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Why is the Cornflower also called the Glasses Breaker?
1Its medicinal use
2Its culinary use
Right answer!
The cornflower hydrolate was prescribed in eye drops in case of irritation of the eyes and eyelids and to fight against conjunctivitis (from where its vernacular name of Breakout glasses).
Wrong answer !
The cornflower hydrolate was prescribed in eye drops in case of irritation of the eyes and eyelids and to fight against conjunctivitis (from where its vernacular name of Breakout glasses).
Nature
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From which continent do nasturtiums originate?
2America
1Asia
Right answer!
The Grande Capucine or Nasturtium is an annual or perennial herbaceous plant of the family Tropaeolaceae and the genus Tropaeolum. This ornamental and edible plant is probably a hybrid native to South America.
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The Grande Capucine or Nasturtium is an annual or perennial herbaceous plant of the family Tropaeolaceae and the genus Tropaeolum. This ornamental and edible plant is probably a hybrid native to South America.
Nature
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How do bellflowers reproduce?
2Hermaphroditism
1Gonochorism
Right answer!
Bellflowers are perennial or biennial herbaceous plants of the family Campanulaceae. Their flowers, blue, purple or white, are hermaphroditic.
Wrong answer !
Bellflowers are perennial or biennial herbaceous plants of the family Campanulaceae. Their flowers, blue, purple or white, are hermaphroditic.
Nature
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What is the longest lava flow?
2Undara
1Ambrym
Right answer!
The longest lava flow is in Undara, Australia with a length of 160 kilometres.
Wrong answer !
The longest lava flow is in Undara, Australia with a length of 160 kilometres.
Nature
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Which volcano is the deadliest?
1Tambora
2Unzen
Right answer!
The eruption of the Tambora in 1815 was the most violent volcanic eruption ever known historically, and above all the most deadly.
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The eruption of the Tambora in 1815 was the most violent volcanic eruption ever known historically, and above all the most deadly.
Nature
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On which aircraft do the explorers Roald Amundsen and Umberto Nobile fly over the North Pole?
1An airship
2A plane
Right answer!
The first to reach the North Pole with certainty were Roald Amundsen and Umberto Nobile, who flew over it aboard the Norge airship on May 12, 1926.
Wrong answer !
The first to reach the North Pole with certainty were Roald Amundsen and Umberto Nobile, who flew over it aboard the Norge airship on May 12, 1926.
Nature
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What gas forms frozen bubbles in the waters of Canadian Lake Abraham?
2Methane
1Carbon Dioxide
Right answer!
Lake Abraham is a Canadian man-made lake that was created in 1972. When decaying plants on the lakebed release methane, the trapped gas causes frozen bubbles to form under the ice on the surface of the lake.
Wrong answer !
Lake Abraham is a Canadian man-made lake that was created in 1972. When decaying plants on the lakebed release methane, the trapped gas causes frozen bubbles to form under the ice on the surface of the lake.
Nature
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What is the scientific name for chamomile today?
1Chamaemelum nobile
2Filipendula ulmaria
Right answer!
Chamaemelum nobile is the scientific name chosen today for the plant. However, it is also known by its synonym Anthemis nobilis, attributed by Linné in 1735. Fifty years later, the Piedmontese botanist Carlo Allioni reclassified it in the genus Chamaemelum.
Wrong answer !
Chamaemelum nobile is the scientific name chosen today for the plant. However, it is also known by its synonym Anthemis nobilis, attributed by Linné in 1735. Fifty years later, the Piedmontese botanist Carlo Allioni reclassified it in the genus Chamaemelum.
Nature
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Which sequoia is the highest?
2Sequoia sempervirens
1Sequoiadendron giganteum
Right answer!
The Sequoia sempervirens far exceeds the Sequoiadendron giganteum with records over 115 meters.
Wrong answer !
The Sequoia sempervirens far exceeds the Sequoiadendron giganteum with records over 115 meters.
Nature
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What is the smallest eruption?
1Hverarönd
2Lakagígar
Right answer!
The smallest eruption by volume of ejected material is geothermal drilling at Hverarönd in Iceland in 1977 with 1.2 m3of basalt.
Wrong answer !
The smallest eruption by volume of ejected material is geothermal drilling at Hverarönd in Iceland in 1977 with 1.2 m3of basalt.
