kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
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Question: This celebrity had a twin brother who died at birth.
Choices: Madonna; Michael Jackson; Elton John; Elvis Presley
Answer: Elvis Presley
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Question: The family of Fyodor Vassilyev from Russia had a record number of children. His wife gave birth to this number of twin couples.
Choices: 28; 16; 9; 23
Answer: 16
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Question: It is said that twins develop their own language, called this.
Choices: Idioglossia; Sindarin; Quenya; Klingon
Answer: Idioglossia
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Question: If a doctor prescibes a medicine and the prescription reads, Instill 2 - 3 gtts in OD bid.  What does OD mean?
Choices: Left ear; Right ear; Right eye; Left eye
Answer: Right eye
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Question: What color is Arterial Blood?
Choices: Purple; Bright Red; Reddish Purple; Dark Red
Answer: Bright Red
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Question: What lobe in the brain is responsible for retaining verbal memory?
Choices: Left Parietal Lobe; Left Temporal Lobe; Right Temporal Lobe; Right Parietal Lobe
Answer: Left Temporal Lobe
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Question: The aorta carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Which of the following disorders is not of the Endocrine System?
Choices: Parkinsons Disease; Hyperthyroidism; Diabetes; Osteoporosis
Answer: Parkinsons Disease
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Question: The XY chromosome(s) determines that an embryo is developed into a baby girl.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Which part of th eye captures light rays and converts the rays into electrical impulses?
Choices: Retina; Iris; Cornea; Pupil
Answer: Retina
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Question: How many vertebrae make up the thoracic region of the spinal column?
Choices: 5; 7; 10; 12
Answer: 12
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Question: The ileum is located in this part of the body.
Choices: Small Intestine; Spinal cord; Brain; Large intestine
Answer: Small Intestine
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Question: This country has more Internet Service Providers than any other non-English speaking country.
Choices: Russia; Czech republic; Romania; Brazil
Answer: Czech republic
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Question: Development of a global computer network was first proposed in this year, by J.C.R. Licklider.
Choices: 1972; 1982; 1962; 1952
Answer: 1962
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Question: This was the first popular WWW browser. Microsofts Internet Explorer is also based on it.
Choices: Opera; lynx; NCSA Mosaic; Netscape Navigator
Answer: NCSA Mosaic
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Question: Cables are essential for the transfer of data. The first cable to transfer instantaneous communications across the ocean was laid in this year.
Choices: 1950; 1924; 1908; 1858
Answer: 1858
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Question: It was the Internets progenitor and the first large geographically separated network.
Choices: ARPANET; NSFNET; UUCP; CSNET
Answer: ARPANET
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Question: The first e-mail message was sent in this year by Ray Tomlinson.
Choices: 1979; 1964; 1983; 1971
Answer: 1971
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Question: This person wrote HTTP, the language in which browsers and web servers communicate.
Choices: Steve Jobs; Bill Gates; Tim Berners-Lee; Douglas Engelbart
Answer: Tim Berners-Lee
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Question: This is how long it took the Internet to attract 50 million users.
Choices: 4 years; 20 years; 10 years; 5 years
Answer: 4 years
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Question: This program pretends to be useful, while executing malicious code.
Choices: Logic bomb; Worm; Trojan horse; Virus
Answer: Trojan horse
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Question: In 1995, this famous American computer outlaw was caught while stealing electronic mail and software.  In 1996 he released the book Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of Americas Most Wanted Computer Outlaw -- By The Man
Choices: Robert Morris; Vladimir Levin; Tsutomu Shimomura; Kevin Mitnick
Answer: Kevin Mitnick
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Question: About 95% of the rocks which form the upper part of the Earths crust are Igneous Rocks.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Gold carats measure purity, whereas diamond carats measure this quality.
Choices: Color; Weight; Hardness; Clarity
Answer: Weight
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Question: When magma cools and becomes solid below Earths surface, the resultant rocks are called Plutonic, but when when magma reaches the surface and crystallizes there, formed rocks are called this.
Choices: Volcanic; Mercuric; Surfaced; Veneric
Answer: Volcanic
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Question: The Lunar seas are actually plains of gabbro and this rock. The same rock is also a main component of the surface of Mars.
Choices: Basalt; Obsidian; Andesite; Granulite
Answer: Basalt
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Question: This moon is the most volcanic object in the solar system. Its volcanoes erupt sulfur, sulfur dioxide and silicate rock,  constantly resurfacing it.
Choices: Titania; Io; Ganymede; Europa
Answer: Io
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Question: What do we call this sequence of numbers:  1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55 ...?
Choices: Lucas; Gauss; Euler; Fibonacci
Answer: Fibonacci
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Question: What was the name of the man who invented logarithms?
Choices: Rene Descartes; John Napier; Blaise Pascal; Robert Recorde
Answer: John Napier
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Question: Sir Isaac Newton developed his calculus and physics at what college?
Choices: Oxford; None; Trinity; Cambridge
Answer: None
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Question: Who was the teacher of Plato?
Choices: Thales; Socrates; Aristotle; Archimedes
Answer: Socrates
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Question: Who wrote the first textbook on Geometry?
Choices: Thales; Euclid; Archimedes; Van Nostrand
Answer: Euclid
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Question: In order to boost their math department , the University of Virginia, a great school, imported the great British mathematician J.J. Sylvester to become a part of the school.  He  agreed.  Almost everyone loved him, his lectures, his motivational talks, etc. Everyone, except for the only student who got a C from him. Besides some lewd talk and anti-semitic rants, the student took a stump and attacked Sylvester. What happened next ?
Choices: The students father demanded a duel with Sylvester because he had had the student arrested. Sylvester left for France the next night.; The student  was arrested for assault, sent to prison for three years. Sylvester returned to England physically broken.; Sylvester beat the heck out of the student. Sylvester was a good 40 older than the student, but took no guff.; After a short beating, Sylvesters students broke up the fight. Sylvester spent a month in the hospital and returned to his duties.
Answer: Sylvester beat the heck out of the student. Sylvester was a good 40 older than the student, but took no guff.
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Question: What sign flew over the school of Aristotle?
Choices: Know Thyself; Es Will De garnish helfen; Let no one unfamiliar with geometry enter; All for Knowledge
Answer: Let no one unfamiliar with geometry enter
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Question: Of all of the Postulates of Euclid, one stood out as a big sticking point. To this day it involves such things as space travel, physics, and triangles. Which postulate was it?
Choices: 2; 3; 4; 5
Answer: 5
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Question: We all know what acute angles, obtuse angles, right angles, and straight angles are, but what is a reflex angle?
Choices: The angle a telescope makes with the Earth; An angle greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.; Any angle greater than 360 degrees; The angle you need to look a fish in the eye.
Answer: An angle greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.
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Question: How many of these statements are true: 
Choices: 1; 3; 2; 0
Answer: 1
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Question: If a woman has these pains, they almost always disappear when she becomes pregnant.
Choices: Stomach aches; Neural pains; Arthritic pains; Migraine pains
Answer: Arthritic pains
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Question: This organ expands up to 500 times its normal size during the pregnancy.
Choices: The stomach; The uterus; The ovaries; The bladder
Answer: The uterus
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Question: During this month of the pregnancy women go through a lot of mood swings like being easily irritated or start crying when they hear a song on the radio.
Choices: 7th month; 1st month; 9th month; 4th month
Answer: 1st month
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Question: The fingerprints of the baby begin forming in this week of pregnancy. The baby also starts grasping and sucking its thumb at this time.
Choices: 21st; 35th; 18th; 10th
Answer: 18th
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Question: This common side effect is caused by the hormone, progesterone, which relaxes the valve that separates your esophagus from your stomach, allowing gastric acids to seep back up, which causes this uncomfortable sensation.
Choices: Heartburn; Back pain; Constipation; Nausea
Answer: Heartburn
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Question: After week 27 you can do the following experiment: switch on a flashlight against your belly and the baby will move towards the light.   What allows this to happen?
Choices: its head can move; its hearing started functioning; its brain started growing quickly; it opens its eyes
Answer: it opens its eyes
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Question: During pregnancy the following symptoms happen to what part of the body: grow larger, tender, swollen, and darkened areolas.
Choices: Hands; Breast; Stomach; Face
Answer: Breast
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Question: A common complaint among pregnant women are swollen legs.  Feet actually swell because of this.
Choices: Tight Shoes; Constipation; Indigestion; Water retention
Answer: Water retention
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Question: During what period does your sleep become almost impossible and interrupted.
Choices: The second trimester; The first month of the pregnancy; The first trimester; The third trimester
Answer: The third trimester
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Question: During the last period of the pregnancy, the fetus drops towards the opening of the pelvis and this part of the body changes its shape.
Choices: The hips; The abdomen; The breasts; The uterus
Answer: The abdomen
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Question: The human facial skull consists of double as well as single bones. Which of the following bones is not a facial bone?
Choices: Zygomatic bone; Calcaneus; Vomer bone; Mandible
Answer: Calcaneus
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Question: What is the other name for the Achilles tendon, which acts as a connection between the calf and the heel in humans?
Choices: Glenohumeral joint; Calcaneal tendon; Teres major; Chordae tendinae
Answer: Calcaneal tendon
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Question: When the arm is bent in the elbow joint humans use the biceps branchii musle and the triceps is used when it is extended. What is the name of the muscle that abducts the arm in the shoulder?
Choices: Teres minor muscle; Deltoid muscle; Latissimus dorsi muscle; Pectoralis major
Answer: Deltoid muscle
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Question: What is the function of the thalamus, a part of the human brain with an egg-like shape?
Choices: It deals with the various types of sensory information.; It regulates the organisms automatic functions.; It helps humans to keep their balance.; It is not known.
Answer: It deals with the various types of sensory information.
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Question: The extrapyramidal system in human brain, which consists of related neurons is not responsible for what?
Choices: Decrease of the erratic motions; Muscle tone; Stability of the human body; The aural memory
Answer: The aural memory
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Question: This gland, located in the base of the human skull, is the central gland in the endocrine regulation and is as large as a pea.
Choices: The thyroid gland; The thymus; The pituitary gland; Erbers gland
Answer: The pituitary gland
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Question: What are the main components of the stomach juice, which is secreted by gastric glands?
Choices: Enzymes and hydrochloric acid; Mucus and hydrochloric acid; Hydrochloric acid, enzymes and mucus; Enzymes and lymph
Answer: Hydrochloric acid, enzymes and mucus
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Question: Two large vessels enter the right atrium of the human heart - the superior and inferior vena cava. They carry blood from the whole body and that is why this blood is dark red.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The human heart has its own automation but its activity is regulated by the needs of the whole body. The nerves which accelerate the heart rate are called parasympathetic.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Pathogenic microorganisms which get into the human body are called antigens because they cause the formation of antibodies. The antibodies are produced by what blood cells?
Choices: Keratinocytes; Lymphocites; Thrombocytes; Erythrocytes
Answer: Lymphocites
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Question: Cryptozoology is a branch of Zoology, which deals with what?
Choices: The animals in the order Acarina - mites and ticks; Marine animals; Spiders and arachnids; Animals that are considered to exist but there is no proof for their existence
Answer: Animals that are considered to exist but there is no proof for their existence
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Question: Which term denotes the classification of organisms, based on their evolutionary descent?
Choices: Ornithology; Neuroethology; Paleontology; Phylogenetics
Answer: Phylogenetics
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Question: This ancient Greek philosopher, who taught Alexander the Great, wrote a book on zoology entitled History of Animals.
Choices: Aristotle; Plato; Socrates; Democritus
Answer: Aristotle
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Question: The term ethology, which refers to the study of animal behaviour, derives from a Greek word, which means what?
Choices: Behaviour; Custom; Life cycle; Environment
Answer: Custom
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Question: What is the literal meaning of the word ecology, which derives from Greek?
Choices: study of life; None of these; study of the household; study of nature
Answer: study of the household
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Question: What is the definition of the biological term ecotone, which in Greek means a place where ecologies are in tension?
Choices: A transition area between two adjacent ecological communities; A natural unit that consists both of living and nonliving parts, interacting to form a stable system; Graphical representation of an ecosystem; Separation of groups of organisms as a result of changes in their ecology or in the environment where they live
Answer: A transition area between two adjacent ecological communities
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Question: What biological term refers to the organs, whose function is considered to have been lost or reduced during evolution?
Choices: Undeveloped organs; Obsolete organs; Vestigial organs; Stunted organs
Answer: Vestigial organs
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Question: What is the definition of ontogeny (morphogenesis), one of the branches of developmental biology?
Choices: The study that deals with the relations between predators and their prey; A study that describes the organism from the embryo to adulthood; The relationships of groups of  organisms as reflected by their evolutionary history; The study that deals with the marine mammals
Answer: A study that describes the organism from the embryo to adulthood
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Question: The formation of toes in salamanders, animals that typically have no such organs, is an example for what?
Choices: Atavism; Biometry; Disturbance; Biota
Answer: Atavism
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Question: This Swedish botanist and physician, considered one of the fathers of modern ecology, initiated the method of binomial classification.
Choices: Alfred Nobel; Carolus Linnaeus; Nils Gabriel Sefstrom; Johan August Arfwedson
Answer: Carolus Linnaeus
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Question: The word physics derives from the Greek - ÏÏ?ÏÎ¹Ï (phusis), which means this.
Choices: Nature; Earth; Matter; Force
Answer: Nature
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Question: Laws of physics are properties, common to all material systems.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The culture of physics research differs from the other sciences in the separation of these two.
Choices: Abstract and real; Microscopic and macroscopic; Theory and experiment; Visible and invisible
Answer: Theory and experiment
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Question: One of these major subtopics is not part of classical mechanics.
Choices: Chaos theory; Kinetic theory; Lagrangian mechanics; Fluid dynamics
Answer: Kinetic theory
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Question: Law of Inertia is also referred to as this.
Choices: Newtons First Law; Newtons Third Law; Fundamental law of dynamics; Newtons Second Law
Answer: Newtons First Law
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Question: Plancks constant (h) is equal to this.
Choices: 6.626068 Ã 10^(-34) m^2 kg / s; 1.67262171 x 10^(-27) kg; 1.05457168 x 10^(-34) J s; 10973731.568 525 m^(-1)
Answer: 6.626068 Ã 10^(-34) m^2 kg / s
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Question: This is the number of fundamental interactions.
Choices: 4; 2; 8; 6
Answer: 4
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Question: These two additive primary colors should be combined in order to get the color yellow.
Choices: Green and red; Blue and green; White and red; Red and blue
Answer: Green and red
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Question: Which of these most accurately describes the term, Solar System?
Choices: A system of non-stellar objects orbiting a star; A system comprised of a star or group of stars; A system of one or more stars and non-stellar objects, connected in close gravitational association; The planetary system which our Sun along with the nine planets and other non-stellar objects form
Answer: The planetary system which our Sun along with the nine planets and other non-stellar objects form
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Question: Contrary to this celestial bodys true nature, the term asteroid means what according to its greek origins?
Choices: Cone-shaped; Planet-like; Drifting freely; Star-like
Answer: Star-like
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Question: Where can an asteroid belt, a region of greatest concentration of orbiting asteroids, be found nearest to Earth?
Choices: Between Jupiter and Saturn; Between Mars and Jupiter; Between Uranus and Neptune; Beyond Pluto
Answer: Between Mars and Jupiter
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Question: Which of these is a celestial body, which produces the effect known as shooting star?
Choices: Meteoroid; Asteroid; Comet; Another planets satellite
Answer: Meteoroid
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Question: Hypergiants, the largest stars known to scientists, have a mass up to how many times that of the Sun?
Choices: 30; 10; 100; 2
Answer: 100
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Question: Distances in the universe are enormous compared to those we are used to, so scientists use light years for measurement.  Approximately how many miles does a light year represent?
Choices: Six zillion miles; Six trillion miles; Six million miles; Six billion miles
Answer: Six trillion miles
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Question: In astrophysics, which theorem defines what parameters black holes are characterized by?
Choices: No-ghost theorem; Brouwers Fixed point theorem; Hairy ball theorem; Black holes have no hair
Answer: Black holes have no hair
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Question: In astronomy, the term binary star refers to which of these?
Choices: A large star which has drawn smaller star to orbit; A star made up from both matter and antimatter; A system of two stars both orbiting around their centers of mass; A star emitting electromagnetic waves at two different frequencies
Answer: A system of two stars both orbiting around their centers of mass
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Question: What celestial formations are considered to be the birthplaces of stars?
Choices: Galactic halos; Nebulae; Spiral galaxies; Galaxy cluster clouds
Answer: Nebulae
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Question: The discovery of cosmic object 2003 UB313 caused much stir in astronomers circles. Its discoverers declared 2003 UB313 to be what?
Choices: The tenth planet in the Solar system; A new galaxy; A possible black hole near the edge of the Solar system; A planetary system with signs of intelligent life
Answer: The tenth planet in the Solar system
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Question: Which set contains triangular numbers?
Choices: 1, 10, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000, 1000000; 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17; 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49; 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28
Answer: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28
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Question: Which set contains only  prime numbers?
Choices: 2, 3, 5, 7,11,13, 17; 1, 4, 11, 13, 15, 17; 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 37; 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13
Answer: 2, 3, 5, 7,11,13, 17
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Question: Johann Regiomontanus first introduced the plus sign, + , in this year.
Choices: 1656; 1556; 1456; 1756
Answer: 1456
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Question: When was the multiplication sign, x, first used?
Choices: 1731; 1631; 1531; 1831
Answer: 1631
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Question: In 1938, Edward  Kasner wrote a 1  followed by 100 zeros and showed it to his baby nephew.  What the baby said became the name of that written number. What did the kid say?
Choices: Giggle; Dada; Gaga; Googol
Answer: Googol
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Question: What do mathematicians call any rectangular table of numbers?
Choices: A  Latin square; A polynomial; A matrix; A  factorial
Answer: A matrix
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Question: Calculate 6!
Choices: 36; 21; 216; 720
Answer: 720
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Question: To find the acceleration of a particle what would we do to the velocity ?
Choices: Differentiate once; Integrate twice; Differentiate twice; Integrate once
Answer: Differentiate once
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Question: The sides of a triangle are 1 inch, 2 inches and 3 inches. What is the perimeter of the triangle.
Choices: 6 cubic inches; It has no perimeter; 6 square inches; 6 inches
Answer: It has no perimeter
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Question: In a list of numbers what, is the mode?
Choices: The number seen most frequently; The number of items in the list; The biggest number minus the smallest number; The middle number
Answer: The number seen most frequently
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Question: Where is the main Internet computer located?
Choices: Greenwich, England; New York, New York, USA; Geneva, Switzerland; Nowhere
Answer: Nowhere
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Question: On the Internet, who or what is a server?
Choices: The person who serves the hors doeuvres.; The computer on which the programs of a web site run; The person who serves the customers of an Internet Service Provider; The program which controls a web page
Answer: The computer on which the programs of a web site run
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Question: ICQ is a type of what?
Choices: ISP; Bulletin Board; Intelligence; An instant messaging computer program
Answer: An instant messaging computer program
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Question: The pictures on a web page can be stored in more than one physical location.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: In Internet parlance, what is a cookie?
Choices: Something stored on the client computer by a web pages program; Something tasty on a web page; Something made up (or cooked) on a web page; A portion of a program governing a web page
Answer: Something stored on the client computer by a web pages program
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Question: Web pages can be viewed on which of these devices?
Choices: All of these; Cell phone; PDA; Personal Computer
Answer: All of these
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Question: What does WWW stand for?
Choices: Wild Wonderful World; World Wide Web; Whole World Web; World War Web
Answer: World Wide Web
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Question: Pornography is illegal on the Internet.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Internet Explorer, Opera and Mozilla are examples of what?
Choices: Internet service providers; Hypertext transfer protocols; Web browsers; Search engines
Answer: Web browsers
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Question: In the web address http://www.microsoft.com, the com at the end means what?
Choices: Commercial; Complicated; Communication; Compensated
Answer: Commercial
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Question: These particles form light, as you see it.
Choices: Electrons; Quarks; Leptons; Photons
Answer: Photons
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Question: What is the speed of light in free space?
Choices: 155,342 miles per second (~250,000 km/s); 186,282 miles per second (~300,000 km/s); 124,274 miles per second (~200,000 km/s); 93,205 miles per second (~100,000 km/s)
Answer: 186,282 miles per second (~300,000 km/s)
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Question: What is the main purpose of pulleys?
Choices: They are useless; They halve the needed force; They double the needed force; They decrease the force needed to lift something.
Answer: They decrease the force needed to lift something.
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Question: Astronauts age faster.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Who came up with the laws of gravity?
Choices: Pythagoras; Einstein; Newton; Archimedes
Answer: Newton
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Question: Referred to as the father of integral calculus, he initiated the sciences of hydrostatics, static mechanics and pycnometry (the measurement of the volume or density of an object). He was killed by a Roman soldier who did not know who he was.
Choices: Isaac Newton; Pythagoras; Carl Friedrich Gauss; Archimedes
Answer: Archimedes
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Question: This device is used for dispersing light, reflecting it or refracting it.
Choices: sphere; monocle; prism; lens
Answer: prism
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Question: He first developed the principle of relativity.
Choices: Michelson-Morley; Galileo; Einstein; H.A. Lorentz
Answer: Galileo
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Question: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was established on July 29, 1958 under which U.S.  President?
Choices: Dwight Eisenhower; Harry Truman; John Kennedy; Lyndon Johnson
Answer: Dwight Eisenhower
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Question: On May 5, 1961, this man became the first U.S. astronaut in space.
Choices: Buzz Aldrin; Neil Armstrong; John Glenn; Alan Shepard
Answer: Alan Shepard
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Question: In 2001, NASA sent this unmanned spacecraft to orbit Mars in search of signs of water and volcanic activity on the surface.
Choices: Mars Exploration Rover; Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter; Mars Pathfinder; Mars Odyssey
Answer: Mars Odyssey
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Question: On January 19, 2006 NASA launched the unmanned mission New Horizons to explore Pluto, on a one-way trip of how many years?
Choices: 4; 9; 15; 13
Answer: 9
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Question: The Vision for Space Exploration is the U. S. space program was announced on January 14, 2004 by President George W. Bush. According to this program, the moon will be explored by manned missions by what year?
Choices: 2010; 2011; 2020; 2025
Answer: 2020
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Question: The International Space Station is a joint project of five space agencies, including NASA. Which Space Agency is not part of the project?
Choices: Russian Federal Space Agency; Canadian Space Agency; China National Space Administration; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Answer: China National Space Administration
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Question: The mission statement of NASA is to understand and protect our home planet; to explore the Universe and search for life; and to inspire the next generation of explorers.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which is the largest planet in the Solar System?
Choices: Mars; Saturn; Venus; Jupiter
Answer: Jupiter
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Question: Which planet has been described as a sister planet to Earth?
Choices: Mercury; Saturn; Venus; Mars
Answer: Venus
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Question: Which planet has been demoted from its planet status by scientists like Neil Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium?
Choices: Neptune; Pluto; Uranus; Mercury
Answer: Pluto
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Question: Which planet was named after the ancient Romansâ king of the gods?
Choices: Mars; Jupiter; Neptune; Saturn
Answer: Jupiter
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Question: Which planet of the Solar System has been nicknamed The Red Planet?
Choices: Mercury; Mars; Neptune; Venus
Answer: Mars
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Question: Which planet was named after the Roman god of war?
Choices: Uranus; Mercury; Mars; Saturn
Answer: Mars
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Question: Io and Europa are two of the larger satellites of which Solar System planet?
Choices: Pluto; Venus; Saturn; Jupiter
Answer: Jupiter
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Question: Which planet of the Solar System is nicknamed the Blue Planet?
Choices: Earth; Neptune; Venus; Saturn
Answer: Earth
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Question: Which of the following planets is closest to the Sun?
Choices: Venus; Mars; Mercury; Earth
Answer: Mercury
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Question: What is the distinctive feature of the sixth planet of the Solar System (counted from the Sun)?
Choices: Its gigantic craters; Its active volcanoes; Its equatorial rings; Its silver coloring
Answer: Its equatorial rings
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Question: Which of the following Solar System planets are designated as gas planets?
Choices: Saturn; All of these; Neptune; Jupiter and Neptune
Answer: All of these
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Question: Which planet of the Solar System is also known as The Evening Star?
Choices: Mars; Venus; Earth; Uranus
Answer: Venus
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Question: Which of the following Solar System planets was not named after a Greek or Roman God?
Choices: Mercury; Saturn; Uranus; Earth
Answer: Earth
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Question: Which is the largest of the so-called terrestrial planets of the Solar System?
Choices: Mars; Venus; Earth; Jupiter
Answer: Earth
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Question: What does AFK mean in Internet slang?
Choices: almost french kissed; as far as i know; all friends are kooks; away from computer keyboard
Answer: away from computer keyboard
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Question: What does BTDT mean in instant messaging language?
Choices: but I thought you didnt tell; boy thats dirty talk; been there, done that; better than doing time
Answer: been there, done that
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Question: What does HAND mean in instant messaging language?
Choices: hot always, never dull; handsome and nearly divine; have a nice day; had a neat dream
Answer: have a nice day
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Question: What does KIT mean in instant messaging language?
Choices: kiss it tenderly; kook in training; keep in touch; kitchen
Answer: keep in touch
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Question: What does NP mean in instant messaging language?
Choices: noogie patrol; no parents; no problem; new puppy
Answer: no problem
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Question: What does POS mean in instant messaging language?
Choices: please open soon; passing off as stupid; parent over shoulder; pressing on solo (going it alone)
Answer: parent over shoulder
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Question: What does SYS mean when used in instant messaging ?
Choices: still your spouse; see your sister; system is down; see you soon
Answer: see you soon
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Question: What does TIA mean in instant messaging language?
Choices: thats it already; thanks in advance; tony is awesome; typist is away
Answer: thanks in advance
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Question: What does WFM mean when used in instant messaging?
Choices: works for me; works for money; white female methodist; with fond memories
Answer: works for me
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Question: What does ZZZ mean in Internet slang?
Choices: zz top is great; tired or bored; zero, zilch, zip; theres a bee in my house
Answer: tired or bored
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Question: Which time zone encompasses the least number of the continuous 48 United States?
Choices: Pacific; Eastern; Central; Mountain
Answer: Pacific
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Question: Most of the land area of Tennessee is in the Eastern time zone.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: In which time zone would you find the state of West Virginia?
Choices: Central; Pacific; Mountain; Eastern
Answer: Eastern
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Question: Kansas is entirely in the Central time zone.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Idaho is one of many states divided by two different time zones. Which part of the state is in the Pacific time zone?
Choices: Southern; Western; Northern; Eastern
Answer: Northern
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Question: In which time zone(s) is Lake Ontario located?
Choices: Central; Eastern; Central and Mountain; Eastern and Central
Answer: Eastern
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Question: The Four Corners states of Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Colorado are all in the same time zone.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: In which time zone(s) would you find the state of Florida?
Choices: Central; Central and Mountain; Eastern; Eastern and Central
Answer: Eastern and Central
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Question: The state of Oregon in entirely in the Pacific time zone.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: While considered to be part of the Midwest, Ohio is actually in the Eastern time zone.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Approximately how many years ago did the formation of the Earth take place?
Choices: 14.6 billion years; 4.6 billion years; 46 billion years; 4.6 trillion years
Answer: 4.6 billion years
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Question: 2007 marked what approximate number of people living on our planet?
Choices: 60,000,000,000; 660,000,000,000; 6,600,000,000; 6,600,000,000,000
Answer: 6,600,000,000
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Question: What continent has the highest human population density on Earth as estimated in 2007?
Choices: Europe; North America; Asia; South America
Answer: Asia
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Question: By 2004, how many people had been outside Earths atmosphere?
Choices: About 100; About 200; About 300; About 400
Answer: About 400
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Question: When was the United Nations founded?
Choices: 1947; 1948; 1945; 1946
Answer: 1945
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Question: Which of these countries joined the United Nations organization in 2006?
Choices: South Korea; Poland; None of these; Montenegro
Answer: Montenegro
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Question: Which of these terms refers to a bone surgeon?
Choices: Orthopedist; Osteopath; Allopath; Pediatrician
Answer: Orthopedist
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Question: This physician has been trained in the diagnosis and management of kidney disease.
Choices: Neurologist; Nephrologist; Urologist; Proctologist
Answer: Nephrologist
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Question: Which type of doctor deals with removing hemorrhoids?
Choices: Endocrinologist; Urologist; Vascular surgeon; Proctologist
Answer: Proctologist
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Question: This kind of doctor is an expert in such diseases as Lupus, Sjogrens Syndrome, and Dermatomyositis.
Choices: Otorrhinolaryngologist; Internist; Rheumatologist; Gastroenterologist
Answer: Rheumatologist
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Question: Which medical specialty largely replaced the old general practice specialty?
Choices: Internal Medicine; General Surgery; Obstetrics; Family Practice
Answer: Family Practice
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Question: Which is the correct version of the joke about these four medical specialists?
Choices: A psychiatrist knows nothing and does nothing. An internist knows everything and does nothing. A pathologist knows nothing and does everything. A surgeon knows everything, and does everything--but too late!; A psychiatrist knows nothing and does nothing. A pathologist knows everything and does nothing. An internist knows nothing and does everything. A surgeon knows everything, and does everything--but too late!; A psychiatrist knows nothing and does nothing.  An internist knows everything and does nothing. A surgeon knows nothing and does everything. A pathologist knows everything, and does everything--but too late!; A psychiatrist knows nothing and does nothing. A pathologist knows everything and does nothing. A surgeon knows nothing and does everything.  An internist knows everything, and does everything--but too late!
Answer: A psychiatrist knows nothing and does nothing.  An internist knows everything and does nothing. A surgeon knows nothing and does everything. A pathologist knows everything, and does everything--but too late!
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Question: While sitting at home talking with friends, you all of a sudden start slurring your words, and develop an inability to move your right arm and leg. The services of which of the following doctors are you likely to seek first?
Choices: Neurologist; Neurosurgeon; Emergency Medicine doctor; Psychiatrist
Answer: Emergency Medicine doctor
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Question: Which of the following doctors is least likely to ever be on call?
Choices: General Surgeon; Anesthesiologist; Emergency Physician; Family Practitioner
Answer: Emergency Physician
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Question: Which of these doctors is qualified to treat alcohol withdrawal?
Choices: Family Practitioner; Psychiatrist; All of these; Internist
Answer: All of these
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Question: In the United States, which of the following doctors is likely to make the most money?
Choices: Neurologist; Radiologist; General Internist; Psychiatrist
Answer: Radiologist
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Question: What do we call the ratio of a circles circumference to its diameter?
Choices: i; e; Pi; log(x)
Answer: Pi
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Question: What do we call these numbers:  0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, etc?
Choices: algebraic numbers; cubic numbers; square numbers; prime numbers
Answer: square numbers
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Question: What do we call the square root of negative one?
Choices: log(x); i; e; Pi
Answer: i
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Question: What do we call the base for natural logarithms ?
Choices: i; e; Pi; 3^2
Answer: e
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Question: In general, mathematicians consider these three men to have been the greatest mathematicians of all times.
Choices: Archimedes, Newton, Gauss; Newton, Gauss, Einstein; Newton, Gauss, Euler; Archimedes, Newton, Einstein
Answer: Archimedes, Newton, Gauss
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Question: Which of these could be an answer to a math problem involving volume?
Choices: 8 cubic inches; The are all the same; 8 inches; 8 square inches
Answer: 8 cubic inches
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Question: Which great 20th century mathematician died because he refused to eat ?
Choices: Robert Schatten; Paul Erdos; Kurt Godel; Paul Wittenberg
Answer: Kurt Godel
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Question: If you multiplied all the whole numbers together, what would the answer be ?
Choices: aleph zero; infinite; infinity; 0
Answer: 0
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Question: Which of these three sets is the largest: the set of all whole numbers, the set of all even numbers, the set of  all odd numbers?
Choices: The set of all even numbers; The set of all whole numbers; They are the same size; The set of all odd numbers
Answer: They are the same size
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Question: If you flip a fair coin three times what is the probability you will get three heads ?
Choices: one out of eight; one out of six; one out of three; three out of eight
Answer: one out of eight
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Question: Going in a circle counter-clockwise is called left-handed. Why ?
Choices: It is the way that hurricane winds blow; Newton called it that way so we follow his way; It is arbitrary; If you turn counter-clockwise your left hand is nearer the center
Answer: If you turn counter-clockwise your left hand is nearer the center
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Question: Which of the following medications treats depression?
Choices: Zoloft (sertraline); Augmentin (amoxicillin/clavulanic acid); Benadryl (diphenhydramine); Darvon (propoxyphene)
Answer: Zoloft (sertraline)
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Question: Which disease is treated by Synthroid (levothyroxine)?
Choices: Multiple Sclerosis; Congestive Heart Failure; Erectile Dysfunction; Hypothyroidism
Answer: Hypothyroidism
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Question: Ambien (zolpidem) is used to treat which one of the following conditions?
Choices: Migraine; Diabetes; Peripheral Neuropathy; Insomnia
Answer: Insomnia
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Question: Which one of the following medications treats Alzheimers Disease (dementia)?
Choices: Topamax (topiramate); Effexor (venlafaxine); Lanoxin (digoxin); Aricept (donepezil)
Answer: Aricept (donepezil)
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Question: Which of the following disease does Propecia (finasteride) treat?
Choices: Nicotine addiction; Lead poisoning; Hair loss; Emphysema
Answer: Hair loss
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Question: Which of the following medications is for enuresis (bed-wetting)?
Choices: Senokot (senna); DDAVP (Arginine Vasopressin); Sansert (methysergide); THC (tetrahydrocannabinol)
Answer: DDAVP (Arginine Vasopressin)
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Question: Which of the following drugs thins the blood?  (That is, it decreases the ability of the blood to clot.)
Choices: hydrochlorothiazide; Coumadin (warfarin); Lexapro (escitalopram); Biaxin (clarithromycin)
Answer: Coumadin (warfarin)
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Question: Valtrex (valacyclovir) treats which one of the following conditions?
Choices: Pityriasis alba; Genital herpes; HPV (genital warts); Syphilis
Answer: Genital herpes
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Question: Botox (botulinum toxin) is used to treat which one of the following diseases?
Choices: Headache; Congestive heart failure; Pulmonary hypertension; Kidney failure
Answer: Headache
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Question: Which one of the following medications reduces cholesterol?
Choices: erythromycin; Lipitor (atorvastatin); Verelan (verapamil); Imitrex (sumatriptan)
Answer: Lipitor (atorvastatin)
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Question: Where is the radial artery located?
Choices: Forearm; Abdomen; Behind the Knee; Neck
Answer: Forearm
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Question: Which of these terms refer to the chambers of the heart -- the two on top and the two on the bottom respectively?
Choices: Pericardia and Myocardia; Atria and Ventricles; Ventricles and Atria; Atria and Ventricle, Atria and Ventricle
Answer: Atria and Ventricles
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Question: All arteries carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Where is the femoral artery located?
Choices: Thigh; Uterus; Calf; Along the spinal column
Answer: Thigh
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Question: Name the anastomotic loop of vessels near the base of the brain.
Choices: Zygomatic Process; Thoracic Circulation; Portal Circulation; Circle of Willis
Answer: Circle of Willis
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Question: Bones in the wrists are called by what name?
Choices: Tarsals; Carpals; Phalanges; Metatarsals
Answer: Carpals
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Question: Tarsals are located in what part of the body?
Choices: None of these; Foot or eyelid; Elbows; Hands
Answer: Foot or eyelid
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Question: Arterial blood is blue due to oxygenation. Venous blood is bright red and spurts when a person receives a cut.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Portal circulation refers to the circulation of blood returning from the body and entering the heart through semilunar portals.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Which of the following describes the route of pulmonary circulation?
Choices: L atria to R pulmonary artery to R lung; L. ventricle to L pulmonary artery to L lung; R ventricle to R pulmonary artery to R lung; R. ventricle to R. and L. pulmonary arteries to R  L lung
Answer: R. ventricle to R. and L. pulmonary arteries to R  L lung
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Question: How long on average does it take for the suns rays to reach earth?
Choices: just over 8 hours; just over 80 minutes; just over 8 seconds; just over 8 minutes
Answer: just over 8 minutes
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Question: What animal has the broadest visual color spectrum?
Choices: Elephant; American Kestrel Falcon; Butterfly; Bumblebee
Answer: Butterfly
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Question: What place has the maximum amount of sunshine in the US?
Choices: Anchorage, Alaska; Houston, Texas; St Petersburg, Florida; Yuma, Arizona
Answer: Yuma, Arizona
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Question: What is the largest number mentioned in the Bible?
Choices: 1,000,000; 30,000; 400,000; 100,000
Answer: 1,000,000
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Question: Which animal has the longest gestation period?
Choices: Polar Bear; Black Salamander; Dung Beetle; Sumatran Rhino
Answer: Black Salamander
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Question: How often does Halleys comet appear?
Choices: Every 100 years; Every 30 years; Every 25 years; Every 76 years
Answer: Every 76 years
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Question: How much does human hair grow in a year?
Choices: 9 inches; 7 inches; 12 inches; 4 inches
Answer: 9 inches
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Question: Which natural disaster claimed the most lives during the second millennium?
Choices: earthquakes; influenza; tsunami; plague
Answer: influenza
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Question: Right-handed people live longer than left-handed people.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which of the following travels at the speed of light?
Choices: All of these; Radio rays; Gamma rays; X rays
Answer: All of these
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Question: This term is commonly used to refer to a person who becomes overly upset or angry when confronted with an issue.
Choices: defensive; repressed; caustic; sublime
Answer: defensive
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Question: This term refers to a division of the psyche dominated by the pleasure principle.
Choices: id; superego; libido; ego
Answer: id
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Question: This complex is a phase in child development characterized by jealousy and rivalry with the same sex parent.
Choices: Messianic complex; Electra complex; Castration complex; Oedipal complex
Answer: Oedipal complex
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Question: Sublimation means channeling an urge in another direction.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: This syndrome or disorder occurs after a very traumatic event and has intense symptoms such as reliving the event over and over.
Choices: Seasonal Affect Syndrome; Bi-Polar Disorder; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Attention Deficit Disorder
Answer: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Question: Of the four nucleotides that make up Deoxyribo-Nucleic Acid (DNA), which of the following is a purine?
Choices: Adenine; Cytosine; Proline; Thymine
Answer: Adenine
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Question: How many paired DNA chromosomes are there in a human male?
Choices: 23; 18; 20; 24
Answer: 23
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Question: Which of the following models of double-stranded DNA replication proved to be correct?
Choices: Semiconservative replication; Semidispersive replication; Conservative replication; Dispersive replication
Answer: Semiconservative replication