Of the approximately 725 species of venomous snakes worldwide, how many can kill a human with one bite?
250
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Roughly what proportion of their DNA do humans and chimpanzees share?
- 77%
- 88%
- 99%
99%
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Which is the fastest moving snake in the world?
- Viper
- Coral snake
- Black Mamba
Black Mamba
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What was the name of the dog the Russians launched into space in 1957 inside Sputnik 2?
Laika
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What type of bird has the collective noun 'An unkindness of...'?
Ravens
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How many hearts does an octopus have?
3
a systemic heart that circulates blood around the body and two branchial hearts that pump it through each of the two gills.
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Rockhopper, jackass and emperor are all type of what?
Penguin
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Which sea creature has a latin name that is the same as the name for a section of the human brain?
Seahorse
Hippocampus - The part of the brain was named after the animal as it resembles a seahorse in shape.
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What is the collective noun for a group of buzzards?
Wake
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The collective nouns for which species of bird can include a gang, or a rafter?
Turkeys
apparently they can also be known collectively as a posse, a dule, or a raffle, amongst other names.
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What is the collective name for a group of nightingales?
Watch
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Which element, found very commonly in the human body is the 20th element of the periodic table?
Calcium
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What is the common name for ascorbic acid?
Vitamin C
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What are the 3 main sub-atomic particles?
Proton, Neutron and Electron
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Graphite is a form of what chemical element?
Carbon
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What are the variants of the subatomic particle Quark called?
Flavours. up, down, top, bottom, strange and charm.
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Which 2 countries developed the Concorde aeroplane?
UK and France
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Most commonly found on social media posts, what is an octothorpe more commonly known as?
Hash tag symbol #, or pound sign
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Encephalitis refers to an inflammation in which part of the body?
The Brain
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What name was given to the 3.2 million year old Australopithecus afarensis bones found in Ethiopia in 1974, which is an early ancestor of homo sapiens?
Lucy
Which scientist devised the three laws of motion?
Sir Isaac Newton
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