What name is given to the elementary particle believed to have been finally identified at CERN in 2012?
Higgs Boson
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What do the initials USB stand for in computing?
Universal Serial Bus
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Which science deals with the measurement and calibration of the earth and its surface and gravitational field?
Geodetics
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In which state did a massive volcanic eruption occur in the US at Mount St Helens in 1980, with fifty-seven lives lost, despite a comprehensive evacuation programme?
Washington State
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Whose binomial theorem applied mathematics to gambling games and developed the notion of betting odds?
Blaise Pascal
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Which head of the Lyceum in Athens published Historia Plantarum, the ?rst serious treatise on botany?
Theophrastus
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By what name is N-acetyl-S-methoxy tryptamine better known?
Melatonin
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Which component of the limbic system processes human emotions and memories?
Amygdala
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Which English chemist discovered the most elements?
Humphry Davy
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Who is best known for his theory of black holes?
Stephen Hawking
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Zn is the symbol of which chemical element?
Zinc
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What is the hard, set polymer used in old-fashioned telephones and electrical insulators?
Bakelite
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What typically makes up between 0.5% and 3% of the dry weight of tobacco?
Nicotine
An absence of the SRY gene means what for a human being?
It means the human is a female
the presence of the sex-determining region Y gene is the specific factor which leads to maleness in mammals
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What is the measure of electrical charge?
Coulomb
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Particle accelerators were first devised so scientists could reproduce what conditions?
Those of the Big Bang
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The chemical symbol Y denotes which uncommon metal?
Yttrium
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Which side of the brain would be mostly used to evaluate whether a new wardrobe fits into the space available in a bedroom?
Right side
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Which European capital city is contained in the common name for calcium sulphate hemihydrate?
Paris
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4 chemical elements begin with the letter I. Name them.
Indium, Iodine, Iridium, and Iron
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7 elements on the period table begin with the letter B. Name as many as you can.
Barium, Berkelium, Beryllium, Bismuth, Bohrium, Boron, Bromine
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What is the drawback to superconductors that makes them largely unviable for commercial use?
They only operate at extremely cold temperatures
well below even the coldest air temperature
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Carrots are good for your eyesight: true or false?
TRUE
Carrots are a source of retinal, which help the light absorb light energy, carrots won't make eyesight sharper but it will improve the ocular health
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What are Eagle, Intrepid, Antares, Falcon, Orion and Challenger?
The six lunar modules to carry astronauts to the moon's surface
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Who discovered oxygen before Joseph Priestley and chlorine before Humphry Davy, but failed to publish and never got the credit?
Swedish scientist Karl Scheele
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What was the profession of Edwin Hubble in Pasadena in the 1920s?
Astronomer
he was based at the Mount Wilson Observatory and used the vast Hooker telescope to expand our knowledge of the universe
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In which field did Austrian monk Gregor Mendel's study of plants lead to major breakthroughs?
Genetics or heredity
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What is the most common blood type worldwide?
O Positive
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