kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
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Question: This American physicist was the youngest group leader of the Manhattan Project, a joint effort by the US and their WW II allies to develop the first nuclear weapons.
Choices: Henry DeWolf Smyth; Edward Teller; Robert R. Wilson; Ernest O. Lawrence
Answer: Robert R. Wilson
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Question: What is the name of the red supergiant that marks Orions right shoulder?
Choices: Betelgeuse; Taneriss; Bellatrix; Regulus
Answer: Betelgeuse
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Question: Which of the following is the brightest star in the winter night sky of the northern hemisphere?
Choices: Sirius; Procyon; Strebe; Aldeberan
Answer: Sirius
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Question: What is the name of the star cluster that is also known as âThe Seven Sistersâ?
Choices: Bennekryse; Arcturus; Altair; Pleiades
Answer: Pleiades
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Question: What are the two twin stars in the constellation Gemini?
Choices: Spica  Arcturus; Castor  Pollux; Voltron  Yularis; Merak  Dubhe
Answer: Castor  Pollux
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Question: The North Star, Polaris, is located within which constellation?
Choices: Ursa Minor; Ursa Major; Canis Lupus; Canis Minor
Answer: Ursa Minor
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Question: What is the constellation Ursa Major commonly known as?
Choices: The Big Dipper; The Great Fisherman; The Lion; Hercules
Answer: The Big Dipper
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Question: Which of the following is NOT a constellation of the Zodiac (the ring of constellations that the sun passes through each year)?
Choices: The Fish; The Winged Horse; The Crab; The Archer
Answer: The Winged Horse
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Question: What large and obvious summer asterism do Vega, Deneb, and Altair form?
Choices: Summer Cross; Summer Hex; Summer Triangle; Summer Pyramid
Answer: Summer Triangle
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Question: How many recognized constellations are there in Earthâs entire view?
Choices: 244; 88; 106; 33
Answer: 88
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Question: In what year did 23-year-old American Clyde Tombough discover Pluto, or Planet X, as it was termed then?
Choices: 1930; 1878; 1910; 1754
Answer: 1930
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Question: Although discovered in the United States, Plutos name came from Europe - it was suggested by Falconer Maden, a former librarian at the Oxford University Bodleian Library.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Which of these statements is NOT true about Pluto?
Choices: It is a dwarf-planet.; It is a binary planet.; It is a member of the Kupier belt.; It is the largest object of the Solar Systems asteroid belt.
Answer: It is the largest object of the Solar Systems asteroid belt.
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Question: Spectroscopic analysis revealed that Plutos surface is composed mainly of this element.
Choices: Oxygen; Carbon; Ozone; Nitrogen
Answer: Nitrogen
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Question: Which is the wrong statement about the features of Plutos orbit?
Choices: In the long term, it is chaotic.; At certain moments in time, it crosses Neptunes orbit.; It is inclined compared to the plane of other planets orbits.; It is elliptical.
Answer: At certain moments in time, it crosses Neptunes orbit.
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Question: What is unusual about Plutos three known moons compared to other moons in the Solar System?
Choices: They orbit Pluto at a very high speed.; They are asteroids from another solar system attracted by Pluto and captured by gravitational forces.; They are untypically close to Pluto.; Their orbits are unusually big and elliptical.
Answer: They are untypically close to Pluto.
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Question: If one were to look at the sky from Plutos surface, every 17 hours they would observe exceptionally beautiful rises of Charon because of its closeness to Pluto.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What feature would Pluto develop if placed as near to the Sun as Earth is?
Choices: A comet tail; A highly elliptic orbit; None of these; A halo
Answer: A comet tail
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Question: Pluto was the ninth planet of the Solar System for 76 years - from its discovery in 1930 until 2006 when it was reclassified as a dwarf planet.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet in 2006 caused the emerging of what?
Choices: Risings among astronomy teaches in the USA; New ethnical conflicts in the Middle East; New word in English; A sect of violent Pluto followers
Answer: New word in English
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Question: Viruses are so small that you need a special light microscopÐµ to observe most of them.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: How do viruses reproduce?
Choices: By transforming other cells into viruses; By cell division; By maitng; By forcing other cells to produce copies of them
Answer: By forcing other cells to produce copies of them
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Question: In virology, what does the term vector refer to?
Choices: An organism that carries a virus but is not infected by it; An organism infected by a virus; A virus that does not parasite on cells but lives independently; A virus that spreads through the air
Answer: An organism that carries a virus but is not infected by it
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Question: Bacteriophages are organisms that have the characteristics of both viruses and bacteria.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Virus fossils from several thousand years ago show what about the origin of viruses?
Choices: None of these; They were once small cells that lived parasitically on bigger ones.; They appeared and evolved simultaneously with life on Earth.; They evolved from bits of DNA that escaped from cells of organisms.
Answer: None of these
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Question: When infected by a virus, the bodies of animals and humans start producing a special hormone - interferon. How does interferon help the organism fight virus infections?
Choices: By releasing in the body acids fatal for the viruses; By stimulating it to produce antibodies; By boosting the production of white blood cells; By killing the infected cells and their neighbouring cells
Answer: By killing the infected cells and their neighbouring cells
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Question: Which of the following is not one of the defense mechanisms against viruses in humans?
Choices: Acid nature of the stomach contents; RNA interference; Production of antibodies; The resistance (R) gene
Answer: The resistance (R) gene
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Question: Antibiotics are used to treat virus infections in animals and humans but are ineffective in plant virus infections.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Which stage of the virus life-cycle restricts it to infecting only a certain species (or group) of organisms?
Choices: Assembly of viral particles; Replication of the viral DNA or RNA; Release of viral particles; Attachment to host
Answer: Attachment to host
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Question: Which of these is not one of the methods used by viruses to make the host cell release the newly produced viruses?
Choices: Apoptosis; Budding; Virosis; Lysis
Answer: Virosis
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Question: Mount Rumpke is the highest point and the biggest landfill in Ohio. Its technical name is The Rumpke Sanitary Landfill.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Approximately how many trees does it  take to make one ton of paper?
Choices: 170; 34; 1100; 17
Answer: 17
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Question: The first week of June, 2007 was Recycle Now week in  England. Which of these events was featured in its program?
Choices: Building a prison, made of recycled tires.; Beautiful women, parading in bathing suits, made of recycled steel.; Children, demonstrating how to recycle uranium.; Repaving Fleet Street with recycled paper.
Answer: Beautiful women, parading in bathing suits, made of recycled steel.
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Question: In 2002, a college research team built a 42-foot bridge across the Raritan River. What were the beams for the bridge made from?
Choices: Recycled school erasers; Recycled tires; Recycled polystyrene cups and milk containers; Recycled aluminum cans
Answer: Recycled polystyrene cups and milk containers
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Question: The boat Earthrace made an attempt to break the record for a circumnavigation of the Earth. It also made voyages to promote the use of bio-fuels. Which of these is one of the substances used to make the bio-diesel, that powers the boat?
Choices: Burnt uranium; Old computer motherboards; Recycled clothing hangers; Liposuctioned body fat
Answer: Liposuctioned body fat
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Question: On January 31, 2008, China announced that it will recycle these to resurface roads.
Choices: Robbie Williams Cds; Old  cars; Coal; Old  tires
Answer: Robbie Williams Cds
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Question: Which of these companies recycled old sneakers to make tennis courts?
Choices: Banta; Nike; Adidas; Reebok
Answer: Nike
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Question: Isao Miyoshi is a very clever recycler from Japan. What did he recycle?
Choices: Pachinko machines; Roulette wheels; Dentures; Old Macintosh computers
Answer: Dentures
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Question: Fiberfill is used to make ski jackets. What can be recycled to make enough Fiberfill for one ski jacket?
Choices: 384 pounds of newspaper; 5 plastic soda bottles; 1045 styrene cups; 149 pounds of composted lawn material
Answer: 5 plastic soda bottles
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Question: Approximately how much paper does the average American use in one year?
Choices: One  ton ( 2000 pounds); 3,400 pounds; 1,500 pounds; 580 pounds
Answer: 580 pounds
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Question: Approximately what percentage of Americas waste is paper?
Choices: 39 %; 14 %; 8 %; 24 %
Answer: 39 %
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Question: Carbon dioxide is a very common pollutant. Approximately how much carbon dioxide is produced by the average American each year?
Choices: 22 tons; 5 tons; 93  tons; 1 ton
Answer: 22 tons
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Question: Luiz Bispo built a floating house for about $170. How is his house able to float?
Choices: It is made out of recycled cigars and cigarettes.; It is made out of recycled tires.; It recycles carbon dioxide throughout  the house, making it buoyant.; It is made out of recycles plastic bottles.
Answer: It is made out of recycles plastic bottles.
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Question: In olden days urine was recycled.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: In Mannheim, Germany, people began recycling this.
Choices: Coffee grinds to make jewelry; Old PCs to make radar equipment  for traffic control; Old swords and knives to make I-beams; Dead pets to make fertilizer
Answer: Dead pets to make fertilizer
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Question: In Sussex, England, the Ecopod Company uses recycled paper to make these.
Choices: Coffins; Food canisters; Apartments; Dog houses
Answer: Coffins
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Question: What father-daughter film stars as on-screen father and daughter Moses and Addie in the movie Paper Moon?
Choices: None of these; Paul Newman and Nell Potts; Ryan ONeal and Tatum ONeal; Henry Fonda and Jane Fonda
Answer: Ryan ONeal and Tatum ONeal
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Question: What valley in California is referenced in Jack Londons novel The Valley of the Moon?
Choices: Death Valley; Sierra Valley; Deep Springs Valley; Sonoma Valley
Answer: Sonoma Valley
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Question: Which song, included on Pink Floyds concept album The Dark Side of the Moon, contains the following lyrics:
Choices: d you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but its sinking; d racing around to come up behind you again; e sun is the same in the relative way, but youre older; orter of breath and one day closer to death?; On the Run; Breathe; The Great Gig in the Sky; None of these
Answer: None of these
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Question: The soundtrack for which of these movies does not include the popular song Blue Moon, written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart?
Choices: Grease; Bitter Moon; Blue Moon (2002); Notting Hill
Answer: Bitter Moon
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Question: What Academy Award-winning European-born director produced and directed the drama movie Bitter Moon, starring Peter Coyote?
Choices: Emir Kusturica; Milos Forman; Roman Polanski; Pedro Almodovar
Answer: Roman Polanski
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Question: What Australian pop duo performed the 1990s hit To the Moon and Back?
Choices: The Seekers; Savage Garden; Soundgarden; INXS
Answer: Savage Garden
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Question: Name Samuel Coleridges longest poem which contains the lines:
Choices: e moving Moon went up the sky.; d nowhere did abide.; The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; Kubla Khan; A Vision in a Dream; The Pains of Sleep
Answer: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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Question: What actress won the Academy Award for Best Actress for the portrayal of Loretta Castorini in the romantic comedy Moonstruck?
Choices: Olympia Dukakis; Sophia Loren; Cher; Meryl Streep
Answer: Cher
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Question: Ludwig van Beethoven included the Italian phrase, Quasi una fantasia in the title of his Piano Sonata No. 14, popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata. What does this Italian phrase mean in English?
Choices: Just a fantasy; Almost a fantasy; A pure fantasy; Reality and fantasy
Answer: Almost a fantasy
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Question: Name the alter ego of Marvel Comics fictional character Moon Knight.
Choices: Marc Spector; Victor Spector; Steve Rogers; Douglas Ramsey
Answer: Marc Spector
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Question: What protein is the main component of the hair fiber?
Choices: Fibrin; Carnitine; Chitin; Keratin
Answer: Keratin
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Question: Humans have much smaller amount of hair follicles in their skin per unit area than other primates.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What is is average growth rate of normal hair follicles on the human scalp?
Choices: 1 mm per day; 100 Âµm per day; 400 Âµm per day; 800 Âµm per day
Answer: 400 Âµm per day
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Question: The first facial hair appears in this area during puberty.
Choices: Corners of the upper lip; Sides of the chin; Lower jaw; Under the lower lip
Answer: Corners of the upper lip
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Question: What is the condition of having a unibrow called?
Choices: Monobrowphism; Uniphys; All of these; Synophrys
Answer: Synophrys
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Question: What scientific term denotes body hair?
Choices: Androgenic hair; Somatic hair; All of these; Puberty hair
Answer: Androgenic hair
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Question: One type of hair on the human body is called vellus hair. Where is it located?
Choices: On the pubic bone; All over the body; On fingers and toes; On the scalp
Answer: All over the body
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Question: Lanugo is a term related to hair. What does it mean?
Choices: A parasite that feeds on human hair; A medical condition connected with loss of hair; A type of grease that Eskimos use to keep their hair conditioned; Fine hair that grows on fetuses
Answer: Fine hair that grows on fetuses
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Question: Which of these terms refers to armpit hair?
Choices: Pubic hair; Guard hair; None of these; Axillary hair
Answer: Axillary hair
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Question: What medical term refers to hair loss?
Choices: Alocasia; Preeclampsia; All of these; Alopecia
Answer: Alopecia
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Question: If not controlled, diabetes causes all of the following EXCEPT this one.
Choices: Blindness; Colon cancer; Heart attacks; Kidney failure
Answer: Colon cancer
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Question: Uncontrolled hypertension (high blood pressure) leads to all of the following EXCEPT this one.
Choices: Heart disease; Thyroid disease; Kidney failure; Stroke
Answer: Thyroid disease
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Question: Its normal for blood pressure to be quite elevated during strenuous activity.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Blood sugars are checked under 2 conditions: Fasting and Post-prandial. Fasting means after having not eaten (for example in the morning on rising). Post-prandial means after eating. When are post-prandial checks typically taken?
Choices: 30 minutes after eating; 1 hour after eating; 2 hours after eating; Immediately after eating
Answer: 2 hours after eating
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Question: All of the following foods contain cholesterol EXCEPT this food.
Choices: Eggs; Okra fried in vegetable oil; Ice cream; Fish
Answer: Okra fried in vegetable oil
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Question: Which of the following is a normal fasting blood sugar?
Choices: Less than 160 mg/dl (8.9 mmol/L); Less than 140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/L); Less than 100 mg/dl (5.6 mmol/L); Less than 125 mg/dl (6.9 mmol/L)
Answer: Less than 100 mg/dl (5.6 mmol/L)
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Question: Which of the following is a normal post-prandial blood sugar?
Choices: Less than 140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/L); Less than 125 mg/dl (6.9 mmol/L); Less than 160 mg/dl (8.9 mmol/L); Less than 200 mg/dl (11.1 mmol/L)
Answer: Less than 140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/L)
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Question: It has been shown that people with diabetes are less likely to have a heart attack if they take a cholesterol-lowering medication, even if their cholesterol level is perfectly normal already.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Normal blood pressure levels are higher for older patients.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What does long in the tooth mean?
Choices: Old; Tedious; Wise; Boring
Answer: Old
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Question: The molars of todays African elephant can be longer than a foot.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Only three groups of land creatures get cavities - humans, pets kept by humans, and this group.
Choices: Rodents; Bears; Tigers; Armadillos
Answer: Bears
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Question: Which of the following is least likely to cause tooth decay according to The American Dental Association?
Choices: potato chips; breadsticks; simple sugars; cereals
Answer: simple sugars
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Question: Which statement regarding snakes is true?
Choices: All snakes have teeth but not all snakes have fangs.; All sea snakes have fangs.; All snakes have fangs.; All land snakes have fangs.
Answer: All snakes have teeth but not all snakes have fangs.
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Question: Which statement is untrue?
Choices: When a gorilla is angry it shows its teeth.; Mosquitoes have teeth.; The Statue of Libertys teeth are 3 feet wide.; Lemon sharks  grow new teeth every two weeks.
Answer: When a gorilla is angry it shows its teeth.
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Question: The first human to have an inch long tooth was a fourth grade student in Ontario, Canada.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Orin Scivello is the name of a fictional dentist in this movie that was made into a play. Steve Martin portrayed him in the movie remake.
Choices: Oz; Little Shop of Horrors; My Family; Wicked
Answer: Little Shop of Horrors
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Question: In a 1976 thriller, as Sir Laurence Oliviers character drills into Dustin Hoffmans characters unanesthesied tooth, he asks Hoffmans character this question.
Choices: Is it safe?; Will they come?; Where are the jewels?; Where?
Answer: Is it safe?
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Question: Which of these architectural styles is the earliest?
Choices: Gothic; Greek; Renaissance; Roman
Answer: Greek
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Question: Of these roof types, which one is least likely to have gables?
Choices: Pitched Roof; Gambrel Roof; Cat Slide Roof; Hipped Roof
Answer: Hipped Roof
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Question: Lets say that a statistical analysis of the people of the United States shows that Texans are on average taller, and that Texans also are on average richer. What conclusion can one draw from this result?
Choices: There might or might not be a relationship between being tall and being rich.; Being rich leads to being tall.; Being tall leads to being rich.; If you want to be rich, you should move to Texas.
Answer: There might or might not be a relationship between being tall and being rich.
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Question: Lets say youre conducting a study to see whether a new experimental medication will cause bald men to grow hair. You divide your patients into 2 groups. To one group you give the medication. To the other group, you give a placebo. In this study, the correct terms for the taking of the medication and the growth of hair are the following.
Choices: The medication is the dependent variable, and the hair growth is the independent variable.; Both the medication and the hair growth are dependent variables.; Both the medication and the hair growth are independent variables.; The medication is the independent variable, and the hair growth is the dependent variable.
Answer: The medication is the independent variable, and the hair growth is the dependent variable.
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Question: Lets say youre conducting a survey of the people of the United States to find out how popular the president is. You randomly choose people to call, and make 1,000 phone calls to people scattered across the country. In this study, what is the statistics term for THE PEOPLE IN THE U.S., and what is the statistics term for THE PEOPLE YOU CALLED?
Choices: The people of the U.S. are the POPULATION, and the people you called are the SAMPLE.; The people of the U.S. are the SAMPLE, and the people you called are the POPULATION.; Both the people of the U.S. and the people you called are POPULATIONS.; Both the people of the U.S. and the people you called are SAMPLES.
Answer: The people of the U.S. are the POPULATION, and the people you called are the SAMPLE.
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Question: Lets say you want to know whether a medication is effective for curing the common cold. You take 1,000 people with colds, and divide them into 2 groups of 500. You give the medication to one group, and placebo to the other group. To make this a DOUBLE-BLIND study, what would you have to do?
Choices: Conceal from both the patients and the experimenters which pills are medication and which pills are placebo.; Dont tell the administrators of the experiment whether theyre giving out medication or placebo.; Put blindfolds on the 500 people who get the medication.; Dont tell the patients of either group whether theyre getting medication or placebo.
Answer: Conceal from both the patients and the experimenters which pills are medication and which pills are placebo.
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Question: Statistics is useless, since you can design an experiment to statistically prove anything you want to prove.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What does the sentence, Correlation does not imply causation., mean?
Choices: Two wrongs dont make a right.; The fact that 2 phenomena are correlated does not mean that one of them causes the other.; None of these; The fact that one phenomenon causes another phenomenon does not mean that they are correlated.
Answer: The fact that 2 phenomena are correlated does not mean that one of them causes the other.
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Question: Which of the following definitions is the definition of the MODE?
Choices: The MODE is the value that has the highest frequency.; The MODE is the value that half of the entries are below and half of the entries are above.; The MODE is the largest value.; The MODE is the average calculated by adding up all the values and dividing by the number of entries.
Answer: The MODE is the value that has the highest frequency.
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Question: Which of the following definitions is the definition of the MEAN?
Choices: The MEAN is the value that half of the entries are below and half of the entries are above.; The MEAN is the average calculated by adding up all the values and dividing by the number of entries.; The MEAN is the value that has the highest frequency.; The MEAN is the largest value.
Answer: The MEAN is the average calculated by adding up all the values and dividing by the number of entries.
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Question: Which of the following definitions is the definition of the MEDIAN?
Choices: The MEDIAN is the value that half of the entries are below and half of the entries are above.; The MEDIAN is the value that has the highest frequency.; The MEDIAN is the average calculated by adding up all the values and dividing by the number of entries.; The MEDIAN is the largest value.
Answer: The MEDIAN is the value that half of the entries are below and half of the entries are above.
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Question: What is a normal curve?
Choices: On a race track, if the turning radius of a gradual turn exceeds pi/2, then this is a NORMAL CURVE.; If the frequency of occurrence of something is clustered around the mean, and its graph is bell-shaped, then this is a NORMAL CURVE.; If an average, mentally healthy individual draws an arc, then the pattern formed is termed a NORMAL CURVE.; A woman with an hour-glass figure has a NORMAL CURVE.
Answer: If the frequency of occurrence of something is clustered around the mean, and its graph is bell-shaped, then this is a NORMAL CURVE.
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Question: The chemical symbol of Fluorine is Fl.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Found in tonic water, quinine is commonly used to treat malaria.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Lipitor and Zocor are two popular brand names which fall under what class of cholesterol lowering drugs?
Choices: Statins; Citrates; Hydrochlorides; Aminoketones
Answer: Statins
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Question: What deadly and infectious disease that most often attacks the lungs used to be known as consumption?
Choices: Tuberculosis; Measles; Whooping Cough; Chicken Pox
Answer: Tuberculosis
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Question: Clara Barton was the founder of the American Red Cross, but who founded the International Red Cross in 1863?
Choices: Henry Ford; William Durant; Alfred Nobel; Henry Dunant
Answer: Henry Dunant
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Question: What famous 19th century nurse gained the moniker Lady with the lamp during the Crimean War?
Choices: Molly Pitcher; Florence Nightingale; Carrie Nation; Mary Mallon
Answer: Florence Nightingale
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Question: An important supplement for pregnant women, what is vitamin B9 more commonly known as?
Choices: Thiamine; Riboflavin; Niacin; Folic Acid
Answer: Folic Acid
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Question: In 2009, Thomas R. Frieden, MD assumed office as director of this agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services located just outside of Atlanta, Georgia.
Choices: Mayo Clinic; Food and Drug Administration; Centers for Disease Control  Prevention (CDC); American Lung Association
Answer: Centers for Disease Control  Prevention (CDC)
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Question: Jonas Salk was the 20th century American medical researcher responsible for developing the highly effective and safe oral polio vaccine.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What nervous system ailment, characterized by symptoms of severe lethargy and fatigue, is primarily caused by the lack of vitamin B1 (Thiamine) in the diet?
Choices: Scurvy; Rickets; Beriberi; Nyctalopia
Answer: Beriberi
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Question: What organization won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999 for its medical care in acute crises and raising international awareness of potential humanitarian disasters?
Choices: Amnesty International; UNESCO; International Red Cross; Doctors Without Borders
Answer: Doctors Without Borders
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Question: Also known for her record-breaking trip around the world, what American journalist faked insanity in order to study a mental institution from the inside?
Choices: Nellie Bly; Gertrude Ederle; Lizzie Borden; Susan B. Anthony
Answer: Nellie Bly
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Question: The planet Jupiter was named after the chief God in Roman Mythology. What is the name of his Greek counterpart?
Choices: Apollo; Zeus; Ares; Hara
Answer: Zeus
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Question: How many Earth years does it take for Jupiter to complete one orbit around the Sun?
Choices: 10.5 years; 22.4 years; 11.8 years; 5.5 years
Answer: 11.8 years
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Question: The planet Jupiter orbits the Sun at an average distance of how many kilometers?
Choices: 77,800,000; 778,000; 778,000,000; 7,780,000
Answer: 778,000,000
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Question: How long is one day on the planet Jupiter?
Choices: Just over 12 hours; 24 hours; 55 hours; Just under 10 hours
Answer: Just under 10 hours
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Question: The planet Jupiter has less than 50 natural satellites.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What famous scientist discovered Jupiters four largest satellites?
Choices: Galileo Galilei; Giovanni Cassini; Johannes Kepler; Robert Hooke
Answer: Galileo Galilei
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Question: What element is the atmosphere of Jupiter mostly comprised of?
Choices: Neon; Helium; Hydrogen; Argon
Answer: Hydrogen
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Question: What was the first spacecraft to fly by Jupiter?
Choices: Pioneer 10; Voyager 1; Pioneer 11; Voyager 2
Answer: Pioneer 10
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Question: In what state is there a town called Jupiter?
Choices: Georgia; Florida; Alaska; Alabama
Answer: Florida
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Question: How many genes does the human DNA contain?
Choices: About 200 000; About 80 000; About 8 000; About 20 000
Answer: About 80 000
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Question: Men are considered to be dwarfs in stature if their height is below 130 cm.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The human heart is about the size of a fist.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The human brain has approximately 14 billion cells.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: There are approximately 2 million sweat glands in the human body.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Women blink more often than men.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The smallest cell in the human body is the ovum.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What is the largest organ in the human body?
Choices: Skin; Stomach; None of these; Large intestine
Answer: Skin
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Question: Nearly half of all human bones are in the hands and feet.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: People with red hair are more sensitive to thermal pain.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: There are more than 500,000 craters on the moon that can be seen from Earth.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The diameter of the largest crater on the moon is 1,044 miles across.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The volume of the Earths moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific and Indian Oceans combined.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The dark spots on the moon that create the man in the moon image are actually basins filled with basalt.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The temperature on the Moon reaches 243Â° F at midday on the lunar equator.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: You always get to see the same half of the moon.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The moon is moving toward the Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The surface area of the moon is 14,658,000 square miles.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Only about 40% of the moons surface is visible from Earth.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The moon is not round, but egg shaped.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What is the main function of the iris of the eye?
Choices: It protects the sclera from injuries.; It protects the lens from injuries.; It controls the amount of light that reaches the retina.; All of these
Answer: It controls the amount of light that reaches the retina.
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Question: Where exactly is the retina of the eye positioned?
Choices: Retina is a synonym of pupil.; Along the optic nerve.; Right behind the pupil; Its lining the inner surface of the eye.
Answer: Its lining the inner surface of the eye.
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Question: What part of the eye is usually referred to as the white of the eye?
Choices: Conjunctiva; Sclera; All of these; Stroma
Answer: Sclera
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Question: The cornea of the eye is the transparent front part that covers the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber. Which of these statements is true about the cornea?
Choices: The cornea does not have blood vessels.; All of these; Touch of the cornea provokes an involuntary reflex to close the eyelid.; It refract most of the light that enters the eye.
Answer: All of these
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Question: Why is the pupil of the eye black ?
Choices: All of these; It contains black pigments.; The tissue right behind the pupil is black.; Most of the light that enters the pupil is absorbed by the tissues inside the eye.
Answer: Most of the light that enters the pupil is absorbed by the tissues inside the eye.
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Question: Conjunctivitis, referred to as pink eye, is an inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye. What may be the cause of such inflammation?
Choices: Viral infection; Bacterial infection; Allergic reaction; All of these
Answer: All of these
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Question: Which of the following statements is true about the eyelids?
Choices: They protect the eye from drying out and from foreign objects.; The skin of the eyelids contains more pigment cells compared to the rest of the skin on the body.; The skin of the eyelids is one of the thinnest skin of the whole human body.; All of these
Answer: All of these
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Question: At what stage of the development of the fetus do eyelashes form?
Choices: Between the 7th and 8th week; Around the 26th week; Between the 13th and 14th week; Around the 20th week
Answer: Between the 7th and 8th week
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Question: Which of these is a medical term that refers to crying?
Choices: Humoring; Lactation; Lacrimation; Blepharitis
Answer: Lacrimation
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Question: The average size of a normal human eye is commonly compared to the size of this object.
Choices: Apricot; Walnut; Golf ball; Cherry tomato
Answer: Golf ball
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Question: Which of these is not a type of conic section?
Choices: Ray; Hyperbola; Circle; Parabola
Answer: Ray
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Question: In mathematics, what type of conic section would this equation show: x^2+y^2=9?
Choices: Secant; Line; Ray; Circle
Answer: Circle
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Question: What type of conic section would this mathematical equation produce: (x^2)/4+(y^2)/9=81?
Choices: Line; Circle; Ellipse; Ray
Answer: Ellipse
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Question: What type of conic section would this equation yield: (x^2)/9-(y^2)/4=81?
Choices: Hyperbola; Ray; Line; Parabola
Answer: Hyperbola
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Question: What type of  conic  section wouyld this yield: y=3x^2-9
Choices: Line; Parabola; Ray; Cylinder
Answer: Parabola
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Question: In baseball, when a quarterback throws a pass, the ball follows what type of path?
Choices: Ray; Point; Line; Parabola
Answer: Parabola
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Question: German astronomer Johannes Kepler showed that the planets circle the Sun in this type of path.
Choices: Ellipse; Ray; Circle; Hyperbola
Answer: Ellipse
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Question: What conic section is used to describe electromagnetic waves?
Choices: Points; Lines; Ellipses; Parabolas
Answer: Parabolas
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Question: Many microphones use this shape because of its specific properties.
Choices: Ellipse; Parabola; Circle; Hyperbola
Answer: Parabola
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Question: Which of these statements about conic sections is correct?
Choices: Every circle is an ellipse.; Every parabola is an ellipse.; Every cone is a parabola.; Every ellipse is a ray.
Answer: Every circle is an ellipse.
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Question: Only one of these statements about conic sections is correct. Which one?
Choices: If a line intersects a conic section then it will intersect the conic section in exactly two points.; If a line intersects a conic section, it will intersect it at least two points.; A line that intersects a circle at exactly one point is called a tangent.; A line that intersects a circle at exactly two points is called a tangent.
Answer: A line that intersects a circle at exactly one point is called a tangent.
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Question: What year was the iPod introduced?
Choices: 2001; 2003; 2008; 2007
Answer: 2001
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Question: Was the iPod launched on October 23, 2001?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
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Question: Who thought of the name iPod?
Choices: Jonathan Ive; Tony Fadell; Steve Jobs; Vinnie Chieco
Answer: Vinnie Chieco
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Question: What year was the iPod touch launched?
Choices: 2004; 2006; 2008; 2007
Answer: 2007
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Question: In April, 2007 it was announced that Apple had sold its one-hundredth million iPod making it the biggest selling digital music player of all time.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: When did the iPod Shuffle come out?
Choices: August 2004; December 2002; April 2003; none of these
Answer: none of these
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Question: How many songs do 80 gigabyte iPods hold up to?
Choices: 45,000; 28,000; 20,000; 34,000
Answer: 20,000
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Question: All iPods come in one and the same shape.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Can you put movies and TV shows on your iPod?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
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Question: Which of the following is not a level 4 (Transport Layer) network protocol?
Choices: TCP; RIP; UDP; SPX
Answer: RIP
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Question: When you ping a network node, which protocol is being utilized?
Choices: RIP; ICBM; ARP; ICMP
Answer: ICMP
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Question: Which of these commands will return a WindowsÂ® computers node IP address, Subnet mask and information on whether it was assigned via DHCP and how long the lease is?
Choices: ifconfig /all; ipconfig; ipconfig /all; ipsec /total
Answer: ipconfig /all
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Question: What does ADSL stand for?
Choices: Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line; Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line; Asynchronous Dial-up Subscriber Line; A Darn Slow Lan
Answer: Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line
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Question: Which of the following is best suited for network cable that must run close to electrical lines or florescent lighting?
Choices: Fiber optic cable; UTP; STP; UDP
Answer: Fiber optic cable
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Question: If your cell phone runs out of power, this gadget will come to the rescue. Just plug it into your mobile phones charging port and turn the crank.
Choices: Manual Cranker Battery; New Cell Phone; Lithium Battery Generator; SOS Charger
Answer: SOS Charger
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Question: You will need this type for memory card, if you want to expand yout Nokia 7710.
Choices: XD Memory Card; MMC Card; SD Memory Card; Compact Flash Card
Answer: MMC Card
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Question: Which of these Siemens models has a built-in camera?
Choices: SF65; M56; S56; CF62
Answer: SF65
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Question: This device is pretty useful if you have to walk a mile in the dark.
Choices: Mobile LED Light; Bluetooth Car Handset; Mobile UV Money Detector; Lithium Battery
Answer: Mobile LED Light
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Question: Mercury was named after the Roman Messenger of the gods. What is the name of the corresponding god in Greek mythology?
Choices: Zeus; Hermes; Hera; Apollo
Answer: Hermes
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Question: What is the diameter of planet Mercury?
Choices: 10,787 km / 6,702 miles; 983 km / 610 miles; 4,878 km / 3 031 miles; 3,576 km / 2 222 miles
Answer: 4,878 km / 3 031 miles
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Question: What was the first spacecraft to study the planet Mercury?
Choices: Mariner 10; Voyager 2; Mariner 11; Mariner 9
Answer: Mariner 10
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Question: How long does it take for the planet Mercury to orbit the Sun once?
Choices: 88 days; 2 years; 44 days; 365 days
Answer: 88 days
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Question: What is the most abundant element in Mercurys atmosphere?
Choices: Nitrogen; Helium; Boron; Oxygen
Answer: Oxygen
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Question: What element comprises more than half of Mercurys mass?
Choices: Lead; Iron; Nickel; Carbon
Answer: Iron
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Question: Mercury has a moon called Celsius.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The largest known impact crater on Mercury is named what?
Choices: Caloris Basin; Olymus Mons; Tyco Crater; Skinakas Basin
Answer: Caloris Basin
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Question: From our point of view on Earth, Mercury goes through different phases, just like our Moon.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What is the mean temperature on the surface of Mercury?
Choices: -10 degrees Fahrenheit / -23 degrees Celsius; 333 degrees Fahrenheit / 167 degrees Celsius; 212 degrees Fahrenheit / 100 degrees Celsius; 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit / 815 degrees Celsius
Answer: 333 degrees Fahrenheit / 167 degrees Celsius
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Question: What is the basic chemical compound that natural pearls consist of?
Choices: Aluminum carbonate; Sodium sulphate; Calcium fluoride; Calcium carbonate
Answer: Calcium carbonate
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Question: Pearls come in many shapes and sizes. What term refers to pearls with irregular shapes?
Choices: Eggplant pearls; Baroque pearls; All of these; Semi-pearls
Answer: Baroque pearls
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Question: A pearl can be produced naturally by almost any shelled mollusk. What triggers the process of pearl formation?
Choices: Irritant particles; Changes in the chemical composition of the water.; Pheromones; All of these
Answer: Irritant particles
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Question: The iridescence of pearls depends on the number and thickness of the nacre layers. Which of these combinations provides the most iridescent pearl?
Choices: A large number of layers that are as thin as possible; Many layers that are as thick as possible; A small number of layers that are very thick; Fewer layers that are very thin
Answer: A large number of layers that are as thin as possible
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Question: Which of these pearls are the most valuable in the world?
Choices: Natural pearls with the most unusual shapes; Natural pearls that are perfectly spherical; Cultured pearls with spherical shape; None of these
Answer: Natural pearls that are perfectly spherical
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Question: Which of these methods is a reliable way to distinguish a natural pearl from a cultured one and a fake one?
Choices: Rubbing the pearl on ones teeth; X-ray examination; All of these; Microscopic examination
Answer: All of these
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Question: What is the name of the largest known pearl on the planet?
Choices: Pearl of Allah; Pearl of Lao Tze; Pearl of Lao Tzu; All of these
Answer: All of these
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Question: What kind of pearls are the so-called Keshi pearls?
Choices: Very rare natural pearls found only in one place on the planet.; Cultured pearls that are very large and precious; Fake pearls that are almost indistinguishable from natural pearls; Pearls that are produced accidentally, but are not considered natural
Answer: Pearls that are produced accidentally, but are not considered natural
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Question: In which of these places natural pearl hunting on a large scale has survived until modern times?
Choices: India and China; Spain; Africa and South America; Australia and Bahrain
Answer: Australia and Bahrain
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Question: In which of these unusual colors can natural pearls come?
Choices: Blue; Green; All of these; Purple
Answer: All of these
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Question: The B vitamins group was once thought to be a single vitamin. There are now eight officially recognized B vitamins referred to as vitamin B complex. Which of the following is not a vitamin from the B group?
Choices: B12; B5; B4; B1
Answer: B4
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Question: The vitamins from the B complex have many functions but generally play most important role in which of these processes of the human body?
Choices: Cell excretion; Cell reproduction; Cell regeneration; Cell metabolism
Answer: Cell metabolism
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Question: To which of these groups of substances do the B vitamins belong?
Choices: Fat-soluble; Alcohol-soluble; Non-soluble; Water-soluble
Answer: Water-soluble
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Question: Which of these is not among the systems of the human body that vitamins of the B group mainly benefit?
Choices: Cardio-vascular; Immune; Respiratory; Digestive
Answer: Respiratory
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Question: Which is the only B vitamin that cannot be obtained from plant products?
Choices: B7; B1; B6; B12
Answer: B12
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Question: Vitamin B2 has which of these interesting properties?
Choices: It is can be absorbed only through the skin.; It can be found in all three physical conditions of matter.; It is fluorescent under UV light.; It melts at more than 10 000 degrees C.
Answer: It is fluorescent under UV light.
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Question: Vitamin B6 is widely distributed in foods and its relatively stable form enables it to remain unchanged even when the products are cooked.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The folic acid, a compound especially important during periods of rapid cell division and growth, is commercially known under what name?
Choices: Vitamin B7; Vitamin B9; Vitamin B1; Vitamin B12
Answer: Vitamin B9
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Question: Which of the following is true about the sources of vitamin B5?
Choices: It is found only in plant products.; It is synthesized in the skin under the influence of the sun rays.; It is found only in animal products.; It is found in a large variety of foods.
Answer: It is found in a large variety of foods.
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Question: B1, a vitamin participating in many important cellular processes, is synthesized by animals, plants and some bacteria.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Niacin, also known as vitamin B3 or nicotinic acid, is a vitamin that can be synthesized by which organ?
Choices: Heart; Kidneys; Liver; Gall-bladder
Answer: Liver
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Question: Vitamin B12 is a set of complex chemical compounds synthesized in nature only by this group of organisms.
Choices: Fungi; Plants; Animals; Bacteria
Answer: Bacteria