1. Someone who has a fear of being constipated is suffering from which of the following? Pogonophobia Coprastasophobia Cibophobia Doraphobia

2. How long (to the nearest second) is the currently accepted time it takes the earth to complete EXACTLY one rotation on it's axis (a sidereal day)? 23 hours 56 minutes 6 seconds 23 hours 56 minutes 3 seconds 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds 23 hours 56 minutes 5 seconds

3. In the USA, which was the 17th state to join the Union? Louisiana Ohio Indiana Mississippi

4. In relation to milk, homogenisation is... a bacterial heat treatment. The milk is heated to a temperature of 72.2 degrees centigrade for 15 seconds, effectively killing all harmful bacteria and making it safe for humans to consume for the next five days. the process by which fat globules in the milk are broken down into smaller pieces and dispersed through the milk. This process improves texture and extends life. milk where the fat content is taken out and replaced at a consistent fat percentage to give different fat contents to different milk and dairy products milk that has been heat treated at a temperature of 150 degrees centigrade for a few seconds. The milk is transferred to airtight cartons.

5. The second and third volumes in Stephen Donaldson's "Thomas Covenant" series are: "The Wounded Land" and "Lord Foul's Bane" "The Illearth War" and "The Power That Preserves" "Lord Foul's Bane" and "The Illearth War" "The Power That Preserves" and "The Wounded Land"

6. William Petty Fitzmaurice's term as British Prime Minister was notable for: completely reforming Britain's economic policy bringing an end to the American Revolution transforming Britain's agricultural policy reorganising Parliamentary constituency boundaries

7. Which law introduced the requirement, in the UK, for the remuneration for women's employment to come into line with that set for men doing the same job? Sex Discrimination Act 1975 Employment Rights Act 1982 Equal Pay Act 1970 Equal Opportunities Act 1979

8. What is the atomic number for Osmium? 75 76 77 78

9. The volume of a fixed amount of gas is... exponentially proportionate to the effects of gravity equal to the equivalent volume of gas when in a solid state equal, irrespective of the gas inversely proportionate to the total amount of pressure applied

10. Which ONE of these is NOT a flavour of quark? Up Left Bottom Down

11. The main constituents of "Town Gas" are hydrogen, methane and what? Carbon Dioxide Butane Nitrogen Carbon Monoxide

12. Which painter created the cubist picture "De Meidegen" in 1940? Hamdorff Nibbrig Heijnckes Hulsbergen

13. Which ONE of the following food additives, when combined with molasses, is most likely to lead to an increase in cow's milk production? Fish Oil Squid Oil Whale Oil Seal Oil

14. What percentage of the earth's crust is composed of iron? Between 4 and 6% Between 8% and 10% Between 6 and 8% Between 2% and 4%

15. Sauropods reached the zenith of their evolution during which of the following periods? Permian-Triassic transition Cretaceous-Tertiary transition Triassic-Jurassic transition Jurassic-Cretaceous transition