU stand for? |
| 18. | The chemical compound HCN is commonly known as Hydrogen ... what? |
| 19. | In the human body, by what name is the ulner nerve more commonly known? |
| 20. | What is the medical term for the largest bone in the human body? |
| 21. | The Bortle scale is a nine-level numeric scale that measures the brightness at any given location of what? |
| 22. | Also known as the white of the eye, what 'S' describes the opaque, fibrous, protective, outer layer of the eye containing collagen and elastic fibre? |
| 23. | What two body parts are connected by the Eustachian tube? |
| 24. | The asteroid belt in our Solar System is located roughly between the orbits of what two planets? |
| 25. | What 'A' is a syndrome defined as a mild form of autism combined with relatively normal language and intelligence? |
| 26. | At just over one millimetre in length, the stapedius is the smallest skeletal muscle in the human body. Where is it located? |
| 27. | What 'F' describes either a nuclear reaction or a radioactive decay process in which the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts? |
| 28. | What 7-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for rhenium, cerium, iodine, and platinum? |
| 29. | Which of these does an adult human have most of? A. Teeth B. Vertebrae C. Ribs |
| 30. | Weighing up to 3kg, what is the world's largest type of frog? |
| 31. | What 6-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for uranium, niobium, oxygen, and radon? |
| 32. | What type of animal are sakis, tamarins and capuchins? |
| 33. | What 'H' describes a mostly inherited genetic disorder that impairs the body's ability to make blood clots? |
| 34. | Sound waves with a frequency below the lower limit of human audibility are called ____sound (fill in the blank.) |
| 35. | At standard pressure, caesium, rubidium, Francium and Gallium become liquid at or just above 25°C, but at 20°C, what are the only two liquid elements? |
| 36. | What 'P' describes this genus of flower? |
| 37. | What 5-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for Samarium, Iridium and Potassium? |
| 38. | Named after a province of Thailand, what breed of domestic cat is this? |
| 39. | How is the hexadecimal number 3E8 expressed as a decimal number? |
| 40. | A member of the gourami family, what species of fish is this? |
| 41. | What 'M' is the collective name for a gathering of crows? |
| 42. | Arrange these poodle sizes in the correct order, largest first: Miniature, Toy, Standard. |
| 43. | Native to the mountains of southern Europe, what 'L' describes this small tree? |
| 44. | What crop is regularly threatened by the boll weevil? |
| 45. | What is the brightest star in the Earth's night sky? |
| 46. | Oncology is the study of what? |
| 47. | What is the name of the cartilage in the nose that separates the nostrils? |
| 48. | What is the largest moon of Saturn and the second-largest moon in the Solar System, after Jupiter's Ganymede? |
| 49. | In 1824, this became the first genus of non-avian dinosaur to be validly named. From the Greek for "Great Lizard", what is it called? |
| 50. | 18 karat red gold is usually made with 75% gold and 25% what? |
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