General Knowledge Quizword #1

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A R C A R T E R Y
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E C A T U
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M A R I A O I R O N
           
E N S M O U
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R S Z T
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C U I Y E N G
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U G O R F E
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R P E S O R
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Y E X M L
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S M I T H A
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U A U I O N
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E O N E G O Y

Across

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.

Down

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. Nature: the common word for a hard dry friut 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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