kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: science-technology
Question: Free-fall is defined as a condition in which a falling object experiences acceleration due only to gravity. Therefore, in this case, the only weight acting on an object is its own weight. Which of the following is not an example of an object in free-fall?
Choices: A skydiver with an open parachute; A feather falling through a vacuum tube; The Earths orbit around the Sun; A space shuttle with the rockets off
Answer: A skydiver with an open parachute
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Question: Although gravity has been a subject of much research and scientific work, the actual cause of gravitational forces remains unknown.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Although Newtons and Einsteins theories are generally widely accepted and used in many fields of science, there are some researchers who have developed alternative theories of gravity. Which of the following is one of these theories?
Choices: Special Relativity Theory; Electromagnetic Theory; Quantum Field Theory; Brans-Dicke Theory
Answer: Brans-Dicke Theory
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Question: An object in free fall towards the Earth experiences acceleration in velocity due to gravity. This acceleration has what approximate value?
Choices: 8.1 meters per a second squared (26.6 feet per a second squared); 9.8 meters per a second squared (32 feet per a second squared); 32 meters per a second squared (9.8 meters per a second squared); 26.6 meters per a second squared (8.1 feet per a second squared)
Answer: 9.8 meters per a second squared (32 feet per a second squared)
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Question: If we measure the acceleration due to gravity at the top of Mount Everest, it will be less than the acceleration at sea level.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Artificial gravity is a simulation of gravity in outer space. There are several means by which artificial gravity can be created. Which of the following is not one of them?
Choices: Magnetism; Rotation; Acceleration; Field generators
Answer: Field generators
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Question: If 2 people are eating the same number of calories per day, the one who eats frequent small meals will lose more weight than the one who eats one large meal per day.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: A diet high in sugar and starch has more energy, so people who eat such a diet do not get as hungry as people who eat a diet low in sugar and starch.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Running a mile burns approximately 100 calories (100 Kcal).
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: How many calories (kcal) is equivalent to one pound?
Choices: 1000; 2500; 2000; 3500
Answer: 3500
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Question: What is the ideal body weight for a six-foot-tall man with average bone structure?
Choices: 220 pounds; 178 pounds; 200 pounds; 195 pounds
Answer: 178 pounds
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Question: What is the ideal body weight for a woman with average bone structure who is 5 feet 5 inches tall?
Choices: 138 pounds; 125 pounds; 115 pounds; 135 pounds
Answer: 125 pounds
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Question: The best diet is a permanent lifestyle change.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Low-fat foods contain very little if any sugar.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: A teenage girl who is very thin and obsesses about losing weight may have an eating disorder.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: It would be better to skip breakfast entirely than to eat the typical American breakfast of sausage, sweets rolls, pancakes with syrup, and eggs.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which of these correctly defines the mathematical constant pi?
Choices: The ratio of a circles area to its radius.; The ratio of a circles area to its diameter.; The ratio of a circles circumference to its diameter.; The ratio of a circles circumference to its radius.
Answer: The ratio of a circles circumference to its diameter.
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Question: References to measurements of a circular basin in the Bible (Kings 7:23), appears to give what corresponding value for pi?
Choices: 2.71828; 22/7; 3.14; 3
Answer: 3
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Question: What is the exact value of the mathematical constant pi, a real number which is in common use in mathematics, physics, and engineering?
Choices: 3.14; square root of ( 16 / (square root of 3) ); 22/7; There is no answer
Answer: There is no answer
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Question: The mathematical constant Pi can be approximated by taking a series of polygons inscribed in a circle and a series of polygons circumscribed around the circle.  Who was the first to write of this method of calculating pi?
Choices: Carl Friedrich Gauss; Archimedes; Sir Isaac Newton; Euclid
Answer: Archimedes
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Question: The mathematical constant Pi is inherently involved in which of these math problems ?
Choices: Calculating the area of polygons; Squaring the circle; Calculating the number of years it takes to double your money in an investment; Finding the optimum value for the weight of a buildings foundation
Answer: Squaring the circle
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Question: Whose was the proposal to use the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet, Ï, as a symbol for Archimedes constant, also known as Ludolphs number?
Choices: Isaac Newton; Leonhard Euler; William Jones; Archimedes
Answer: William Jones
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Question: Pi Day is celebrated by many lovers of the mathematical constant, Ï, on what date?
Choices: May 5th; January 13th; December 3rd; March 14th
Answer: March 14th
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Question: Which of these statements regarding the mathematical constant, pi is incorrect?
Choices: Pi is transcendental; People compete to see who can memorize the most digits of pi; Lars Erickson wrote a symphony based on pi; By using larger and larger computers we can one day find the exact value of pi
Answer: By using larger and larger computers we can one day find the exact value of pi
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Question: As you calculate more and more decimal places for the mathematical constant pi, you will eventually reach Feynmans Point.  Which one of these most accurately defines Feynmans Point?
Choices: The place where the decimal value of pi shows three 9s in a row; The decimal place where we have five nines in a row; The decimal place where we have six zeros in a row; The last decimal place we know
Answer: The place where the decimal value of pi shows three 9s in a row
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Question: Which of these statements regarding the mathematical constant, pi, is incorrect?
Choices: In September of 2002, Dr. Yasumasa Kanada at Tokyo University calculated pi to 1.2411trillion decimal places; There is no zero in the decimal expansion of pi; 22/7 is a good approximation for the value of pi; The first written reference to the ratio of a circles circumference to its diameter was written about 1650 b.c.e
Answer: There is no zero in the decimal expansion of pi
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Question: Waters extraordinary physical properties are a result of its chemical structure - it consists of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom bonded in what type of molecule?
Choices: Diatomic; Nonpolar; Polar; Covalent
Answer: Polar
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Question: Although it is generally described as a transparent liquid, in seas, lakes and other large water bodies, water appears blue.  What property of water is this attributed to?
Choices: Water reflects light in the red range; Water absorbs light in the red range; Water refracts light; Water radiates in the blue range
Answer: Water absorbs light in the red range
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Question: High surface tension, one of waters properties, is crucial for the survival of life on the planet, because it enables what vital process?
Choices: Dissolving of nutrients; Transport of nutrients; Recycling of nutrients; Formation of nutrients
Answer: Transport of nutrients
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Question: Water is a powerful conductor of electricity.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: A unique property of water is that its solid form, ice, does not sink as may be expected, but floats. What is the reason for this phenomenon?
Choices: The specific resistance of water to solids; Temperature differences between the solid and liquid forms; Lower volume of ice compared to liquid water; Lower density of ice compared to liquid water
Answer: Lower density of ice compared to liquid water
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Question: In meteorology, virga, a weather phenomenon typical for desert regions, is what form of precipitation?
Choices: Precipitation that evaporates before reaching the ground; Highly condensed type of precipitation; Precipitation that freezes before reaching the ground; Precipitation that has not undergone condensation
Answer: Precipitation that evaporates before reaching the ground
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Question: Water is divided into soft and hard, depending on its chemical composition. Hard water washes soap from your hands faster, because of its high contents of what?
Choices: Polar molecules; Minerals; Free electrons; Salts
Answer: Minerals
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Question: Because of its unique properties in interacting with other substances, water is often referred to as the universal what?
Choices: Stabilizer; Neutralizer; Solvent; Oxidant
Answer: Solvent
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Question: The temperature of large bodies of water tends to vary much less, compared to that of land masses, why?
Choices: Water can absorb a tremendous amount of heat; Liquids are better heat conductors; Water responds more quickly to temperature changes; Sunlight penetrates water more easily
Answer: Water can absorb a tremendous amount of heat
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Question: This intricate name, given to water, is a common hoax to misleadingly present water as a dangerous and harmful compound.
Choices: Decaborane; Diborane; Disilane; Dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO)
Answer: Dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO)
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Question: Rain forests are home to approximately what percentage of all the living animal and plant species on the planet?
Choices: 12%; 24%; 65%; 80%
Answer: 65%
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Question: Which of the following is typical for the Rainforest trees and cannot be seen in trees at higher latitudes?
Choices: Large leaves; Fleshy fruits; Cauliflory; Thin bark
Answer: Cauliflory
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Question: Extract from the Periwinkle plant is one of the worlds most powerful drugs, used to fight this disease.
Choices: Cancer; Hepatitis B; AIDS; Psoriosis
Answer: Cancer
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Question: The Toco Toucans strange appearance is due this.
Choices: Its movement; Its eyes; Its bill; Its feathers
Answer: Its bill
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Question: What does the scientific name of the King cobra, Ophiophagus, mean?
Choices: Royal snake; Elephant killer; Deadly reptile; Snake eater
Answer: Snake eater
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Question: The source of the Amazon, the widest river in the world, is located in this area of Peru.
Choices: Arequipa; Lima; Juliaca; Calillona
Answer: Calillona
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Question: 123facts.com is a great site, isnt it? But do you know what the .com part stands for?
Choices: Competition; Composition; Commercial; Communication
Answer: Commercial
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Question: Which domain is used by European Union institutions?
Choices: .ue; .ee; .eu; .ec
Answer: .eu
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Question: Who may use the .gov domain?
Choices: Governments of any country (payment goes to UN funds); Governors of US states; US federal agencies; Governments of any country (free)
Answer: US federal agencies
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Question: If 123facts.de existed, in which language would the quizzes most likely be written?
Choices: French; Danish; Spanish; German
Answer: German
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Question: What is the most likely suffix of a web page established by a Scottish company or individual?
Choices: .gb; .sc; .uk; .br
Answer: .uk
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Question: The .aq domain name is reserved to which of the following?
Choices: Organizations that work in or promote Antarctica; Countries that have Arctic Ocean shore (Canada, Greenland, Norway, Russia and USA); Citizens of Antigua and Barbuda; Anyone who pays to the appropriate authority of Argentina
Answer: Organizations that work in or promote Antarctica
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Question: Which domain name is owned by Spain?
Choices: .es; Spain is the only country without a national domain; .sp; .hi
Answer: .es
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Question: If you established Trivia TV and wanted a web site in the .tv domain, which of the following would earn some money?
Choices: Tuvalu; BBC; Taiwan; CNN
Answer: Tuvalu
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Question: Which of the following owns the .fm domain name that is popular among radio stations?
Choices: International Broadcasters Union; Federated States of Micronesia; France; Mexico
Answer: Federated States of Micronesia
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Question: Which country owns the .ie domain name?
Choices: Ireland; Northern Ireland (Ulster); Israel; Iceland
Answer: Ireland
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Question: What is the most likely suffix of the email address of someone who is Dutch?
Choices: .nl; .hl; .ho; .du
Answer: .nl
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Question: I am from a country in Central Europe. Which domain name do I most likely type to access pages in my native language?
Choices: .pg; .pk; .pa; .pl
Answer: .pl
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Question: What is the chemical symbol for Boron?
Choices: B; Bn; Br; Bo
Answer: B
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Question: What is the chemical symbol for Iron?
Choices: In; Fr; Fe; I
Answer: Fe
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Question: What is the chemical symbol for Lanthanum?
Choices: Ln; La; L; Lt
Answer: La
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Question: What is the chemical symbol for Thorium?
Choices: Th; T; Fe; Tr
Answer: Th
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Question: What is the symbol for Americium?
Choices: Am; Ag; Au; Ac
Answer: Am
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Question: What is the chemical symbol of Einsteinium, a rare earth metal named after Albert Einstein.
Choices: Es; Et; Ei; E
Answer: Es
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Question: What is the chemical symbol for Ytterbium?
Choices: Ye; Ym; Yb; Yt
Answer: Yb
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Question: What is the chemical symbol for Uranium?
Choices: Ua; U; Ur; Un
Answer: U
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Question: What is the chemical symbol for Vanadium?
Choices: V; Va; Vn; Vd
Answer: V
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Question: The lightest baby weighed this much.
Choices: 17.63 ounce (500 g); 0.70 ounce (20 g); 3.88 ounce (110 g); 9.87 ounce (280 g)
Answer: 9.87 ounce (280 g)
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Question: This is the length of the worlds longest documented hair.
Choices: 13.77 feet (4.2 m); 23.95 feet (7.3 m); 6.56 feet (2.0 m); 18.37 feet  (5.6 m)
Answer: 18.37 feet  (5.6 m)
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Question: The oldest male stripper was that old when the record was documented.
Choices: 78; 65; 101; 54
Answer: 65
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Question: The greatest age to which any man has ever lived is this.
Choices: 134 years; 162 years; 120 years; 104 years
Answer: 120 years
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Question: In 1993 the Scottish hotel-owner Campbell Aird received a bionic organ, which was the first of its kind. This is the organ.
Choices: Ear; Arm; Leg; Eye
Answer: Arm
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Question: This is the length of the longest fingernails.
Choices: 14.10 feet (4.3 m); 10.49 feet (3.2 m); 24.60 feet (7.5 m); 27.23 feet (8.3 m)
Answer: 24.60 feet (7.5 m)
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Question: This is the most rare disease.
Choices: Smallpox; Brain tumor; Schizophrenia; Glaucoma
Answer: Smallpox
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Question: The longest coma lasted approximately this long.
Choices: 2 years; 11 months; 24 years; 37 years
Answer: 37 years
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Question: This is the biggest number of transplanted organs in a person.
Choices: 7; 2; 4; 11
Answer: 4
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Question: Roy C Sullivan survived this number of lighting strikes.
Choices: 12; 7; 3; 47
Answer: 7
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Question: Dinosaurs appeared about 230 million years ago during the Triassic period and became extinct about 160 million years later, during the Cretaceous period. What is the period which marked the peak of dinosaurs reign on land referred to?
Choices: Dinosaurian; Carboniferous; Jurassic; Permian
Answer: Jurassic
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Question: Despite the fierce image movies have attributed to dinosaurs, approximately this percent of dinosaurs fed on plants and were quite peaceful.
Choices: 65 %; 20 %; 52 %; 90 %
Answer: 65 %
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Question: It is interesting to note that contrary to popular belief, by scientific definiton, there were no dinosaurs of this type.
Choices: flying dinosaurs; neither flying nor marine dinosaurs; cold-blooded dinosaurs; marine dinosaurs
Answer: neither flying nor marine dinosaurs
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Question: What was the most impressive feature of the Stegosaurus appearance, which makes it the most easily identifiable dinosaur even for the non-expert observer?
Choices: Long neck; Kite-shaped plates; Enormous tail; Long curved horns
Answer: Kite-shaped plates
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Question: Popularized by the Jurassic Park movie, velociraptors were relatively small carnivorous dinosaurs, which had evolved to be the perfect killers. What feature of their body in particular, helped them become such effective hunters?
Choices: A massive jaw; A strong tail with spikes; Two rows of teeth; An extra claw on their hind limbs
Answer: An extra claw on their hind limbs
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Question: These are compounds that help protect cells from free radicals.
Choices: calories; phytochemicals; nutrients; antioxidants
Answer: antioxidants
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Question: What is the name for all the chemical reactions that take place in the body?
Choices: nutrition; metabolism; absorption; digestion
Answer: metabolism
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Question: Where does the majority of nutrient absorption take place?
Choices: mouth; small intestine; liver; large intestine
Answer: small intestine
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Question: You shouldnt wash berries before you store them.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Animal foods generally contain more saturated fats that plant foods.
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: Yes
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Question: Which of the following is high in Vitamin E?
Choices: Liver; Eggs; Peas; Sunflower seeds
Answer: Sunflower seeds
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Question: If you needed a good source of iron, this food would be the best.
Choices: Peas; Broccoli; Salt; Liver
Answer: Liver
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Question: About how much of an adult humans body is water?
Choices: 40%; 60%; 30%; 70%
Answer: 60%
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Question: Can overnutrition cause malnutrition?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
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Question: Consuming too much alcohol can raise fats in the blood.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: There are 12 astronomical constellations.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: This term refers to a celestial body that resembles a star but does not emit light, because it is too small to ignite internal nuclear fusion.
Choices: Neutron Star; Brown Dwarf; White Dwarf; Protostar
Answer: Brown Dwarf
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Question: This astronomical term refers to the outermost layer of the sun, which is a low density cloud of plasma, with higher transparency than the inner layers.
Choices: Chromosphere; Photosphere; Corona; Solar Wind
Answer: Corona
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Question: This chemical element is the final element produced by stellar nucleosynthesis and the heaviest element which does not require a supernova for its formation.
Choices: Lead; Carbon; Oxygen; Iron
Answer: Iron
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Question: This star, the second brightest star in the constellation Orion, is a red supergiant.
Choices: Spica; Pollux; Betelgeuse; Sirius
Answer: Betelgeuse
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Question: This constellation in the Northern Hemisphere was named after a Greek mythological figure, whose name is translated as ruler over men.
Choices: Centaurus; Cassiopeia; Andromeda; Hercules
Answer: Andromeda
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Question: Not all rain reaches the Earths surface.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Convective rain occurs in regions with what daytime whether?
Choices: Dry during the day; Cold during the day; Hot during the day; Moist during the day
Answer: Hot during the day
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Question: Rain below what pH is considered acid rain?
Choices: 5.6; 6.5; 6.8; 7.5
Answer: 5.6
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Question: Who was the first person to study the shape of a raindrop in 1898?
Choices: Philipp Drimsev; Philipp Lenard; Allton Kertsky; Raymond Hasdroff
Answer: Philipp Lenard
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Question: Too much rainfall can kill plants, just like a drought.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What does IC stand for in a computer?
Choices: Integrated Circuit; Integrated Chip; InterChip; InterCircuit
Answer: Integrated Circuit
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Question: What does RAM stand for?
Choices: ReadAble Memory; Random Access Memory; Raise All Memory; Erase All Memory
Answer: Random Access Memory
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Question: What does the ROM part of a CD-ROM stand for?
Choices: Erase Only Memory; Read Only Memory; Nothing; Romial Memory
Answer: Read Only Memory
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Question: How are hard drives and floppy disks read?
Choices: Laser; Beam of Nuclear Radiation; Magnetically; Sensor
Answer: Magnetically
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Question: How are CDs and DVDs read?
Choices: Sensor; Laser; Beam of Nuclear Radiation; Magnetically
Answer: Laser
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Question: Why is Blue Ray better than Red Ray/Laser?
Choices: It is stronger.; It gets damaged less.; It can read more memory.; It has more memory.
Answer: It can read more memory.
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Question: What is the big green board in the computer called?
Choices: motherboard; daughter card; father card; son board
Answer: motherboard
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Question: What are the little green boards in the computer called?
Choices: son boards; daughter cards; father cards; motherboards
Answer: daughter cards
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Question: What is the hottest part of the computer?
Choices: Fan; RAM; CPU; Hard Drive
Answer: CPU
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Question: What is the long term memory of the computer?
Choices: Networking Cards; RAM; Motherboards; Hard Drive
Answer: Hard Drive
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Question: Cultural anthropology was one of the two classical divisions of anthropology. What was the other one?
Choices: Physical Anthropology; Urban Anthropology; Variated Anthropology; Social Anthropology
Answer: Physical Anthropology
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Question: What does the Greek prefix anthro refer to?
Choices: study of; Science; Sameness; Mankind
Answer: Mankind
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Question: What does the Latin prefix homo refer to?
Choices: Sameness; Mankind; Study of; Science
Answer: Mankind
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Question: What does the prefix pithe refer to?
Choices: Human; Ape; Invertebrate; Mammal
Answer: Ape
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Question: Who is considered to be the father of anthropology?
Choices: Louis Leakey; Franz Boas; Robert Bloom; Eugene Dubois
Answer: Franz Boas
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Question: What does australo mean?
Choices: South Africa; South; The Australian Outback; Australia
Answer: South
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Question: What does the suffix lith refer to (as in Neolithic Age)?
Choices: Stone; Iron; Copper; Early tools
Answer: Stone
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Question: What is the meaning of the prefix paleo (as in the Paleolithic Age)?
Choices: Meso; New; Modern; Old
Answer: Old
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Question: What does the term Homo erectus mean?
Choices: a man who is able to stand upright; a creature that has the ability to reason; a man who can make tools; a hominid
Answer: a man who is able to stand upright
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Question: What is the subject of study of paleoanthropology?
Choices: ancient human  fossils; the earliest human discoveries and accomplishments; older people; old cultures and societies
Answer: ancient human  fossils
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Question: In 1924, Raymond Dart discovered a fossil which he called Australopithecanthropus africanis.  What is the meaning of the name?
Choices: None of these; The old man from Australia; The man from the Mesolithic Age; The ape man from southern Africa
Answer: The ape man from southern Africa
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Question: Who found and named  the first Homo Erectus in 1891?
Choices: Eugene Dubois; Franz Boas; Louis and Mary Leakey; David Johannson
Answer: Eugene Dubois
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Question: Which fossil was proved to be a hoax?
Choices: Cro-Magnon Man; Neanderthal Man; Kennewick Man; Piltdown Man
Answer: Piltdown Man
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Question: The earliest known European example of Homo sapiens was discovered in 1868 and was given what name?
Choices: Cro Magnon Man; Neaanderthal Man; Austrlopithecus; Peking Man
Answer: Cro Magnon Man
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Question: The Peking Man is an example of what species of the genus Homo?
Choices: Homo sapiens; Pithecanthropus; Homo erectus; Homo habilis
Answer: Homo erectus
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Question: What does the abbreviation AIDS actually stand for?
Choices: Acute immune deficiency symptom; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Acute immune deficient syndrome; Acquired immune deficient symptom
Answer: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
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Question: In 1981 people with AIDS were diagnosed with the term GRID. What did GRID mean?
Choices: Great Risk of Immune Disease; Grave Risk of Immune Deficiency; Gay-Related Immune Deficiency; Grievous Ravishing Immune Disease
Answer: Gay-Related Immune Deficiency
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Question: Which of the following statements about AIDS is true?
Choices: AIDS can be transmitted through casual contact with an HIV-positive person.; You cant get AIDS through oral sex.; HIV does not actually cause AIDS.; You cant get AIDS from a mosquito bite.
Answer: You cant get AIDS from a mosquito bite.
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Question: The Central Common Chimpanzee, native to Cameroon, is known to be the origin of which of the viruses causing AIDS?
Choices: HIV-2; HIV-1; All of these; HIV-3
Answer: HIV-1
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Question: Who distributed the first red ribbon as an anti-AIDS symbol?
Choices: Freddie Mercury; Diana, Princess of Wales; Paul Jabara; Elton John
Answer: Paul Jabara
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Question: Which of these regions is most affected by AIDS, as about 60% of all the HIV-infected people in the world live there?
Choices: Latin America; Sub-Saharan Africa; East Asia; Western Europe
Answer: Sub-Saharan Africa
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Question: Which line contains only names of people who have or had AIDS?
Choices: Jim Morrison, Bob Marley; Magic Johnson, Isaac Asimov; Tony Richardson, Kurt Cobain; Freddie Mercury, Jimi Hendrix
Answer: Magic Johnson, Isaac Asimov
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Question: What day is internationally recognised and annually observed as World AIDS Day?
Choices: June 1; April 5; December 1; May 1
Answer: December 1
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Question: This non-government anti-AIDS organization was founded by Bono and Bobby Shriver in 2002 with start up capital from Bill Gates.
Choices: Live Aid; Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa; Band Aid; USA for Africa
Answer: Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa
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Question: When a heterosexual couple has sex using a latex condom, what can create risk of HIV-infection?
Choices: The condoms tentacles; Nothing; Water-based lubricants; Oil-based lubricants
Answer: Oil-based lubricants
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Question: How many continents are generally considered to be there on Earth?
Choices: 4; 6; 5; 7
Answer: 7
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Question: The Earths atmosphere comprises of which two main elements?
Choices: Oxygen and Hydrogen; Hydrogen and Oxone; Oxygen and Nitrogen; Nitrogen and Hydrogen
Answer: Oxygen and Nitrogen
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Question: What was the name of the Earths first artificial satellite?
Choices: Telstar 1; Telos 1; Sputnik 1; Explorer 1
Answer: Sputnik 1
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Question: How long does it take for the planet Earth to orbit the Sun once?
Choices: 365 Days; 2 Years; 8 Months; 24 Hours
Answer: 365 Days
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Question: How long is one day on planet Earth?
Choices: About 26 hours; About 24 hours; About 36 hours; About 22 hours
Answer: About 24 hours
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Question: Which planet in the Solar System is sometimes referred to as Earths sister planet?
Choices: Mercury; Mars; Pluto; Venus
Answer: Venus
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Question: The Earth orbits the Sun at an average distance of how many million miles?
Choices: 42; 93; 89; 101
Answer: 93
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Question: What percentage of the Earths surface is covered by water?
Choices: Exactly 50%; Roughly 25%; Roughly 50%; Roughly 70%
Answer: Roughly 70%
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Question: Scientists estimate that the Earth and the Solar System were formed how long ago?
Choices: 100 million years; 4.5 billion years; 10 billion years; 3.5 billion years
Answer: 4.5 billion years
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Question: This famous mathematicianâs main interest was set theory. He is famous for his diagonal methodâ of proof.
Choices: Euler; Goedel; Cantor; Gauss
Answer: Cantor
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Question: Although he is known primarily as a physicist, Albert Einstein did make at least one very important contribution to modern mathematics. In which field was this contribution?
Choices: Tensor analysis; Differential topology; Theory of groups; Partial differential equations
Answer: Tensor analysis
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Question: On a plane, a map is drawn so that the border of any two intersecting areas is more than just one point. You wish to color the map so that two intersecting area have different colors.  What is the minimal number of colors you will need to color any such map?
Choices: 8; 3; 2; 4
Answer: 4
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Question: In mathematics, 6!â is read as six factorialâ. Calculate 6!
Choices: 24; 720; 120; 21
Answer: 720
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Question: A âcombination lockâ has three integers. Each integer is a member of this set: {0, 1, 2, 3, 4,}. How many such locks with different combinations can be made?
Choices: 21; 125; 15; 120
Answer: 125
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Question: A pair of fair dice are rolled and the numbers on the dice are added. What is the probability that you will roll a seven?
Choices: 6 out of 36; 7 out of 36; 13 out of 36; 2 out of 6
Answer: 6 out of 36
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Question: What function is equal to its derivative?
Choices: y = e ^ x; y = log x; y = cos x; y = sin x
Answer: y = e ^ x
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Question: Which mathematician proved that every angle can be trisected?
Choices: Aristarcus; Euclid; No one ever could; Gauss
Answer: No one ever could
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Question: What do mathematicians call a quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides?
Choices: A trapezoid; A square; A rectangle; An ellipse
Answer: A trapezoid
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Question: If you multiply any six consecutive whole numbers the product will be divisible by 8.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Both Newton and Leibnitz claimed credit for inventingâ calculus. Which statement about calculus is true?
Choices: Whoever invented it, we use Leibnitz notation.; Gauss really invented it.; Euler really invented it.; Whoever invented it, we use Newtonâs notation.
Answer: Whoever invented it, we use Leibnitz notation.
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Question: Find the mode of this list of numbers: 0,0,0,1,0,3,6,8,0.
Choices: 1; 0; 2; 3
Answer: 0
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Question: Who was the first US President to publish a mathematical proof?
Choices: Benjamin Pierce; Thomas Jefferson; James Garfield; Herbert Hoover
Answer: James Garfield
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Question: The testes contain very fine coiled tubes known as the seminal vesicles.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What maintains the male secondary sex characteristics?
Choices: epididymis; androgen; vas deferens; testes
Answer: androgen
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Question: What is the male reproductive organ which secretes an alkaline fluid?
Choices: seminal vesicle; prostate gland; cowpers gland; penis
Answer: prostate gland
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Question: The seminal vesicle opens into which of the following?
Choices: vas deferens; cowpers gland; penis; urethra
Answer: urethra
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Question: Urine and semen are expelled in the urethra.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What is the symbol for Vanadium?
Choices: Vd; V; Vn; Va
Answer: V
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Question: What is the symbol for Polonium?
Choices: Pl; Pn; P; Po
Answer: Po
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Question: What is the symbol for Magnesium?
Choices: Mg; M; Mn; Ma
Answer: Mg
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Question: What is the symbol for Niobium?
Choices: Ni; N; Nb; No
Answer: Nb
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Question: What is the symbol for Gold?
Choices: Au; Ao; G; Gd
Answer: Au
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Question: What is the symbol for Cobalt?
Choices: Co; Ct; C; Cb
Answer: Co
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Question: What is the symbol for Iron?
Choices: Fe; I; Ir; Fi
Answer: Fe
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Question: What is the symbol for Thallium?
Choices: Ta; Tl; Th; T
Answer: Tl
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Question: What is the symbol for Helium?
Choices: He; Hi; Hl; H
Answer: He
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Question: What is the symbol for Copper?
Choices: Cp; Cu; Co; C
Answer: Cu
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Question: Grasslands cover this part of land on Earth.
Choices: 1/2th; 1/17th; 1/10th; 1/5th
Answer: 1/5th
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Question: Scallops live a sedentary live and never move around.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Deserts are advancing and taking over the land. For instance, in Mali the desert is advancing at this speed.
Choices: 37 miles per year; 4 miles per year; 11 miles per year; 23 miles per year
Answer: 11 miles per year
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Question: The Antarctic ozone hole reached one of its largest ever sizes in September 2000 when it was 11.5 million square miles (29,784,863 square km).
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which of these products takes more than 30 years to biodegrade?
Choices: Cigarette filters; Leather shoes; Nylon fabric; Paper
Answer: Nylon fabric
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Question: Acid rain is defined as rain with a pH of below this.
Choices: 8.6; 5.6; 2.6; 11.6
Answer: 5.6
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Question: Many credit this book by Rachel Carson with launching the environmentalist movement.
Choices: Soft Spring; Silent Spring; White Spring; Our Spring
Answer: Silent Spring
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Question: Wood, water, air, wax, natural gas, paper, cardboard and leather are all renewable resources.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Every day this number of species of plants and animals become extinct.
Choices: 140 - 200; 50 - 100; 250 - 350; 10 - 20
Answer: 50 - 100
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Question: In the winter of 1998-1999 this U.S. state broke the record of Mt. Ranier from 1971-1972 for the largest amount of cumulative snowfall in history.
Choices: Washington; Maine; Montana; Alaska
Answer: Washington
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Question: In Africa, a certain type of chimpanzees have been observed making snowballs.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What term is used by skiers to describe wet granular snow?
Choices: Goobers; Corn; Clumps; Snow peas
Answer: Corn
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Question: Choose the statement about watermelon snow that is not true.
Choices: Watermelon snow is pink in color.; Watermelon snow is created when the suns rays reflect off of it.; Watermelon snow is caused by red colored algae.; Watermelon snow smells like watermelon.
Answer: Watermelon snow is created when the suns rays reflect off of it.
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Question: What is the known top speed that a snow avalanche can reach?
Choices: 85 mph (135 km/h); 45 mph (72 km/h); 30 mph (48 km/h); 60 mph (95 km/h)
Answer: 60 mph (95 km/h)
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Question: During World War I approximately how many soldiers died as a result of avalanches?
Choices: 25,000; 60,000; 10,000; 40,000
Answer: 60,000
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Question: What scale is used only to describe hurricanes forming in the Atlantic Ocean and northern Pacific Ocean?
Choices: Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale; Hamilton-Norwood scale; Beaufort scale; Fujita scale
Answer: Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
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Question: Which of these is classified on the Hamilton-Norwood scale?
Choices: fatigue; male hair loss; blood pressure; headache
Answer: male hair loss
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Question: What is the name of the scale created by an entomologist who had been stung by almost every type of bee, ant, and wasp?
Choices: Kardashev Sting Pain Scale; Shwan Sting Pain Scale; Schmidt Sting Pain Scale; Ludwig Sting Pain Scale
Answer: Schmidt Sting Pain Scale
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Question: Who proposed a general method of classifying how technologically advanced a civilization is?
Choices: Fujita; Tanner; Malinas; Kardashev
Answer: Kardashev
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Question: The Scoville scale is used to measure the hotness of what?
Choices: Magma; Sun rays; Chilli peppers; Internal combustion engines
Answer: Chilli peppers
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Question: This scale was originally used to determine the level of consciousness after head trauma.
Choices: Johnson Coma Scale; Barnes Akathisia Coma  Scale; Miller Coma Scale; Glasgow Coma Scale
Answer: Glasgow Coma Scale
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Question: The absolute hardness of a diamond  measures 1500, on which scale?
Choices: Grubers scale of mineral hardness; Hans scale of mineral hardness; Abels scale of mineral hardness; Mohs scale of mineral hardness
Answer: Mohs scale of mineral hardness
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Question: What scale is used by astronomers to rate the potential hazard of impact of a near-earth object?
Choices: Boston Impact Hazard Scale; Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale; Genoa Technical Impact Hazard Scale; Urbino Impact Hazard Scale
Answer: Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale
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Question: Which of the following is a description of an earthquake with magnitude 4.9 according to the Richter Scale?
Choices: Can cause serious damage in areas several hundred miles across.; Often felt, but rarely causes damage.; Microearthquakes, not felt.; Noticeable shaking of indoor items, rattling noises. Significant damage unlikely.
Answer: Noticeable shaking of indoor items, rattling noises. Significant damage unlikely.
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Question: What scale measures the sexual orientation from 0 (exclusively heterosexual) to 6 (exclusively homosexual?
Choices: Johnas scale; Kinsey Scale; James Scale; Jacobs Scale
Answer: Kinsey Scale
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Question: The term hurricane indicates a tropical storm which occurs in the northern hemisphere, whereas this term refers to the southern hemisphere.
Choices: Disturbance; Typhoon; Depression; Cyclone
Answer: Cyclone
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Question: A tropical storm with sustained winds exceeding 33 meters per second, which occurs in the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the dateline, is called this.
Choices: Severe tropical cyclone; Hurricane; Typhoon; Severe cyclonic storm
Answer: Typhoon
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Question: One of the factors necessary for the formation of a tropical cyclone is a warm sea surface to a certain depth.  As a minimum, how warm should the sea surface be and to what depth?
Choices: 5.5 C (41.9 F) to a depth of  100 meters (328 ft); 15 C (59 F) to a depth of 25 meters (82 ft); 26.5 C (79.7 F) to a depth of 50 meters (164 ft); 35.5 C (95.9 F) to a depth of  100 meters (328 ft)
Answer: 26.5 C (79.7 F) to a depth of 50 meters (164 ft)
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Question: Worldwide, tropical cyclone activity peaks towards the end of which season and why?
Choices: Summer, because water temperatures are warmest; Spring, due to the rapid worming of water; Fall, as temperature rapidly falls, waters remain warm; Winter, due to the delta between air and water temperatures
Answer: Summer, because water temperatures are warmest
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Question: The Fujita scale rates a tornados intensity by the damage it inflicts on human-built structures, this scale classifies hurricanes by the intensity of their sustained winds.
Choices: Saffir-Simpson scale; Beaufort scale; Kardashev scale; Hamilton-Norwood scale
Answer: Saffir-Simpson scale
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Question: Which of the following statements best describes a storm surge?
Choices: Onshore rush of water associated with a low pressure weather system; Sudden and rapid increase of the intensity of a storm; Expansion of the hurricanes eye; Windstorm characterized by a twisting, funnel-shaped cloud
Answer: Onshore rush of water associated with a low pressure weather system
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Question: While the number of storms in the Atlantic has increased in past years, this does not seem to be a global trend.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Anemometers, from the Greek word anemos meaning wind, can be used to measure this.
Choices: Winds Pressure and Velocity; Winds Moisture and Velocity; Winds Velocity; Winds Pressure
Answer: Winds Pressure and Velocity
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Question: In a tropical cyclone, this area is characterized with the strongest winds, the tallest clouds, and the heaviest rain.
Choices: Eye; Warm core; Outflow; Eyewall
Answer: Eyewall
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Question: Which of these economic terms does not denote restriction of international trade, i.e. the free flow of goods between nations?
Choices: Trade quotas; The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; Non-tariff trade barriers; Import tariffs
Answer: The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
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Question: What factor is the reason for economists to believe that countries are gradually becoming more economically interdependent?
Choices: There are many multinational corporations that design, manufacture, and sell products around the world.; Global trade is largely aided by the constant progress of technologies.; All of these; Financial markets in many countries have been opened to participants from foreign countries.
Answer: All of these
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Question: International trade is an important part of world economy.  Which statement about international trade is not true?
Choices: Globalization is a process closely related to international trade.; Large countries depend more on trade than smaller countries do.; Communist and socialist nations tend to aspire to complete lack of international trade (autarky).; Free trade is most strongly supported by the economically powerful nation in the world.
Answer: Large countries depend more on trade than smaller countries do.
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Question: In economics, the Law of Supply is the direct opposite of the Law of Demand. Which of the following correlations best describes the Law of Supply?
Choices: If the price is high, demand will exceed supply.; If the price is low, supply will always be inadequate for the demand.; The higher the price, the lower the quantity supplied.; The higher the price, the larger the quantity supplied.
Answer: The higher the price, the larger the quantity supplied.
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Question: Suppose that an increase in the price of good Y results in an increase in the demand for good X. This phenomenon is an example of which effect in economics?
Choices: The income effect; The supply effect; The substitution effect; The demand effect.
Answer: The substitution effect
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Question: Having in mind the demand and supply laws, what will happen to the equilibrium of price and quantity of automobiles if wages of workers manufacturing them increase?
Choices: Price will increase; quantity will decrease.; Price will decrease; quantity will increase.; Price will increase; quantity will increase; Price will decrease; quantity will decrease
Answer: Price will increase; quantity will decrease.
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Question: Elasticity is a term in economics which refers to the proportional change in two variables related to each other. For example, if you earn $80,000 a year and use cable TV service that costs you $100 per year, your demand for the cable service is likely to be what?
Choices: Inelastic; Perfectly inelastic; Elastic; Perfectly elastic
Answer: Inelastic
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Question: The phenomenon that leads individual consumers and producers to equilibrium with the market is defined by which term in economics?
Choices: The invisible hand; The free-rider problem; The price ceiling; Government regulations
Answer: The invisible hand
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Question: An effective minimum price imposed by the government, called price floor in economics, is usually expected to result in what?
Choices: Surplus; Increased demand; Decreased supply; Shortage
Answer: Surplus
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Question: What is the nearest star to the Sun?
Choices: Deneb; Vega; Proxima Centuori; Polaris
Answer: Proxima Centuori
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Question: In 1928, the International Astronomical Union divided the sky into how many official constellations?
Choices: 77; 99; 55; 88
Answer: 88
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Question: What is the apparent path of the sun around the sky called?
Choices: Revolution; Zodiac; Corona; Ecliptic
Answer: Ecliptic
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Question: At how many approximate degrees does Venus appear from the sun?
Choices: 78; 35; 46; 55
Answer: 46
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Question: Name the point where an objects orbit passes through the plane of Earths orbit.
Choices: Node; Apogee; Prominence; Perigee
Answer: Node
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Question: The moon phases are the result of the moons rotation around the Earth, causing us to see different parts of the moons surface lit by the sun.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What is the name for a band of the celestial sphere centered on the ecliptic and encircling the sky?
Choices: Vernal Equinox; Zodiac; Photosphere; Corona
Answer: Zodiac
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Question: Summer Solstice is the point on the celestial sphere where the sun is at its most northerly point.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True