Eureka!

All the questions in this quiz relate to the word 'Eureka'. Can you answer them all?
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Who reportedly cried 'Eureka!' after discovering how to measure volume while having a bath?
Archimedes
The word 'Eureka' is commonly associated with the discovery of what precious metal?
Gold
'Eureka' is the official motto of which U.S. state?
California
The city of Eureka is home to the above state's oldest zoo. What is the zoo's name?
Sequoia Park Zoo
Which Australian regional city was the site of the Eureka Stockade?
Ballarat
The Eureka Diamond was the first diamond found in which country?
South Africa
Which city hosted an Allied meeting in 1943 that was codenamed 'Eureka'?
Tehran
Eureka, Advance and Ferry are other names for what alloy of copper and nickel?
Constantan
Which English university's mathematical society publishes a journal called 'Eureka'?
Cambridge
What type of cleaning appliance is made by the Eureka company that was founded in Detroit in 1909?
Vacuum
The 2006 sci-fi series Eureka is set in a fictional town of the same name in which U.S. state?
Oregon
Which German mathematician's diary includes the statement: 'ΕΥΡΗΚΑ! num = Δ + Δ + Δ'?
Carl Friedrich Gauss
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