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Which mathematician determined the formula that allows us to calculate the solutions of complete 2nd degree equations?
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Bhaskara
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The three laws that describe the planetary motion are named after which astronomer?
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Johannes Kepler
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The two Moons of which planet in the Solar System were discovered and named in 1877 by the American astronomer Asaph Hall?
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Mars
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In which atmospheric layer is the ozone layer located?
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Stratosphere
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Which physical quantity is measured in cgs units as Poise?
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Viscosity
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What kind of waves is used by Wi-Fi technology?
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Radio Waves
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Which device, created and perfected between 1913 and 1928 by two German physicists, is used to measure ionising radiation?
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Geiger counter
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Which substance is spread on the roads to prevent ice formation and increase road safety? This is a practical application of a phenomena known as 'freezing point depression' or 'cryoscopy', where the addition of a solute to a solvent causes its freezing point to decrease.
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Salt
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What chemical element with an atomic number of 33 is detected in a Marsh test?
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Arsenic
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What do you call the change of physical state from gas to plasma?
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Ionization
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What scientist created the tectonic plate theory?
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Alfred Wegener
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How are mineral corundum gemstones designated that are of any colour other than red?
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Sapphire
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What process of soil wear is caused by the action of water or wind?
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Erosion
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What is the name of the warm season of significant changes in the distribution of the surface temperature of the Pacific Ocean water that causes great climate changes?
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El Ninõ
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Which circulatory fluid in vertebrate animals is composed essentially of white blood cells, platelets, plasma, nutrients, sodium chloride and gases (namely oxygen and carbon dioxide)?
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Lymph
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Milk, sardines and broccoli are excellent food sources of which mineral, the most abundant in the human body and stored mainly in bones?
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Calcium
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With only 18-24g and a 22cm span, the Patagonas gigas is the largest species of which family of birds?
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Hummingbird
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Which dog breed was originally created to help save travellers in the Swiss and Italian Alps? It is said that the small barrel they carry contains brandy to warm the victims.
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St Bernard
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Arabica and Robusta are the two main species of which plant?
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Coffee
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Which flower of the Papaveraceae family is grown for ornament, opium or food?
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Poppy
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