kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: science-technology
Question: What is perihelion?
Choices: the orbital point of the closest approach to the sun; the orbital point of greatest distance from the sun; the darkening of the moon when it moves through the Earths shadow; any planet visible in the sky just after sunset
Answer: the orbital point of the closest approach to the sun
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Question: How long can a total lunar eclipse last?
Choices: 1 hour  40 minutes; 4 hours  30 minutes; 2 hours  30 minutes; 3 hours  20 minutes
Answer: 1 hour  40 minutes
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Question: In December 2004, the discovery of the deepest coral reef in the United States was confirmed.  It is also the deepest coral reef in the world.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: A coral island, that consists of a coral reef, enclosing a depression in the centre is called this.
Choices: Patch; Atoll; Lagoon; There is no common name
Answer: Atoll
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Question: What happened to the tropical coral reefs during the 1998 and 2004 El Nino weather phenomenons?
Choices: Many of them were bleached or even killed; Some of them exploded; They all thrived; Nothing as they were all deep underwater
Answer: Many of them were bleached or even killed
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Question: The implementation of MPAs is one way to protect the coral reefs from destruction. What does MPA stand for in this context?
Choices: Marine Preservation Act; Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer; Mammal Protection Act; Marine Protected Area
Answer: Marine Protected Area
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Question: This country is the worlds largest exporter of corals.
Choices: India; Australia; Indonesia; Thailand
Answer: Indonesia
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Question: This is a natural healing method that uses the reflex points of the feet, which correspond to different organs and areas of the body.
Choices: Reflexology; Oriental Massage Therapy; Aromatherapy Massage; Relaxation Massage
Answer: Reflexology
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Question: What is the most common reason for getting a massage?
Choices: Relaxation; Joint pain; Healing; Back pain
Answer: Relaxation
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Question: Smooth strokes are enhanced by this substance, which is often used during a massage.
Choices: Butter; Oil; Spirits; Powder
Answer: Oil
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Question: This technique is used to relax soft tissue. It is done using both hands, exercising light pressure.
Choices: Tapotement; Friction; Petrissage; Effleurage
Answer: Effleurage
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Question: An ancient Chinese book called The Inner Canon of Huangdi recommends breathing exercises, massage of the skin and flesh, and exercises of hands and feet as a remedy for complete paralysis, chills, and fever. Who was the author of this ancient book?
Choices: Yu the Great; Emperor Yao; The Red Emperor; The Yellow Emperor
Answer: The Yellow Emperor
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Question: As massage relaxes the body, relieves pain and reduces stress, it contributes to this.
Choices: Better sleep; Hair growth; Stronger bones; Open mindedness
Answer: Better sleep
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Question: There are different types of massage. Approximately how many?
Choices: More than 50; More than 20; More than 300; More than 150
Answer: More than 150
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Question: This is a new type of massage, introduced in 1990 by Hemi Hoani Fox. It originates from the Hawaiian Lomi-Lomi Nui dance and is believed to increase the energy flow within the body and mind.
Choices: MA-URI massage; Zhi Ya massage; Tui Na massage; Shiatsu
Answer: MA-URI massage
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Question: In this year massage therapy and bodywork were officially offered for the first time as a basic medical service, in Atlanta, GA.
Choices: 1990; 1999; 1996; 1987
Answer: 1996
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Question: As of the beginning of the new millennium, this was  the approximate number of Americans who receive a massage annually.
Choices: 15,000; 150,000; 20,000,000; 3,000,000
Answer: 20,000,000
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Question: What is the predominant mood of a person with anxiety?
Choices: Anger; Sadness; Fear; Loneliness
Answer: Fear
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Question: People with anxiety usually know they have anxiety.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Which of the following lists of symptoms is typical of a person with depression?
Choices: Seeing things that arent there, hearing voices when no one is present, and displaying emotions different from those that one is actually feeling.; Irritability, fatigue, insomnia, difficulty concentrating, restlessness, and headaches; Racing thoughts, decreased need for sleep, euphoric mood, risk-taking behaviors, and irritability; Fatigue, difficulting concentrating, loss of interest in usual activities, poor appetite, guilt, and insomnia
Answer: Fatigue, difficulting concentrating, loss of interest in usual activities, poor appetite, guilt, and insomnia
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Question: Which of the following sleep disorders is more typical of a person with depression?
Choices: Parasomnia (nightmares, sleepwalking, or other violent behaviors while sleeping); Early insomnia (difficulty getting to sleep); Sleep apnea; Late insomnia (difficulty staying asleep)
Answer: Late insomnia (difficulty staying asleep)
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Question: People with depression usually know they are depressed.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which of the following people is generally at the highest risk of suicide?
Choices: A depressed housewife with a disabled child; An anxious stockbroker; A divorced, unemployed man living alone; A single mother with 4 children who is on welfare
Answer: A divorced, unemployed man living alone
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Question: Which of the following medications is effective for both depression and anxiety?
Choices: Buspar (buspirone); Paxil (paroxetine); Xanax (alprazolam); Wellbutrin (bupropion)
Answer: Paxil (paroxetine)
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Question: Depression and anxiety are considered mood disorders.  Which of the following is also considered a mood disorder?
Choices: Bipolar Disorder; Schizophrenia; Schizotypal Personality Disorder; Narcissism
Answer: Bipolar Disorder
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Question: Which of the following disorders is NOT a form of anxiety?
Choices: Cyclothymia; Body Dysmorphic Disorder; Somatization Disorder; Panic Disorder
Answer: Cyclothymia
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Question: Of the following medications for anxiety, which is potentially addictive?
Choices: Prozac (fluoxetine); Ativan (lorazepam); Buspar (buspirone); Effexor (venlafaxine)
Answer: Ativan (lorazepam)
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Question: A scheme, commonly used by anatomists, divides the abdominal surface and abdominopelvic cavity into nine separate regions by four planes. One of this is the Lumbar region. It is located between the ribs and the flaring portions of the hip bones which is flanking the epigastric region.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What system of the human body provides a site for blood cell formation?
Choices: Cardiovascular; Skeletal; Integumentary; Endocrine
Answer: Skeletal
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Question: A cells life cycle is the series of changes the cell goes through from the time it is formed until it reproduces itself. It includes two stages. What are these two stages?
Choices: Interphase and cytokinesis; Cytokinesis and mitosis; Cell division and interphase; Mitosis and meiosis
Answer: Cell division and interphase
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Question: Cells are the building blocks of life. In humans and other multicellular organisms, cells depend on one another and cooperate to maintain homeostasis in the body. Groups of cells that are similar in structure and function are called tissues. What tissue protects the underlying tissues in areas subjected to abrasion?
Choices: Transitional epithelium; Simple columnar epithelium; Pseudostratified columnar epithelium; Stratified squamous epithelium
Answer: Stratified squamous epithelium
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Question: Architecturally, our skin is a wonder. It is tough yet pliable, a characteristic that enables it to withstand constant insult from outside agents. Is the skin considered a system of the human body despite its extent and complexity?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
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Question: Bone surfaces are not featureless and smooth but are scarred with an array of bumps, holes, and ridges called bone markings.   What is the name of a bone marking which is very large, blunt and irregularly shaped?
Choices: Crest; Tuberosity; Trochanter; Tubercle
Answer: Trochanter
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Question: If I am a superficial muscle of the human body having two prominent bellies, then where am I located?
Choices: Leg; Hip; Head; Arm
Answer: Leg
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Question: In the human body, the pulmonary circulation differs in many ways from systemic circulation because it does not serve the metabolic needs of the body tissues. Which of the following is the true sequence of the pulmonary circulation?
Choices: Pulmonary trunk - left pulmonary artery - lobar arteries of the left lung - right atrium - right pulmonary artery - left ventricle; Right atrium - right ventricle - pulmonary arteries - arterioles - capillaries - venules - pulmonary veins - left atrium - left ventricle; Left ventricle - left lung - right lung - lobar arteries of the left atrium - pulmonary trunk; Left atrium - left pulmonary artery - left pulmonary veins - lobar arteries of the left lung - left ventricle - left ventricle
Answer: Right atrium - right ventricle - pulmonary arteries - arterioles - capillaries - venules - pulmonary veins - left atrium - left ventricle
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Question: The digestive system provides the body with the nutrients essential for health. The organs of this system ingest, digest, and absorb food and eliminate the undigested remains as feces. The oral cavity, parotid gland, sublingual gland, tongue, pharynx, larynx and oesophagus are constituents of this system.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What is the name of the flat panel monitors that became increasingly popular around 2005?
Choices: DLP; LCD; Plasma; LSD
Answer: LCD
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Question: What is the name for a port used to connect peripheral devices (such as keyboards, mouses and digital cameras) to a computer?
Choices: USB; Jack; Floppy Drive; BUS
Answer: USB
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Question: Which one of these is an operating system?
Choices: Norton Anti-Virus; Office -  Professional edition; Vista; Microsoft
Answer: Vista
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Question: What capabilities are indicated when the specifications read DVDÂ±RW/CD-RW?
Choices: No capabilities are indicated. This is a programming language.; There are two disc drives, one for DVD and one for CD.; The computer is able to read and rewrite to CDs and DVDs.; The DVD and CD drive is removable
Answer: The computer is able to read and rewrite to CDs and DVDs.
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Question: The correct way to measure the size of a widescreen monitor or laptop display is by length of the longer side.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: GigaBytes or GB is the measurement used to determine the processor speed.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The companies Intel and AMD are primarily known for their development and manufacturing of what?
Choices: Processors; Video Cards; Software; Ram
Answer: Processors
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Question: A computer that has wireless 802.11b/g or a Nic card needs nothing else to connect to the Internet.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: If a computer has an integrated sound card, you will not need speakers to hear sounds (such as music or sound effects) through your system.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which one of these items is more valuable as far as meeting the requirements for 3-D Gaming is concerned?
Choices: HDMI 1080p; Bluetooth; Integrated (or on board) video; PCI Express video card
Answer: PCI Express video card
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Question: Which of the following types of brain cells amplify the neural signals and maintain homeostasis?
Choices: axons; glial cells; neurons; spindle cells
Answer: glial cells
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Question: The meninges, a system of membranes that envelop the central nervous system, consist of three layers. Which of the following is not  a name of a layer?
Choices: dura mater; pia mater; archanoid mater; grey mater
Answer: grey mater
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Question: Which of the following is part of the frontal lobe, an area at the front of each cerebral hemisphere?
Choices: fusiform gyrus; cingulate sulcus; precental gyrus; cingulate gyrus
Answer: precental gyrus
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Question: Which term refers to the cephalic disorder, characterised by absence of the celebral hemispheres?
Choices: ethmocephaly; lissercephaly; anencephaly; hydranencephaly
Answer: hydranencephaly
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Question: Which of the following is not part of the group of brain-supplying arteries, known as the circle of Willis?
Choices: anterior communication artery; basilar artery; internal carotid artery; posterior communication artery
Answer: basilar artery
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Question: There are twelve cranial nerves, two of which do not join the brainstem. Which are these two nerves?
Choices: maxillary and mandibular; vagus and accessory; olfactory and optical; trigeminal and trochlear
Answer: olfactory and optical
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Question: This scientist, winner of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, was the first to notice the existence of blood-brain barrier.
Choices: Edwin Goldman; Dr. Marian Diamond; Walter Dandy; Paul Ehrlich
Answer: Paul Ehrlich
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Question: Which of the following is part of the brainstem, a stalk of the brain below the celebral hemispsheres?
Choices: neocortex; telecephanon; pons; hypothalamus
Answer: pons
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Question: Fred Gage and Peter Ericksson discovered and announced that adult human brain produces new brain cells. In what year did they make their discovery?
Choices: 1998; 1992; 1997; 2000
Answer: 1998
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Question: Which part of the brain, located inside the temporal lobe, is associated with memory formation?
Choices: hippocampus; subthalamus; amygladala; hypothalamus
Answer: hippocampus
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Question: This evolutionary theory, proposed by the inimitable Stephen J. Gould and Niles Eldridge, argues that evolution occurs not gradually but rapidly after periods of stasis and in isolated, localized areas.
Choices: Random Genetic Drift; Popcorn Evolution; Punctuated Equilibrium; Natural Selection
Answer: Punctuated Equilibrium
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Question: This three million year old skeleton known as âLucyâ was discovered in 1974 and is almost 40% complete. Lucy was a small, chimp-like hominid but walked upright like modern humans. She is a member of this species.
Choices: Homo Floresiensis; Australopithecus Afarensis; Peking Woman; Homo Ergaster
Answer: Australopithecus Afarensis
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Question: What is the total collection of traits that determine the physical and behavioral aspects of an organism called?
Choices: Alleles; Phenotype; DNA Markers; Genotype
Answer: Phenotype
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Question: In 1912, a jawbone and fragments of a skull were discovered and originally named âdawn-manâ.  It wasnât until 41 years later that it was exposed as a hoax. This darling of creationist skepticism is known as what?
Choices: Neanderthal; Hobbit Man; Peking Man; Piltdown Man
Answer: Piltdown Man
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Question: Prior to Darwinâs theory, the most influential line of thought regarding the variety of life forms was a creationist doctrine that likened the biological functions in an organism to the intricate workings of a watch. Which Christian apologist put forth the âWatchmaker Analogy?
Choices: William Paley; Sir Richard Dawkins; William Henry Green; John Law
Answer: William Paley
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Question: The evolutionary process where beneficial inherited traits become more prevalent in the succeeding generations of organisms, and unfavorable ones less common, is called what?
Choices: Natural Selection; Random Genetic Drift; Gene Flow; Macro Evolution
Answer: Natural Selection
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Question: This monastic egghead pioneered the study of genetics, which eventually explained the mechanisms of speciation through genetic mutation. Who is the âfather of modern genetics?â
Choices: James Watson; Gregor Mendel; Jean-Baptiste Lamarck; Francis Crick
Answer: Gregor Mendel
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Question: The âpeppered mothâ is a prime example of micro evolution, where the mothâs color changed over a span of 200 years to match the soot-darkened trunks of the trees it inhabits. The darker moths survived because they were less conspicuous than their white counterparts to the birds that preyed on them.  What is the term associated with the coloration change demonstrated in the peppered moth?
Choices: Industrial Melanism; Revolutionary Adaptation; Natural Pigmentism; Genetic Blackening
Answer: Industrial Melanism
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Question: This animals evolutionary lineage is the best documented and the most clearly understood.
Choices: Human; Horse; Dog; Shark
Answer: Horse
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Question: During his famous voyage to the Galapagos Islands, Charles Darwin studied differences in a specific animalâs anatomy, his observations setting the stage for his eventual theory of evolution. What animalâs anatomy did Darwin study?
Choices: Mockingbird talons; Monkey paws; Finch beaks; Iguana tails
Answer: Finch beaks
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Question: Which of these is an output device that produces audible sound?
Choices: Printer; Microphone; Speaker; Monitor
Answer: Speaker
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Question: A modem is both an input and an output device.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: A flatbed scanner enables users to put a text or a computer-generated image on paper or on another medium, such as a transparency.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Keyboards are used for the input of text and characters.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: A printer is an input device used to scan photos, pictures, texts and other printed material.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: In trigonometry, the tangent is defined as what?
Choices: The ratio of the side adjacent to the angle to the side opposite the angle; The reciprocal of the cosine; The sine divided by the cosine; The negative logarithm of the cotangent
Answer: The sine divided by the cosine
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Question: In geometry, which angles are called opposite?
Choices: Angles complements of each other; Angles reciprocals of each other; Angles supplements of each other; Equal angles
Answer: Equal angles
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Question: What does the equation y = mx + b represent?
Choices: A hyperbola; A line; A parabola; A circle
Answer: A line
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Question: Which of these represents the locus of points, the sum of whose distances from two given points is equal?
Choices: An ellipse; A parabola; A circle; A hyperbola
Answer: An ellipse
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Question: If you are solving a word problem for 2 unknowns, how many equations will you need?
Choices: 3; 4; 1; 2
Answer: 2
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Question: What is the path taken by a bullet fired from a rifle into the air (ignoring friction)?
Choices: A straight line; A logarithmic line; An exponential line; A parabola
Answer: A parabola
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Question: Choose the statement which best describes the Pythagorean Theorem.
Choices: The hare will never catch up to the tortoise.; Parallel lines do not intersect.; There exist no whole numbers a, b and c for which the sum of the cubes of a and b equals the cube of c.; The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Answer: The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
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Question: Which of the following statements about quadrilaterals (4-sided figures) is true?
Choices: A parallelogram is a type of trapezoid.; A rhombus is a type of rectangle.; A rectangle is a type of square.; A square is a type of parallelogram.
Answer: A square is a type of parallelogram.
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Question: In geometry, what is the value of the number which is represented by the Greek letter pi (Ï)?
Choices: The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its radius; The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter; The ratio of the diameter of a circle to its radius; Exactly 3.14159
Answer: The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter
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Question: Which of the following is an arithmetic progression?
Choices: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5...; 2, 4, 8, 16...; 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11...; 2, 4, 6, 8...
Answer: 2, 4, 6, 8...
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Question: Because of the lack of atmosphere, the craters on most celestial bodies from the solar system remain preserved for hundreds of millions or billions of years. The largest known crater within the solar system is located on which natural satellite?
Choices: The Moon; Titan; Deimos; Io
Answer: The Moon
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Question: Larger than Pluto and Mercury, this natural satellite is the largest moon of the entire solar system.
Choices: Titan; Callisto; Ganymede; Europa
Answer: Ganymede
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Question: Which is the planet with the biggest number of natural satellites in the solar system?
Choices: Uranus; Neptune; Jupiter; Saturn
Answer: Jupiter
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Question: Which of these characteristics makes Saturns moon Titan unique among all moons in the solar system?
Choices: It is the only moon that is considered a captured object.; It is the only moon with active volcanoes on its surface.; It is the only moon to have a retrograde orbit.; It is the only moon to have a dense atmosphere.
Answer: It is the only moon to have a dense atmosphere.
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Question: There have been numerous debates over whether this moon, discovered in 1978, should be considered a satellite or a separate planet.
Choices: Nereid; Nix; Umbriel; Charon
Answer: Charon
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Question: Which of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter is noted as the most volcanically active body in the solar system?
Choices: Europa; Io; Callisto; Ganymede
Answer: Io
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Question: Named after the leading sylph in Alexander Popes poem Rape of the Lock, the moon Ariel is the natural satellite of which planet of the solar system?
Choices: Jupiter; Uranus; Neptune; Saturn
Answer: Uranus
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Question: This celestial body is the darkest of Uranus larger moons and its most distinctive feature is a large equatorial ring of bright material (supposedly a crater) named Wunda, which contrasts with the rest of the planetâs dark surface.
Choices: Umbriel; Oberon; Titania; Ariel
Answer: Umbriel
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Question: What is the symbol for Hydrogen?
Choices: Hy; Hr; H; Hd
Answer: H
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Question: What is the symbol for Nickel?
Choices: N; Nc; Nk; Ni
Answer: Ni
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Question: What is the symbol for Krypton?
Choices: Kp; K; Ky; Kr
Answer: Kr
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Question: What is the symbol for Boron?
Choices: Bo; Bn; Br; B
Answer: B
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Question: What is the symbol for Neon?
Choices: No; Nn; Ne; N
Answer: Ne
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Question: What is the symbol for Sulfur?
Choices: Sf; Su; S; Sl
Answer: S
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Question: What is the symbol for Bismuth?
Choices: Bs; B; Bi; Bm
Answer: Bi
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Question: What is the symbol for Platinum?
Choices: Pt; Pl; P; Pa
Answer: Pt
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Question: What is the symbol for Cadmium?
Choices: Cm; Cd; C; Ca
Answer: Cd
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Question: What is the symbol for Ruthenium?
Choices: R; Rh; Ru; Rt
Answer: Ru
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Question: Which branch of botany is concerned with the study of trees and woody plants?
Choices: Forestology; Topiary; Dendrology; Arboretology
Answer: Dendrology
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Question: The earliest trees on the planet were a type of ferns and are considered to have appeared in which period of Earths geological history?
Choices: Paleozoic; Cenozoic; Precambrian; Mesozoic
Answer: Paleozoic
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Question: The botanical term bonsai, deriving from Japanese, refers to which of these?
Choices: A technique for miniature growing trees; A species of miniature trees; A type of fertilizer that reduces the size of trees; A region in Japan where miniature trees grow
Answer: A technique for miniature growing trees
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Question: The baobab, a genus of trees typical for arid areas, is known to be used by Indigenous Australians as a source of water, food and medical remedy. In the 1890s however, a large, hollow baobab located near Derby, Western Australia was adapted for what usage?
Choices: Prison; Town hall; Kindergarten; Warehouse
Answer: Prison
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Question: Mark the incorrect statement about sequoias, which are among the largest and oldest trees on the planet.
Choices: Sequoias are evergreen trees.; Sequoias are monoecious trees.; Sequoias can reach up to 150 m (490 ft) in height.; Sequoias can live for more than 2000 years.
Answer: Sequoias can reach up to 150 m (490 ft) in height.
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Question: The Bodhi tree, located near Bodh Gaya in India, is of great importance to the followers of Buddhism, because it is considered to be related to the spiritual teacher, Buddha, in what way?
Choices: Buddha died under this tree.; God Vishnu spoke to him for the first time under this tree.; It is Buddhas birth place.; Buddha found enlightenment under this tree.
Answer: Buddha found enlightenment under this tree.
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Question: The General Grant tree in Kings Canyon National Park, USA, the only living object to be declared a National Shrine, is of what tree species?
Choices: American Beech; Red Pine; White Oak; Giant Sequoia
Answer: Giant Sequoia
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Question: Methuselah, a Great Basin Bristlecone tree located in the Inyo National Forest in California, is remarkable for what reason?
Choices: It is the most publicized living organism.; It is the tallest known living organism.; It is the oldest known living organism.; It is the largest living organism.
Answer: It is the oldest known living organism.
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Question: In the city of Athens, Georgia, USA , there is a White Oak tree with more rights than any other tree.  What is so special about this tree?
Choices: Touching it is against the law.; It owns itself.; It owns a human being.; It has the right to vote.
Answer: It owns itself.
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Question: The Diamond Tree, a giant Karri tree located south of Manjimup, Western Australia, has been of practical use to the natives since 1939, serving as what?
Choices: Fire look-out platform; Accommodation for native homeless; Military watch tower; Warehouse
Answer: Fire look-out platform
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Question: Excavations and research prove that pi was known as early as 20th century BC, when ancient Babylonian mathematicians used what value value for it?
Choices: 104348/33215; 22/7; 3.12; 25/8
Answer: 25/8
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Question: The sequence of numbers, appearing within pis value has been an issue of interest for many professional mathematicians and math lovers. Such pi explorers have found that what occurs at decimal position 2440?
Choices: We reach the last decimal place to which our largest computers can calculate pi.; We reach the last decimal place where computer ENIAC calculated pi in 1949.; We reach the extent to which pi was known by 1750.; We get the first appearance of  666.
Answer: We get the first appearance of  666.
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Question: The irrational mathematical constant, Pi has its own architectural monument in London, which was decorated with William Shanks version of the first 700 decimal places in 1937.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: After years of calculations and observations of the results, mathematicians have found which of these statements about the mathematical constant pi to be true?
Choices: The digits of pi eventually reach a point where they repeat their pattern.; The digits of pi are equally distributed.; The number of 3s is larger than any other digit in pi.; The number of 5s is larger than any other digit in pi.
Answer: The digits of pi are equally distributed.
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Question: Pi is an issue of interest for mathematicians and math lovers from all over the world. In Japanese, what does the expression En syu ritsu refer to?
Choices: Mitsubishis motto for the quest for finding better values of pi; The largest computer in Japan used for finding even greater values for pi; The Japanese term for an infinite number; The Japanese term for pi
Answer: The Japanese term for pi
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Question: In what famous math problem, first posed in the 18th century by a French mathematician, is pi involved?
Choices: Buffons Needle Problem; The travelling salesman problem; Zenos Paradox of the Tortoise; Zenos Paradox of Achilles
Answer: Buffons Needle Problem
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Question: The mathematical constant Pi has an important role in calculating the period of a pendulum.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Who was first to prove that beside an irrational number, pi is also transcendental number (i.e. is not a root to any polynomial equation with rational coefficients)?
Choices: Archimedes; Leonhard Euler; Augustin Cauchy; Ferdinand von Lindemann
Answer: Ferdinand von Lindemann
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Question: The irrational constant pi is not only popular in the math science, but also in science fiction. Which of these TV series has an episode, in which pi plays a significant role?
Choices: Lost in Space; Firefly; Star Trek; The X-Files
Answer: Star Trek
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Question: In what way is this popular sentence connected to the constant, pi: Sir, I send a rhyme excelling in sacred truth and rigid spelling.
Choices: The value of pi is encoded in the position of each letter in the alphabet.; It is a mnemonic device for the approximate value of pi.; It is the beginning of a long poem describing the history of pi.; It was written by Albert Einstein when he first discovered the irrationality of pi.
Answer: It is a mnemonic device for the approximate value of pi.
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Question: Which programming language is based on Horn clauses?
Choices: Erlang; Lisp; PL/I; Prolog
Answer: Prolog
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Question: What was the maximum amount of memory that could be installed on the 1975 PDP-11/70, one of the most powerful of the popular PDP-11 series, produced by Digital Equipment Corporation?
Choices: 512 KB; 4 MB; 16 MB; 64 MB
Answer: 4 MB
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Question: In 1936 Alan Turing described the a-machine (later renamed Turing Machine) as a device that can simulate the logic of a computer.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The fundamental book The C Programming Language was written in 1978 by BWK and what other computer scientist?
Choices: DRM; DMR; MDR; RMD
Answer: DMR
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Question: The program components named coroutines generalize the widely known subroutines by allowing multiple return values.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: The halting problem computability theory was solved in what year?
Choices: It cannot be solved for all possible cases.; 1937; 1956; 1980
Answer: It cannot be solved for all possible cases.
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Question: The water cycle is the continuous movement of water above and below the surface of the planet. What is this process also known as?
Choices: Hydroscopic cycle; Hydrologic cycle; Hydrographic cycle; Hydrodynamic cycle
Answer: Hydrologic cycle
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Question: Which of effect of these is the main reason for the existence of the water cycle on Earth?
Choices: Thermal energy in the Earths core; Gravitational forces; The Moon; The Sun
Answer: The Sun
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Question: Water can be found in three main states on Earth. Which of the following is not one of them?
Choices: Ice; Liquid; Crystal; Vapor
Answer: Crystal
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Question: Which of these is not one of the state-changing processes through which water goes in nature?
Choices: Concentration; Condensation; Precipitation; Sublimation
Answer: Concentration
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Question: Evapotranspiration is a term connected to which of these groups?
Choices: Plants; Animals; Water basins; Rocks
Answer: Plants
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Question: Which of the following is not possible to happen to water in its different states?
Choices: Vapor to condense into clouds; Ice to sublimate into water vapor; Snow to sublimate into water vapor; All of these are possible
Answer: All of these are possible
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Question: Which line contains only types of precipitation?
Choices: Snow, vapor, fog drip, hail; Rain, fog drip, runoff, sleet; Graupel, sleet, snow, hail; Snow, ice, hail, rain
Answer: Graupel, sleet, snow, hail
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Question: On which of these factors does the total amount of water on Earth at a certain moment depend?
Choices: None of these; Time of the day; Distance from the Sun; Season
Answer: None of these
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Question: Ice caps and glaciers are the second largest water reservoirs on Earth after oceans. What percent of the planetâs water do they hold?
Choices: 18 %; 10 %; 2 %; 5 %
Answer: 2 %
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Question: What would be the Earth like without evaporation?
Choices: Cooler; None of these; Greener; Warmer
Answer: Warmer
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Question: How many people die of air pollution around the world each year?
Choices: 500,000; 50,000; 1 million; 3 million
Answer: 3 million
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Question: This pollutant causes inflammation of the lungs, impaired breathing, coughing, chest pain, nausea, and throat irritation and permanent damage to lung tissue in long term exposure.
Choices: Smog; Greenhouse gas; Carbon dioxide; Ozone
Answer: Smog
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Question: This gas is produced mainly by automobiles. It hiders the bodys ability to carry oxygen in the blood, causing serious problems for people with cardiovascular diseases.
Choices: Acid sulfates; Carbon oxide; Carbon monoxide; Carbon dioxide
Answer: Carbon monoxide
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Question: This type of pollutant causes acidification of rivers, lakes and also damages tree foliage and degrades soil quality.
Choices: Acid rain; The melting of the poles; The Ozone hole; Global warming
Answer: Acid rain
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Question: Pollution has damaged this great Chinese ancient attraction and it continues to disintegrate.
Choices: The Terracotta Warriors; The Forbidden City; Tiananmen Square; The Great Wall
Answer: The Terracotta Warriors
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Question: Modern cars pollute much less than cars did in the 60s. Today, it takes this many modern cars to produce the same amount of air pollution as a car from the 60s.
Choices: 20; 5; 10; 35
Answer: 20
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Question: When burning fuel for energy, small particles are thrown into the air that are visible in the form of smoke.  It is called this type of pollution.
Choices: Outdoor pollution; Water pollution; Indoor pollution; Black carbon pollution
Answer: Black carbon pollution
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Question: The average temperature around the world has climbed during the previous century due to global warming by this much.
Choices: 3 degrees Fahrenheit; 4 degrees Fahrenheit; 1 degree Fahrenheit; 2 degrees Fahrenheit
Answer: 1 degree Fahrenheit
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Question: This defect of Earths atmosphere, caused by industrial pollution, lets more radiation reach the surface of our planet.
Choices: The Greenhouse Hole; The Smoke Hole; The Ozone Hole; Smog Tear
Answer: The Ozone Hole
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Question: The distribution of this substance into water is often deadly for seabirds as it destroys the structure of its feathers.  Thus cold water quickly reaches the skin and the bird often freezes to death.
Choices: Carbon dioxide; Carbon monoxide; Oil; Pesticides
Answer: Oil
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Question: Osteology is an important part of physical and forensic anthropology. What does an osteologist study?
Choices: skulls; blood; dead  bodies; bones
Answer: bones
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Question: What does a philologist study?
Choices: signs and  symbols; art; detectives; language
Answer: language
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Question: What does a cetologist study?
Choices: wine; words; art; whales
Answer: whales
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Question: Which word means the study of drug action?
Choices: enology; pharmacology; chirology; physiognosy
Answer: pharmacology
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Question: If you studied petrology, where would your interests lie?
Choices: petroleum; microbes; rocks; veins
Answer: rocks
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Question: Which of these is the study of cells?
Choices: protozoology; cellogy; cytology; ecology
Answer: cytology
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Question: Which of these is the study of knowledge?
Choices: rheology; epistimology; pulicology; dialitology
Answer: epistimology
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Question: Which of these is the study of Mars?
Choices: areology; ombrology; marsology; astrolgelogy
Answer: areology
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Question: What does an auxologist study?
Choices: money; growth; flags; meteorites
Answer: growth
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Question: Which is the correct pairing?
Choices: symbology - the study of percussion instruments; oncology - the study of microbes; graminology - the study of grammar; oneirology - the study of dreams
Answer: oneirology - the study of dreams
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Question: Which ancient Greek historian is considered the Father of History?
Choices: Socrates; Plato; Herodotus; Demitrios
Answer: Herodotus
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Question: Because of introducing a classification scheme for distinguishing living organisms, Carolus Linnaeus is known as the father of what field of science?
Choices: Zoology; Palentology; Botany; Taxonomy
Answer: Taxonomy
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Question: This person is considered as the Father of Computer, as he invented a counting machine called The Difference Engine.
Choices: John Vincent Atanasoff; Blaise Pascal; Charles Babbage; Argani Alunan
Answer: Charles Babbage
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Question: Who is regarded as the Father of Mathematics?
Choices: Euclid; Ernest Rutherford; Archimedes; Rene Descartes
Answer: Archimedes
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Question: Edgar Allan Poe is known to be the father of detective stories. What was he often characterized as?
Choices: Womanizer; Homosexual; Melancholic; Alcoholic
Answer: Alcoholic
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Question: Myorrhexis is a very painful condition and can occur when you overexert. What is characteristic of this condition?
Choices: Softening of a bone.; A vertebra is out of its joint or is dislocated; Rupture or tearing of a muscle.; Degeneration of cartilage.
Answer: Rupture or tearing of a muscle.
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Question: What is the medical term for a nosebleed?
Choices: Rhinorrhagia; Rhinitis; Rhinomycosis; Rhinodynia
Answer: Rhinorrhagia
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Question: The endocrine system is made up of glands. Aden(o) means glands; adren(o) means the adrenal glands. What term means enlargement of the adrenal glands?
Choices: Adrenalitis; Adrenomegaly; Adrenotoxin; Adrenopathy
Answer: Adrenomegaly
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Question: What is the closest point to the sun in the Earths orbit called?
Choices: Aphelion; Summer Solstice; Autumnal Equinox; Perihelion
Answer: Perihelion
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Question: The moon orbits eastward around the Earth.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: During a new moon phase, is the moon visible?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: No
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Question: During which lunar phase is the moon least visible?
Choices: First Quarter; Full Moon; Waxing Crescent; Waxing Gibbous
Answer: Waxing Crescent
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Question: Did Galileo Galilei invent the first telescope?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: No
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Question: When was the Hubble Space Telescope put into orbit by the Space Shuttle?
Choices: 1991; 1992; 1990; 1993
Answer: 1990
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Question: The stars remain in the sky during the day.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: During  first quarter moon, what time does the moon rise?
Choices: dawn; midnight; noon; sunset
Answer: noon
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Question: What unit in the metric system do astronomers use to measure the wavelength of light?
Choices: nanometer; eccentricity; photon; equant
Answer: nanometer
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Question: In order to be classified as a Category 5 hurricane, the storm must have what winds speeds?
Choices: 135mph; 125mph; 145mph; 155mph
Answer: 155mph
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Question: About how many lightning bolts strike the Earth each second?
Choices: 1,500; 100; 1,000; 3,000
Answer: 100
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Question: This construction in the United States is struck by lightning around 500 times a year.
Choices: Pentagon; Statue of Liberty; Empire State Building; Golden Gate Bridge
Answer: Empire State Building
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Question: Warm weather brings high pressure systems.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Who created the Fujita scale in the late 1960s?
Choices: Patrick Fujita; Calvin Fujita; Theodore Fujita; Alvin Fujita
Answer: Theodore Fujita
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Question: Its the middle of July. You are in Louisville, KY, USA and you cross over the Ohio River into Jeffersonville, IN. You have effectively gone:
Choices: Forward in Time; Time Stands Still; Backwards in Time; You have broken the time continuum
Answer: Backwards in Time
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Question: In the summer months, a clock located in Indianapolis, IN, USA will show a different time than a clock located in Paducah, KY.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: A worker at a Riverboat Casino in Ohio near Cincinnati gets off the late shift at 12 Midnight, and arrives home in Indiana at Midnight. This worker lives about an hour away. Is this possible?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
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Question: Youre crossing Hoover Dam from Nevada into Arizona (USA) during the Winter months (after Oct 31st).  Will you change Time Zones?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
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Question: You live in Ossining, NY, USA  and you call your friend in Honolulu, Hawaii. Its the month of May. How many hours time difference are there between these 2 locales?
Choices: 6 Hours Difference; 4 Hours Difference; 3 Hours Difference; 5 Hours Difference
Answer: 6 Hours Difference
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Question: Referring to the previous question, if its 6:00 P.M. in Ossining, NY, what time is it in Honolulu, Hawaii?
Choices: 3:00 PM; 12 Midnight; 12 Noon; Time to surf, Brah!
Answer: 12 Noon
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Question: Its your Birthday, and youre in Tokyo. Later that calendar day, you board a flight for Los Angeles. Will you be able to celebrate your birthday twice?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: Yes
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Question: The state of Tennessee, USA has 2 Time Zones.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: A flight attendant lands at OHare Airport in Chicago, in the winter months, and drives to Gary, Indiana. Will he or she have to reset his/ her watch upon arrival in Gary?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: No
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Question: Which of the following fast food meals has the most calories?
Choices: McDonalds Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips (10 pc); Subways 12 inch Double Meat Classic Tuna Sub on white; KFCs Popcorn Chicken - Family; McDonalds Deluxe Breakfast
Answer: Subways 12 inch Double Meat Classic Tuna Sub on white
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Question: Subways 12-inch Cold Cut Combo Sub on white bread is higher in calories, fats and carbohydrates then Hardees Big Roast Beef.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which of the following meals is the best source of fibers?
Choices: Arbys Market Fresh Ultimate BLT Wrap; Subway Chicken Bacon Ranch Wrap (with cheese); Wendys Crispy Chicken Nuggets (5 pieces); Taco Bell Fiesta Taco Salad
Answer: Arbys Market Fresh Ultimate BLT Wrap
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Question: Blimpieâs Best 12-inch Sub on wheat is higher in total calories, carbohydrates, and fats than a McDonalds Big Mac.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Which of the following fast food items provides the consumer with the greatest amount of calories from fat?
Choices: Whopper Jr. With Cheese; Dominos Garlic Sauce; Hardees 1/3 LB Mushroom and Swiss Thickburger; Taco Bell Nachos BellGrande
Answer: Dominos Garlic Sauce
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Question: Hardees medium sized Strawberry Shake (Hand-dipped) is higher in fats and total calories than Wendys medium sized Frosty Dairy Dessert.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Which of these salads has the lowest amount of carbohydrates and sugar?
Choices: Wendys Chicken BLT Salad; Burger King Fire-Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad; Arbys Market Fresh Santa Fe Salad; Taco Bell Fiesta Taco Salad
Answer: Burger King Fire-Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad
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Question: One slice (139g) of Dominos Classic Hand Tossed Veggie Feast pizza has more calories than Arbys Ham Biscuit (Breakfast Sandwich).
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which of the following sauces provides the highest percent of calories from fat?
Choices: Burger Kings Honey Flavored Dipping Sauce; Hardees Pancake Syrup; McDonalds Barbeque Sauce; Arbys Light Mayonnaise Packet
Answer: Arbys Light Mayonnaise Packet
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Question: The number of total calories, carbohydrates, fats, and sodium per serving is reported to be highest in which of the following meals?
Choices: Burger King  WHOPPER JR.; Hardees Kids Meal - Slammers; McDonalds Cheeseburger; Wendys Jr. Hamburger
Answer: Hardees Kids Meal - Slammers
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Question: Silver and gold are in the same group on the periodic table. What group are they in and what are their atomic symbols, respectively?
Choices: Group 12, Ag and Au; Group 14, Au and Ag; Group 13, Au and Ag; Group 11, Ag and Au
Answer: Group 11, Ag and Au
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Question: Inert gases are found in Group 18 of the Periodic Table. Which is the inert gas with atomic number 54?
Choices: Rn; Xe; Kr; Ar
Answer: Xe