Sorry for my tardiness in supplying the answers to this week's Quiz. Been a very full and eventful day today. First chance I've had. Anyway, here they are:
1. Which English physiologist originated the terms 'synapse' and 'neuron'?
Charles Scott Sherrington2. What nationality was biologist Ernest Mayr?
German3. In which German town is scientist Georgius Agricola buried?
Zeitz4. Iapetus is a moon of which planet?
Saturn5. Approximately how many miles in diameter is Uranus's moon Portia?
66 miles6. In which country was botanist William Withering born?
Somerset ( Oops! Bit of a typo in the question there - must have been a bit off-putting to those giving the answers, who of course would have known the correct answer to the correct question. .... I'll stand yez both a drink in The Bar next time we're all in there together. How does that sound? ) 7. Is fluorine lighter or heavier than air?
Heavier8. In computer science, what is pixel short for?
Picture element9. Which bird was cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova's call sign on her Vostok VI space mission?
Seagull10. What is the symbol of the element Nobelium?
No11. In which year ws the first atomic bomb detonated?
194512. In which year did nuclear physicist Eugene Paul Wigner die?
199513. In which year was Nereid, a moon of neptune, discovered?
194914. What are the two main types of computers in use today?
Analogue and digital(I did say the quiz book is a good few years old - so this answer may well be out of date now.
Will need to check that out)15. In which century did U.S. scientist Benjamin Franklin live?
18th Century
Will do the points awarding and stuff tomorrow (after checking out the validity of #14 - and also getting a bit of shut-eye. Am pretty much knackered right now - so would you be if you'd had the day I've had!)