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1. Mathematics: a segment of a circle.
3. Biology: what is the vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the heart?
5. Animals: 'felis domesticus' is better known as what?
6. Moon: The Moon's surface is characterised by large, roughly circular, smooth-floored plains called what?
7. Earth: One of the constituents of the Earth's core is nickel. What is the other one?
10. Chemistry: abbreviation for Copper.
11. Economics: japanese currency.
13. Games: Japanese game played with black and white stones on a grid of 19x19 lines.
14. Chemistry: abbreviation for Iron.
15. Economics: Mexican unit of currency.
16. Web Design: which markup language is specially designed to be extensible?
17. Economics as a science was started by the Englishman Adam ----- with the publication in 1776 of his book, An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
19. Chemistry: an atom, group of atoms, or molecule that bears a positive electric charge as a result of electron loss or a negative charge as a result of electron gain.
20. Geology: the longest division of time, encompassing two or more eras.
21. Psychology: the personality component that mediates between the unconscious drives and external reality.

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2. Internet: birthplace of the web.
3. Chemistry: what's the smallest bit of an element?
4. Economics: unit of currency shared by Germany, France, Italy, ...
5. Astronomy: what constellation looks like the letter 'W'?
6. Chemistry: which metal is liquid at room temperature?
8. Life: the common word for a hard dry fruit containing one or more seeds.
9. Algebra: (x-a)(x-b)(x-c)...(x-z) = what? The ... represents all the other factors of the form x - alphabetic letter.
12. History: which country was the Czech Republic part of in 1939?
17. Software: Java was created by which company?
18. Color: any of the variations of color that occur at points on the spectrum; color as distinguished from shades of gray.
19. Planets: Jupiter’s volcanic moon.
 

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