Louise Brown was the first 'test-tube baby' - in which year was she born?
1978
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What is the boiling point of water in degrees Fahrenheit at sea level?
212�F
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In which two parts of the body would you find 'phalanges'?
Hands and feet
Toe and finger bones
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What mode of transportation was invented by Christopher Cokerill in 1955?
The Hovercraft
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Hydrogen is number 1 in the periodic table of the elements. What is number 2?
Helium
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What is the more common name for the clavicle?
Collarbone
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How many times does the International Space Station see the sun rise each day?
- 16
- 20
- 24
16
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In geology there are 3 main rock types. Metamorphic and Igneous are two of them. What is the third?
Sedimentary
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What is Hypoglycemia the medical term for?
Low Blood Sugar
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To be classed as a category one hurricane, what is the minimum speed the winds of a storm must be able to sustain for at least 1 minute in MPH?
74 MPH
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In computer terminology, what does the acronym RAM stand for?
Random Access Memory
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Which modern scientific 7 letter word is Latin for amount?
Quantum
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Which planet in our solar system has the highest density?
Earth
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How many chambers does the human heart have?
4
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Where in the human body would the limbic system be found?
The Brain
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Which is hotter - the surface of the sun, or a bolt of lightning?
Lightning
about 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun, although vastly less than the center of the sun which is about 27 million degrees fahrenheit
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The Beaufort Wind Force Scale ranges from zero up to which number, representing a hurricane?
12
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True or False - The mass of the planet Jupiter is about 2.5 times the combined mass of all the other planets in the solar system combined?
TRUE
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Which has the largest wingspan of any living bird?
Albatross (Wandering Albatross)
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The chemical element fermium (Fm) was named after which physicist?
Enrico Fermi
He was the creator of the worlds first nuclear reactor
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Which planet in the night sky is brightest, as seen from Earth?
Venus
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Where in the human body are the 'ossicles'?
In the ear
the three bones in the middle ear, more commonly known as the hammer, anvil and stirrup.
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In which year was Halley's Comet last visible from Earth?
- 1986
- 1987
- or 1988
1986
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Which of Newton's 3 laws of motion is summed up by the statement 'For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.'?
Newton�s 3rd Law
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Most of your phones and/or cameras will have an SD, or microSD card in them for storing files. What does SD stand for?
Secure Digital
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What was the name of the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the moon?
Luna 2
(also known as Lunik 2) in 1959 - Apollo 11 was in 1969 and was the first manned mission
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In computing, what does the acronym BIOS stand for?
Basic Input/Output System
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If a chemical has a pH level of 0, which of these is it?
- Acid
- Alkaline
- Neutral
Acid
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When it was created in the 1960's, this piece of technology was called the 'X-Y Position Indicator for Display Systems'. What is it known as today?
A Mouse
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