What is the SI unit of measurement of radiation called?
A Becquerel (equal to one disintegration per second)
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In the famous equation E=mc2, what does c represent?
Speed Of Light Constant (in a vacuum)
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What is the longest (and widest) nerve in the human body, running from the lower back through the buttock into the legs?
Sciatic nerve
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What are the four types of tooth in a human mouth?
Incisor, canine, molar, premolar
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Someone with anosmia is lacking what?
A sense of smell
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What was the name of the spaceship from which the final lunar landing took place and in which year was it?
Apollo 17 in 1972
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Which four planets of the Solar System have rings?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
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In what year was the first transatlantic radio broadcast?
1901
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What is the name of the British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web in 1989?
Tim Berners-Lee
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What does the term LASER stand for?
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
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What was the name of the first supersonic passenger airliner?
Concorde
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In electronics, what does DC stand for?
Direct Current
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Which two planets in the solar system lack moons?
Mercury and Venus
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On the periodic table, what symbol stands for silver?
Ag
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How many teeth does an adult human have?
32
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Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover?
Apollo 15
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What is a material that will not carry an electrical charge called?
Insulator
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Which oath of ethics taken by doctors is named after an Ancient Greek physician?
Hippocratic Oath
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What was the name of the first man-made satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?
Sputnik 1
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How many vertebrae does the average human possess?
33
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What name is given for the number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom?
Atomic number
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What modern-day country was Marie Curie born in?
Poland
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Which famous Britsh physicist wrote A Brief History of Time?
Stephen Hawking
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Roughly how long does it take for the sun's light to reach Earth?
- 8 Seconds
- 8 Minutes
- 8 Hours
- 8 Days
8 minutes
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What, after oxygen, is the second most common component of the earth's crust?
Silicon
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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 Third Law
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Since 2016, the Periodic Table has how many confirmed elements?
118
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How many million miles away is the sun from the Earth?
93 million miles (avg)
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