Science and nature | Round

Science and nature by pjh

1 Ursine is used to describe which sort of animal?

Bears

2 How many pairs of wings do all bees have?

Two

3 How many pips (normally) comprise the Greenwich Time Signal?

Six

5 short and 1 long. Seven (6+1) when there's a leap second inserted.

4 What colour is a female blackbird?

Brown

5 What was the first vitamin to be discovered and named?

Vitamin A

6 Which British designer invented the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner?

James Dyson

7 What light, but flammable, gas contributed to many deaths in airship disasters?

Hydrogen

8 Which virus killed more people a the end of World War I than died in the fighting?

Influenza/flu

9 Which river's source is about a mile north of the village of Kemble in the Cotswolds?

Thames

10 An amalgam is an alloy of which metal?

Mercury