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