kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
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Question: Which of these is best describes the cause of Parkinsons disease?
Choices: A brain injury; Changes in the myelin sheath of the neuron; Decreased blood flow to the brain; A decrease in a neurotransmitter
Answer: A decrease in a neurotransmitter
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Question: If your physician tells you that you have Presbycusis due to the normal process of aging, he may suggest that you need which of these?
Choices: Dentures; Glasses; A wheelchair; Hearing aid
Answer: Hearing aid
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Question: Which of these medical terms means difficulty in swallowing.
Choices: dyspepsia; dysuria; dyspnea; dysphagia
Answer: dysphagia
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Question: Does the condition known as Hypoglycemia imply that blood sugar levels in the body are too high?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: No
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Question: If you have hyperthyroidism, your body is overproducing what hormone?
Choices: Estrogen; Thyroxine; Glucagon; Thyrocalcitonin
Answer: Thyroxine
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Question: Which of these most accurately describes the medical term, necrosis?
Choices: Irregular heartbeat; Death of living tissue; Decrease in white blood cells; Liver damage
Answer: Death of living tissue
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Question: Your physician has ordered an electroencephalogram (EEG), the graphic recording of the electrical activity of what organ?
Choices: Muscles; Liver; Heart; Brain
Answer: Brain
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Question: In the US, what was the average street cost of a lid (3/4 ounce bag) of marijuana in the mid 1970s?
Choices: $20.00; $10.00; $15.00; $5.00
Answer: $15.00
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Question: Marijuana is known by many names, including all of these but one. Which is the odd name?
Choices: Mary Jane; Weed; Pot; Janu
Answer: Janu
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Question: What is marijuanas primary active ingredient?
Choices: THC; TCB; TAC; TBC
Answer: THC
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Question: How many different chemicals can be found in marijuana?
Choices: 150; Less than 5; More than 400; 200
Answer: More than 400
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Question: According to anonymous researches, conducted in the USA in 2002, most teenagers aged 12-17 have at least tried Marijuana.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Which side effect is not related to the use of marijuana?
Choices: Silly and causeless giggling; Red, bloodshot eyes; Dizziness and staggering; Violent behaviour
Answer: Violent behaviour
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Question: Marijuana is produced from parts of the male cannabis plants.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: With the passage of the Marijuana Tax Act, the United States effectively banned recreational and medicinal use of cannabis. What year was this act adopted?
Choices: 1945; 1937; 1972; 1965
Answer: 1937
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Question: By amending its Opium Act in 1976, the government of which country decided to treat possession of up to 30 grams of marijuana as an activity not for prosecution, detection or arrest?
Choices: Columbia; Holland; Canada; USA
Answer: Holland
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Question: What US state enacted Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act, which allowed sick and dying patients to legally use marijuana for medicinal purposes?
Choices: Alabama; Hawaii; California; Ohio
Answer: California
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Question: The sphygmomanometer is a device invented by Samuel Siegfried Karl Ritter von Basch, used to measure what?
Choices: Blood pressure; Myopia; Intensity of headaches; Heart murmurs
Answer: Blood pressure
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Question: This disorder, from a Greek word meaning failure to put in order, is characterised by lack of muscular coordination, and often occurs when parts of the nervous system which control movement are damaged.
Choices: Narcolepsy; Dyslexia; Hyperkinesis; Ataxia
Answer: Ataxia
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Question: This disorder is the abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain.
Choices: Spina bifida; Multiple sclerosis; Epilepsy; Hydrocephalus
Answer: Hydrocephalus
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Question: Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder, characterized by tics -- involuntary, rapid, movements or vocalizations.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: This is the colloquial equivalent of the medical term Herpes zoster, which is used to define a condition, caused by the varicella zoster virus.
Choices: Cold sores; Sementia; Mumps; Shingles
Answer: Shingles
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Question: Pre-eclampsia, thought to be caused by inflammatory mediators, is a medical condition associated with which of these?
Choices: Pregnancy; Eye infections; Brain tumor; Bronchitis
Answer: Pregnancy
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Question: Down Syndrome, named after Dr. John Langdon Down, is actually a chromosomal defect.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What medical term is synonym of jaundice, a condition characterized by yellowing of the skin, sclera and mucous membranes?
Choices: Icterus; Ascites; Anorexia; Nausea
Answer: Icterus
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Question: The presence of gallstones in the gallbladder is defined by what medical term?
Choices: Dysentery; Hepatitis; Cholelithiasis; Cirrhosis
Answer: Cholelithiasis
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Question: Arthralgia is a severe heart disorder.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The term encephalon, defined as the brain of a vertebrate, derives from a Greek word which means what?
Choices: In the mind; Forehead; In the backbone; In the head
Answer: In the head
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Question: Carcino is a word of Greek origin which refers to the small intestines.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: The term blepharo derives from a Greek word and refers to which part of the body?
Choices: Artery; Larynx; Eyelid; Lungs
Answer: Eyelid
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Question: An inguinal hernia occurs in the groin, the area between the abdomen and thigh.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which of these medical terms refers to air passages in the lungs?
Choices: Neurons; Axons; Terminals; Bronchial tubes
Answer: Bronchial tubes
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Question: The word phlebo is of Greek origin, which comes from the root phlein, meaning to gush or to overflow.  What part of the body does this word refer to?
Choices: Aorta; Arteries; Capillaries; Veins
Answer: Veins
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Question: The medical prefix bucco refers to which part of the head?
Choices: Forehead; Eye; Cheek; Nose
Answer: Cheek
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Question: The medical prefix oophoro, which derives from Greek, refers to which part of the body?
Choices: Muscle; Uterus; Abdomen; Ovary
Answer: Ovary
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Question: The prefix neuro, which in Greek means sinew or string, is related to the nervous system.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The prefix of Greek origin, oto is used in medical terminology to refer to what body part?
Choices: Nose; Mouth; Ear; Eye
Answer: Ear
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Question: Scientists differentiate what three basic types of memory, based on the duration of memory retention?
Choices: Episodic memory, procedural memory, and semantic memory; Temporary memory, average memory, and permanent memory; Momentary memory, short-term memory, and permanent memory; Sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory
Answer: Sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory
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Question: To which of these essential human abilities is memory closely related?
Choices: All of these; Learning; Understanding; Speaking
Answer: All of these
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Question: Procedural Memory, a category of the long-term memory, refers to which of these basic human abilities?
Choices: The ability to gain and store general knowledge and information; The ability to consciously retrieve stored facts and information; The artistic and creative abilities; The ability to acquire and develop skills
Answer: The ability to acquire and develop skills
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Question: Typically, how many random items can human short-term memory store?
Choices: 3-4; 9-11; 6-8; 15-17
Answer: 6-8
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Question: DÃ©jÃ  Vu is one of the curios brain phenomenon. Which of these most accurately describes the term?
Choices: A sensation of something seen or experienced before; A spontaneous involuntary creation of a false memory; A sudden flash of a long forgotten memory; The feeling that something familiar was never seen before
Answer: A sensation of something seen or experienced before
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Question: Nearly everybody has experienced the tip-of-the-tongue situation when one is eagerly trying to think of a relatively familiar fact, name or word and is just about to recall it, but it constantly eludes him.  What is the explanation of this strange experience?
Choices: Aging brain cells; Mineral deficiency; Unpleasant experience associated with the memory; Another item is blocking the recollection
Answer: Another item is blocking the recollection
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Question: Which of these most accurately explains the controversial issue of  false memories?
Choices: Memories formed under the influence of misleading suggestions and clues; None of these; Memories lacking coherent and logical rationale; Memories causing false sensations
Answer: Memories formed under the influence of misleading suggestions and clues
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Question: One of the most basic characteristics of our memory is the ability to forget, which is considered to be this type of function.
Choices: Developing function; Adaptive function; Cognitive function; Protective function
Answer: Adaptive function
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Question: Amnesia, the loss of significant amount of important information, is a memory impairment which happens as a result of which of these?
Choices: Specific malfunctions in the brain; Physical injury; Psychological trauma; All of these
Answer: All of these
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Question: In the study of memory, what does the term mnemonist refer to?
Choices: Individual with exceptional memory; Individual with severe memory disorders; Individual who tends to create false memories; Individual who has recovered from amnesia
Answer: Individual with exceptional memory
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Question: What is the main cause for most pandemics in history?
Choices: The domestication of animals; Human negligence; Genetic experiments; The bad hygiene of the people
Answer: The domestication of animals
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Question: During which war did the first known pandemic take place?  It dates back to 430 BC.
Choices: The Peloponnesian War; The Punic Wars; The Persian Wars; The Trojan War
Answer: The Peloponnesian War
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Question: Which Roman emperor died of Antonine plague? This plague was actually named after him.
Choices: Marcus Aurelius; Vespasian; Claudius; Augustus
Answer: Marcus Aurelius
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Question: Is there a cure for the plague?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: Yes
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Question: At this stage of the plague, one of the the symptoms is the presence of black patches on the skin.
Choices: Plague of Justinian; Septicemic Plague; Pneumonic Plague; Bubonic Plague
Answer: Septicemic Plague
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Question: This disease had 7 pandemics and is still causing epidemics.
Choices: Plague; Cholera; Typhus; Influenza
Answer: Cholera
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Question: This terrible disease killed as much as 5% of the worlds population and affected almost 20% in just six months.
Choices: Spanish Flu; Measles; Bubonic plague; Cholera
Answer: Spanish Flu
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Question: The smallpox isnt dangerous.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Which of these countries did cholera affect most?
Choices: USA; Italy; Russia; France
Answer: Russia
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Question: Cancer is considered a pandemic.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: This is one of the most common health problems that comes from being overweight.
Choices: Fainting; High blood pressure; Vertigo; Low blood pressure
Answer: High blood pressure
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Question: In the USA, obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death after this one.
Choices: Stress; Drugs; Pollution; Smoking
Answer: Smoking
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Question: How many people are overweight around the world?
Choices: More than 3 million; More than 1 million; More than 5 million; More than 1 billion
Answer: More than 1 billion
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Question: When starting a diet you have to consume at least this number of calories per day, otherwise you will lose muscle.
Choices: 2000; 1000; 1500; 1200
Answer: 1200
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Question: Which of the following has the most fat?
Choices: Cottage Cheese; Feta; American Blue Cheese; Parmesan
Answer: American Blue Cheese
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Question: Body Mass Index (BMI) is the relation between body mass and height.  If your BMI is in this range then you are considered overweight.
Choices: 25 to 29.9; 20 to 24.9; 15 - 19.9; 10 - 14.9
Answer: 25 to 29.9
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Question: This is the most recommended activity that helps prevent or fight obesity.
Choices: Quitting alcohol; Getting exercise; Eating salads only; Drinking a lot of water
Answer: Getting exercise
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Question: At what time in a womans life is she most likely to gain the most weight?
Choices: After the age of 60; During pregnancy; Before her menstruation; During menopause
Answer: During pregnancy
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Question: Women become overweight easier than men.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What does being obese in some countries with food shortages symbolizes?
Choices: Wealth; Wisdom; Divinity; Well-being
Answer: Wealth
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Question: Jason has 3 quarters, 8 nickels, 6 dimes and 3 pennies. How much money does he have?
Choices: $0.35; $1.78; $2.58; $1.93
Answer: $1.78
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Question: What is the next number in the following sequence: 42, 48, 54, __?
Choices: 64; 50; 58; 60
Answer: 60
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Question: 6 is a multiple of 2 and 3, 9 is a multiple of 3 only, 10 is a multiple of 5 and what other number?
Choices: 10; 2; 15; 5
Answer: 2
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Question: How would you write 236,598 out in words?
Choices: Two million, thirty-six thousand, five hundred ninety-eight; Two hundred, thirty-six thousand, five hundred ninety-eight; Three hundred, thirty-six thousand, six hundred ninety-eight; Two hundred, three thousand, five hundred ninety-seven
Answer: Two hundred, thirty-six thousand, five hundred ninety-eight
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Question: The eyes of males are bigger than those of females.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The eyes of a baby weigh about 1/400 of its entire body mass. How much do the eyes of an adult weigh?
Choices: 1/1000 of the body mass; 1/4000 of the body mass; 1/20000 of the body mass; 1/10000 of the body mass
Answer: 1/4000 of the body mass
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Question: An adult salivates this much per day, on average.
Choices: 2 liters (1/2 gallons); 0.1 liters (0.026gallons); 1 liter (1/4 gallons); 1.2 liters (0.32 gallons)
Answer: 1 liter (1/4 gallons)
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Question: How long are the intestines of an average adult? (large and small)
Choices: approx 1-2 meters (3-6.5 feet); approx 19-20 meters (62-65 feet); approx 8-9 meters (26-29.5 feet); approx 15-16 meters (49-52.5 feet)
Answer: approx 8-9 meters (26-29.5 feet)
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Question: The growth hormone is released from this gland.
Choices: Pancreas; Hypophysis; Adrenal Gland; Pineal Gland
Answer: Hypophysis
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Question: How many teeth does an average human have?
Choices: 28; 29; 34; 32
Answer: 32
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Question: What can microexpressions, a type of tiny fleeting facial expressions, help you understand about the person you are talking with?
Choices: Their real attitude towards the topic; Their emotional state; Whether they are telling the truth or not; All of these
Answer: All of these
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Question: Which one of these statements about facial microexpressions is not true?
Choices: Microexpressions are involuntary.; Microexpressions can be controlled with certain types of chemicals.; Microexpressions contain much more information than common expressions.; Microexpressions can be easily read by any person.
Answer: Microexpressions can be easily read by any person.
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Question: Kismet, a complicated technological achievement, is a very important step in the understanding of human facial expressions and their role in socialising. What is actually Kismet?
Choices: A technique for enhancing the ability of the face to conduct emotions; A set of tiny devices implanted under the skin, which detect microexpressions; A sociable humanoid robot; An advanced computer system, designed to analyze microexpressions
Answer: A sociable humanoid robot
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Question: What British naturalist published the first major scientific study on facial communication in 1872?
Choices: Leonardo Da Vinci; Alfred Brehm; James Edward Smith; Charles Darwin
Answer: Charles Darwin
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Question: In medicine, which of these brain disorders does the term prosopagnosia refer to?
Choices: The inability to express emotions; Misinterpretation of basic human expressions; Total indifference to others expressions; The Inability to recognize faces
Answer: The Inability to recognize faces
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Question: In which of these countries is showing negative facial expressions considered impolite and is therefore avoided?  Negative expressions are instead usually masked with smile or laughter.
Choices: Peru; Kenya; Indonesia; Japan
Answer: Japan
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Question: What emotional state does the gesture of narrowed eyes convey?
Choices: Threat, distrust; Satisfaction, joy; Sadness, frustration; Anger, excitement
Answer: Threat, distrust
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Question: Experiments prove that men are usually better at decoding facial expressions than women.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Laughter is one of the first expressions of emotions babies learn to convey.  At about what age do babies start to laugh?
Choices: 12 months; 7 months; 18 months; 4 months
Answer: 4 months
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Question: This organ contains many bacteria, which begin to digest surrounding organs immediately after death.
Choices: Liver; Stomach; Intestines; Rectum
Answer: Intestines
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Question: A large number of flies can appear around a dead body within the first 24 hours of death.  This is mainly because the flies lay eggs on the body, this multiplying their numbers.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: In average conditions, approximately how many hours does it take for the dead bodys temperature to equalize with the surrounding environment?
Choices: 12; 48; 26; 24
Answer: 24
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Question: Which of the following happens three days after the moment of death?
Choices: The body starts to shrink; The body starts to emit smell; The body starts to swell; The nails are so loose that they can be pulled off
Answer: The body starts to swell
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Question: Because of the substance present in these structures of the human body, they can be preserved for centuries avoiding decomposition.
Choices: Teeth; Nails; Eyelashes; Eyeballs
Answer: Teeth
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Question: Which part of the body is decomposed last, but before the bones?
Choices: Cartilages; Hair; Nails; Gall Bladder
Answer: Hair
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Question: The term rigor mortis means this.
Choices: Stiffness of death; Swollen corpse; Blue corpse; Blue death
Answer: Stiffness of death
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Question: The skin goes purple and waxy about one hour from time of death.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: A death erection is a post-mortem erection which occurs when a male individual dies vertically or face-down.  What causes this condition?
Choices: Having intercourse before death; Gravity causes the genitalia to fill up with blood; The body swells up; Bladder and Intestines empty
Answer: Gravity causes the genitalia to fill up with blood
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Question: The face of the person becomes difficult to recognize 24 hours after death.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Due to this, there is almost no atmosphere on the Moon.
Choices: Lack of oxygen; Cold temperature; Excessive sunshine; Weak gravity
Answer: Weak gravity
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Question: The side of the Moon that we see is this.
Choices: Different every night; Different every two weeks; Different every month; The same every night
Answer: The same every night
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Question: The distance between the Moon and the Earth is approximately this much.
Choices: 238,897 miles (384,467km); 62,000 miles (100,000km); 155,342 miles (250,000 km); 260,975 miles (420,000 km)
Answer: 238,897 miles (384,467km)
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Question: The Moon is changing its position it relation to the Earth. In what way?
Choices: Getting closer; Moving along the Earths Y axis; Moving away; Moving along the Earths X axis
Answer: Moving away
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Question: Which factor ensures that many of the craters on the Moons surface remain well preserved in comparison to those on Earth?
Choices: The strong solar rays; The rotating movement; The lack of atmosphere; The influence of Earths gravity
Answer: The lack of atmosphere
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Question: When was the Moon formed?
Choices: About 5.7 billion years ago; About 4.5 billion years ago; About 300,000 years ago; About 1 billion years ago
Answer: About 4.5 billion years ago
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Question: Moons shape is not quite round. What does it resemble?
Choices: Egg; Kiwi; Pear; Lemon
Answer: Egg
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Question: A compass cannot be used on the Moon.  What factor is responsible for this?
Choices: Lack of a magnetic field; Influence of Earths gravity; Asteroid impacts; Lack of gravity on the Moon
Answer: Lack of a magnetic field
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Question: The Moon is taken into consideration when calculating the day of this religious celebration.
Choices: Thanksgiving; Memorial Day; Christmas; Easter
Answer: Easter
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Question: The Moons diameter is approximately this long.
Choices: 2,796 miles (4,500 km); 2,154 miles (3,476 km); 5,567 miles (8,960 km); 7,145 miles (11,500 km)
Answer: 2,154 miles (3,476 km)
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Question: A large exposition at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich is devoted to horology, a science that studies what?
Choices: time; navigation; lenses; comets
Answer: time
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Question: These animals are the subject of study of coleopterology, which is a subfield of entomology.
Choices: jaguars; tigers; snakes; beetles
Answer: beetles
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Question: A King Cobra and a frog would be subjects of study of what science?
Choices: autecology; astacology; reptology; herpetology
Answer: herpetology
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Question: This species, considered to have colonized almost every landmass on Earth, is studied by myrmecology.
Choices: bees; ants; flies; hornets
Answer: ants
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Question: This material on the surface of a lithosphere is the subject of study of pedology.
Choices: turf; rock; rain; soil
Answer: soil
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Question: This country, known for the worlds longest continuously used written language system, is the subject of study of sinology.
Choices: China; Singapore; Japan; Korea
Answer: China
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Question: What national symbols are subject of study of vexillology?
Choices: flags; seals; national emblems; coat of arms
Answer: flags
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Question: What is the subject of study of thanatology, personified in Greek mythology by Thanatos?
Choices: death; plague; birth; grave
Answer: death
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Question: This astral body, known as Earths only natural satellite, is the subject of study selenology.
Choices: Sun; Venus; Jupiter; Moon
Answer: Moon
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Question: This contractile tissue of the body is the subject of study of myology.
Choices: blood cells; bones; hairs; muscles
Answer: muscles
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Question: What term is used to designate a hurricanes calm, low-pressure center around which winds of high velocity spin?
Choices: Outer rim; Eye wall; Rain bands; Eye
Answer: Eye
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Question: A swallow hole is an unnatural depression in earths surface formed by the collapse of a large building.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What term refers to electric power produced by running or falling water?
Choices: Nuclear power; Aquatic power; Hydrothermal power; Hydroelectric power
Answer: Hydroelectric power
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Question: What term do scientists use to denote the gradual warming of the planet due to absorption of infrared radiation by the atmosphere?
Choices: Greenhouse effect; Ozone depletion; Atmospheric termoincrease; Global dimming
Answer: Greenhouse effect
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Question: The geological area called The Ring of Fire is located along the borders of the Pacific Ocean.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Will two tectonic plates sliding away from each other result in an earthquake?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: Yes
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Question: Sinkholes, natural depressions in the surface topography, may vary largely in size.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: There are many different theories of how the Milky Way galaxy was born.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: These biological poisons damage bio systems on contact. The injuries they cause resemble burns.
Choices: Oxidizers; Halides; Corrosives; Neurotoxins
Answer: Corrosives
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Question: Arsenic poisoning mainly disrupts this system.
Choices: Cardiovascular system; Digestive system; Endocrine system; Nervous system
Answer: Digestive system
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Question: Poisoning by this substance is often referred to as painters colic.
Choices: Lead; Thallium; Barium; Chromium
Answer: Lead
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Question: Nicotine can be found in tomatoes, potatoes, green peppers, coca plants and tobacco.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Troops who are likely to be attacked with chemical weapons often carry auto-injectors with this substance.
Choices: Solanine; Digoxin; Digitoxin; Atropine
Answer: Atropine
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Question: Strychnine poisoning produces some of the most terrifying and painful symptoms imaginable.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Three of these snakes produce venom, lethal to humans.  Which one does not?
Choices: King Cobra; Desert Kingsnake; Mamba; Rattlesnake
Answer: Desert Kingsnake
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Question: In medical parlance, what is an A-line?
Choices: Anatomic line; Analog line; Afferent line; Arterial line
Answer: Arterial line
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Question: After reading the following, what will a doctor conclude? Pt presents 3 d S/P TURP, with c/o HA x 2 d.
Choices: The patient has a headache.; The patient recently had abdominal surgery.; The patient has no current complaints.; The patient is female.
Answer: The patient has a headache.
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Question: What do abbreviations Rx, Tx, Hx and Sx mean?
Choices: Pharmacy, Treatment Room, Hospital and Sanitorium; Renal, Thyroid, Uterine and Splenic; Prescription, Treatment, History and Symptom; Rectal, Thyroglossal, Hepatic and Splenic
Answer: Prescription, Treatment, History and Symptom
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Question: In medical jargon, what are PMH, PSH, SH and FH?
Choices: Past medical history, Past surgical history, Social history and Family history; Post-medical healing, Post-surgical healing, Surgical healing and Functional healing; Posterior middle hyoid, Posterior superior hyoid, Superficial hyoid and Foramen hyoidium; Patient mental hospital, Patient surgical hospital, Social hospital, and Female hospital
Answer: Past medical history, Past surgical history, Social history and Family history
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Question: If the doctor writes, CNs 2-12 intact, which of the following would be true?
Choices: The patient is a man.; The cervical nerves are all functioning normally.; The patient is able to close and open the eyes.; All of the lymph nodes in the cervical chain are normal.
Answer: The patient is able to close and open the eyes.
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Question: In medical parlance, what is an AKA?
Choices: An alcoholic; An antibiotic; The removal of a limb; A patient
Answer: The removal of a limb
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Question: If the doctor orders an EKG, what part of the body is going to be examined?
Choices: Heart; Brain; Peripheral Nerves; Abdomen
Answer: Heart
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Question: In medical jargon, FH: CAD (M), DM (F) implies what?
Choices: The patients mother died of an aneurysm, and the patients father died of a myocardial infarction.; The patients mother had a stroke, and the patients father had diabetes mellitus.; The patients mother had heart disease and the patients father had diabetes.; The patients mother was an engineer and the patients father was a computer programmer.
Answer: The patients mother had heart disease and the patients father had diabetes.
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Question: In medical terms, what is a CVA?
Choices: An aneurysm; A type of accountant; A heart attack; A stroke
Answer: A stroke
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Question: At a party, a doctor asked a nurse: Are you an RN or an LPN?  The nurse replied: Im an RN. I got my BSN at Georgetown. Are you an MD or a DO?  The doctor replied: Im a DO. Which of the following statements can be concluded from this conversation?
Choices: The doctor is going to get lucky tonight.; The doctor is not really a doctor at all.; The doctor was trained in osteopathic manipulation.; The doctor is a chiropractor.
Answer: The doctor was trained in osteopathic manipulation.
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Question: If you were taking a course in entomology, what would you be studying?
Choices: Rocks; Snakes; Mold; Insects
Answer: Insects
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Question: This science studies signs, both individually and grouped in sign systems.
Choices: Anthology; Semiology; Linguistics; Theology
Answer: Semiology
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Question: Etymologists study the history of languages and how the forms and meanings of different words changed.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What part of the human body does the science periodontics study?
Choices: Gums and mouth; Eyes; Finger and toes; Ears
Answer: Gums and mouth
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Question: Ichthyology is the study of biting insects such a fleas, mosquitoes and wasps.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What scientists study recent or fossilized skeletal remains in order to find traces of ancient diseases?
Choices: Mycologists; Parapsychologists; Paleopathologists; Epidemiologists
Answer: Paleopathologists
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Question: People who suffer from this condition tend to be self-destructive. They may use drugs, or engage in promiscuous sexual activities.
Choices: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Panic Disorder; Borderline Personality Disorder; Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Answer: Borderline Personality Disorder
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Question: People with this disorder engage in idiosyncratic behaviors, such as wearing an odd-looking hat every day, or wearing their pants backwards.
Choices: Antisocial Personality Disorder; Narcissistic Personality Disorder; Schizotypal Personality Disorder; Histrionic Personality Disorder
Answer: Schizotypal Personality Disorder
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Question: This disorder, also known as manic depression, involves high risk of death through suicide.
Choices: Dependent Personality Disorder; Antisocial Personality Disorder; Bipolar Disorder; Schizophrenia
Answer: Bipolar Disorder
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Question: People suffreing from this mental illness manifest a psychiatric condition as a physical complaint.
Choices: Agoraphobia; Kleptomania; Somatization Disorder; Munchausen Syndrome
Answer: Somatization Disorder
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Question: A person with this disorder has fluctuating levels of orientation.
Choices: Dementia; Psychosis; Delusional State; Delirium
Answer: Delirium
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Question: An old adage states, Neurotics build castles in the sand. Psychotics live in them.  Which one of the following disorders is not considered a neurosis?
Choices: Schizoid Personality Disorder; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Panic Disorder; Agoraphobia
Answer: Schizoid Personality Disorder
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Question: According to statistics, which of the following people is most likely to commit suicide?
Choices: A recovering alcoholic.; A middle-aged divorced man.; A middle-aged divorced woman living alone.; A teenage boy who smokes marijuana.
Answer: A middle-aged divorced man.
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Question: Depression can cause brain damage.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Three of the following four disorders are actually different names for the same disease. Which is the odd one?
Choices: Antisocial Personality; Psychopath; Maniac; Sociopath
Answer: Maniac
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Question: People with this disorder have difficulty engaging in everyday human interaction.
Choices: Autism; Huntingtons Disease; Cerebral Palsy; Addisons Disease
Answer: Autism
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Question: Located in the upper anterior portion of the chest cavity, the thymus is an organ belonging to which system of the human body?
Choices: Endocrine system; Integumentary system; Lymphatic System; Nervous system
Answer: Lymphatic System
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Question: Which are the endocrine systems so-called instant messengers used to affect distant cells within specific organs?
Choices: Nephrons; Neurons; Acids; Hormones
Answer: Hormones
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Question: In humans, which of these organs belongs to the integumentary system?
Choices: Skin; Tonsils; Liver; Pharynx
Answer: Skin
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Question: Mucus is a slippery secretion of the lining of various membranes typical for which system of the human body?
Choices: All of these; Reproductive system; Digestive system; Respiratory system
Answer: All of these
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Question: Which of the following is not a function of the circulatory system?
Choices: Excretion of unwanted substances; Stabilizing body temperature; Maintaing pH; Transport of vital substances
Answer: Excretion of unwanted substances
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Question: Comparing a newborn babys skeletal system to an adults skeletal system, we will find out that the baby has about 60 bones more that the already completely developed person.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Emphysema is a chronic disease affecting the organs of which system of the body?
Choices: Respiratory system; Skeletal system; Urinary system; Digestive system
Answer: Respiratory system
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Question: In humans, the nervous system is divided into a central nervous system and a peripheral nervous system. The peripheral nervous system has two more divisions. The first one is the autonomic nervous system. What is the second one?
Choices: Sympathetic nervous system; Parasympathetic nervous system; Enteric nervous system; Somatic nervous system
Answer: Somatic nervous system
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Question: In the female body the breasts are organs of the reproductive system.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Australopithecus were early hominids that differed in many ways from modern-day humans -- they were short, and their brain-case was much smaller. In 1924, Raymond Dart found the first remains of an Australopithecus on this continent.
Choices: Africa; Australia; Asia; Europe
Answer: Africa
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Question: The most complete Australopithecus skeleton, dubbed Lucy,  was found in 1974.  She was 1.10m (3 7) tall and weighed about 30kg (66lbs).  Anthropologists named the skeleton after this Lucy.
Choices: Lucille Ball from the TV show I Love Lucy; Lucy of Lucy Clothing Manufacturers; Lucy from The Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds; Actress Lucy Liu
Answer: Lucy from The Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
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Question: Ancient footsteps found in Tanzania prove that there were bipedal hominids as early as 3.8 million years ago.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Although the Australopithecus were much more intelligent and sophisticated than other animals at that time, they were still closer to monkeys than humans. Later, a new genus developed -- the Homo genus. The first Homo genus specie diverged from the Australopithecus and was called this.
Choices: Homo sapiens; Homo erectus; Homo neanderthalensis; Homo habilis
Answer: Homo habilis
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Question: There is evidence that Sinanthropus pekinensis used tools and was able to light a fire. Unfortunately, the teeth of the Sinanthropus are still considered medicine and are sold in some pharmacies in its home country.
Choices: China; Zimbabwe; France; Japan
Answer: China
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Question: There are theories that Neanderthals actually buried their dead.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: About 230,000 years ago one highly sophisticated and relatively intelligent specie of the Homo genus appeared; homo Neanderthalus was very well adapted to cold - it was short and muscular (many modern day heavy-weight champions would envy an average Neanderthal) and had a large nose. In 1983 the hyoid bone of a Neanderthal was found and that raised many disputes. What did this tiny bone prove?
Choices: That Neanderthals were cannibals; That Neanderthals probably had sophisticated language; That they were possibly more intelligent than modern people; That they were vegetarians
Answer: That Neanderthals probably had sophisticated language
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Question: Neanderthals are the ancestors of modern-day humans.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Which part of a building is also a computer operating system name?
Choices: Doors; Windows; Balcony; Loggia
Answer: Windows
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Question: Which animal can be connected to a computer USB port?
Choices: Dog; Mouse; Rat; Cat
Answer: Mouse
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Question: Which of these is a popular database name?
Choices: Mosque; Oracle; Shrine; Church
Answer: Oracle
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Question: Which bathroom item is also a communication protocol?
Choices: BRUSH; GEL; SOAP; COMB
Answer: SOAP
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Question: Which wall is used for computer protection in the Internet or other networks?
Choices: Firewall; Wooden wall; Brickwall; Protective wall
Answer: Firewall
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Question: Which celestial body is also a name of a big American vendor of computers, computer components and software?
Choices: Sun; Venus; Moon; Pluto
Answer: Sun
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Question: Which commercial building can also store data?
Choices: Warehouse; Super market; Store; Shop
Answer: Warehouse
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Question: The name of which animal group is also a collective name for software errors?
Choices: Insects; Spiders; Ants; Bugs
Answer: Bugs
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Question: Which of these is a computer for bulk data processing?
Choices: A-frame; Body-on-frame; Window-frame; Mainframe
Answer: Mainframe
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Question: Which hat is a distribution of the Linux operating system?
Choices: Black Hat; White Hat; Red Hat; Blue Hat
Answer: Red Hat
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Question: The name of which Native American group is also a name of an open source organization?
Choices: Iroquois; Navajo; Cherokees; Apache
Answer: Apache
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Question: The name of which island is also a computer programming language name?
Choices: Cuba; Jamaica; Java; Malta
Answer: Java
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Question: How many bones (on average) does the human body contain?
Choices: 207; 206; 208; 205
Answer: 206
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Question: A tendon is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that connects a muscle to a bone.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: This extremely vital nerve is responsible for such varied tasks as heart rate, gastrointestinal peristalsis and sweating. It also controls quite a few muscle movements in the mouth, including speech and keeping the larynx open for breathing.
Choices: Oculomotor nerve; Vagus nerve; Facial nerve; Hypoglossal nerve
Answer: Vagus nerve
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Question: This organ, which is the largest gland in the human body, plays a major role in metabolism and has a variety of functions, including glycogen storage, plasma protein synthesis, and drug detoxification.
Choices: Gall Bladder; Pancreas; Liver; Kidney
Answer: Liver
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Question: Which statement correctly describes the superior vena cava?
Choices: II is the large vein that carries de-oxygenated blood from the lower half of the body into the heart.; It is the largest artery in the human body, originating from the left ventricle of the heart and bringing oxygenated blood to all parts of the body; It is a vein that carries oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart and is the only vein in the post-fetal human body that carries oxygenated blood.; It is a large, yet short vein that carries de-oxygenated blood from the upper half of the body to the hearts right atrium.
Answer: It is a large, yet short vein that carries de-oxygenated blood from the upper half of the body to the hearts right atrium.
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Question: Diarthrosis joints permit a variety of movement and can be divided into six classes. The femur and hip connection would be considered which joint class?
Choices: Ball-and-socket joint (enarthrosis, spheroidal joint); Hinge joint (ginglymus); Pivot joint (trochoid joint, rotary joint); Condyloid joint (condyloid articulation, ellipsoidal joint)
Answer: Ball-and-socket joint (enarthrosis, spheroidal joint)
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Question: There is no square root of two.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: There are twelve apples on a table. You take four. How many apples do you have now?
Choices: 12; 8; 0; 4
Answer: 4
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Question: What is the only number with no reciprocal?
Choices: 1; -1; 0; Pi
Answer: 0
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Question: Octo is a prefix meaning eight.  An Octopus has eight legs. An octagon has exactly 8 sides.  An Octogenarian is at least 8 decades old.  What is the eighth month?
Choices: November; August; October; September
Answer: August
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Question: How fast is a mile a minute?
Choices: The speed of the fastest human runner; 60 kilometers and hour; 60 yards an hour; 60 miles an hour
Answer: 60 miles an hour
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Question: The Shaanxi earthquake is regarded as the deadliest recorded earthquake, killing approximately 830,000 people. It occurred on February 14, 1556 in this country.
Choices: Thailand; Japan; Russia; China
Answer: China
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Question: Teleseisms are ground motions caused by a distant earthquake.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The theory of plate tectonics explains the movement of lithospheric plates. Tectonics comes from the Greek word tekton, meaning this.
Choices: one who destroys; one who constructs; one who floats; one who moves
Answer: one who constructs
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Question: Earthquakes that occur at the boundaries of tectonic plates are called interplate. The less frequent type of earthquakes, called this, occur in the interior of the lithospheric plates.
Choices: Innerplate; Non-interplate; Ultraplate; Intraplate
Answer: Intraplate
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Question: The Good Friday Earthquake, which occurred on March 27, 1964, is the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history. It killed approximately 13,000 people.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The Mercalli scale classifies the intensity of earthquakes by examining this aspect.
Choices: The energy a quake generates; The degree of shift at the Equator; The effects of the earthquake on people and structures; The effect of the earthquake on 1 liter of water spread over a surface of 1 square meter
Answer: The effects of the earthquake on people and structures
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Question: The San Francisco earthquake is one of the most ill-famed earthquakes in history.  It happened in this year.
Choices: 1908; 1916; 1910; 1906
Answer: 1906
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Question: Seismic waves are classified in four types - P-waves (primary), S-waves (secondary), Love waves (surface waves) and this type.
Choices: F-waves; L-waves; Rayleigh waves; Richter waves
Answer: Rayleigh waves
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Question: This earthquake occurred on August 17, 1999, and had a magnitude of 7.4. The reported number of casualties was approximately 17,000. Where did this disaster take place?
Choices: China; Spain; Turkey; The United States
Answer: Turkey
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Question: The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea earthquake that generated a tsunami, which claimed the lives of more than 150,000 people (this is true). The earthquake lasted nearly ten minutes.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Elder mothers have higher chances of conceiving twins.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: A mother will give birth to this kind of twins if a single fertilized egg splits after conception.
Choices: Monozygotic twins; Dizygotic twins; Conjoined twins; Twins of two
Answer: Monozygotic twins
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Question: The first recorded successful operation to separate a pair of conjoined twins took place in this year.
Choices: 1889; 1976; 1689; 1989
Answer: 1689
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Question: The term Siamese twins comes from the famous case of Eng and Chang Bunker, who were conjoined twin brothers, born in Thailand in 1811.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The chances of having twins in the 21st century are ...?
Choices: 15 in 100; 3 in 100; 10 in 100; 5 in 100
Answer: 3 in 100
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Question: The case of identical twins of different sex is extremely rare. The development of their gender starts 5 weeks after the moment of conceiving.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: A twin fetus which does not develop during pregnancy is called this.
Choices: Conjoined twin; Vanishing twin; Multiple twin; Fraternal twin
Answer: Vanishing twin