kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
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Question: What is the name for a unit of DNA usually consisting of regulatory regions and a protein-encoding region?
Choices: Chromosome; Gene; Codon; Transcript
Answer: Gene
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Question: Transcription is the process of creating what from the DNA template?
Choices: RNA; Fatty Acids; Protein; A Double Helix
Answer: RNA
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Question: How many nucleotides of DNA does it take to encode a single amino acid in a given protein?
Choices: 10; 3; 25; 1
Answer: 3
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Question: This class of enzyme can cut DNA at a specific place, making biotechnology possible.
Choices: Restriction Enzyme; Bayton Enzyme; Electrophoretic Enzyme; Limiting Enzyme
Answer: Restriction Enzyme
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Question: What is the three-letter acronym for the Nobel-winning process which allows DNA to be amplified?
Choices: HCV; ATP; PCR; SRC
Answer: PCR
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Question: What makes retroviruses such as HIV so unusual with respect to DNA?
Choices: Their DNA reads 3 to 5, the opposite direction from cellular DNA.; They capture the cellular DNA and transfer it to other cells.; They have no DNA, but their protein components directly encode for RNA.; They start with RNA and encode DNA, the reverse of what cells do.
Answer: They start with RNA and encode DNA, the reverse of what cells do.
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Question: When Dr. Craig Venters private company, Celera, declared that they would beat the Human Genome Project in sequencing all human DNA, what did Venter tell Dr. Francis Collins, director of the HGP?
Choices: The private sector always wins.; You can do mouse.; Just send me all your grant money.; Why dont you try something easier?
Answer: You can do mouse.
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Question: The Golgi apparatus found in most eukaryotic cells participates in the sorting and modification of what type of organic compounds?
Choices: Water molecules; Carbohydrates; Lipids; Proteins
Answer: Proteins
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Question: The cell has up to several thousands of these tiny organelles scattered in its cytoplasm. They are often called cellular power plants, because they convert organic materials into energy.
Choices: Mitochondria; Vacuoles; Chloroplasts; Ribosomes
Answer: Mitochondria
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Question: Plastids are major cell organelles found in which of these groups of organisms?
Choices: Algae; Plants; Plants and animals; Plants and algae
Answer: Plants and algae
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Question: The process of photosynthesis is carried out by which of these major cell organelles?
Choices: Mitochondria; Ribosomes; Chloroplasts; Vacuoles
Answer: Chloroplasts
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Question: Which of these is not among the vacuoles functions in the cell?
Choices: Exporting unwanted substances; Capturing food materials; Production of ATP; Maintaining the internal pH
Answer: Production of ATP
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Question: Typical for the animal cells only, lysosomes are organelles built in the Golgi apparatus that contain what type of enzymes?
Choices: Inhibitors; Digestive enzymes; Amylase enzymes; Restriction enzymes
Answer: Digestive enzymes
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Question: Which organelle makes up the cells translational apparatus that translates Messenger RNA (mRNA) into polypeptide chains?
Choices: Lysosome; Mitochondrion; Ribosome; Golgi apparatus
Answer: Ribosome
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Question: Cell nuclei have two primary functions in the cell. The first is to to store genetic information needed for cellular division. What is the second one?
Choices: To maintain an acidic internal pH; To remove unwanted structural debris surrounding the cell; To control chemical reactions; To maintain internal hydrostatic pressure
Answer: To control chemical reactions
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Question: Which of the following organelles is typical for animal cells only?
Choices: Nucleolus; Vacuole; Melanosome; Golgi apparatus
Answer: Melanosome
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Question: Which one of these organelles is a part of the endomembrane system of eukaryotic cells?
Choices: Chloroplast; Mitochondrion; Endoplasmic reticulum; Nucleus
Answer: Endoplasmic reticulum
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Question: It is said that the average person has about six pounds of skin.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What kind of cells carry oxygen around your body?
Choices: fat cells; red blood cells; oxygen cells; blue cells
Answer: red blood cells
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Question: Name he glands that produce hormones.
Choices: salivary glands; sweat glands; endocrine glands; oil glands
Answer: endocrine glands
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Question: This term refers to the organs that fill your abdominal cavity and chest.
Choices: immune system; circulatory system; cementum; viscera
Answer: viscera
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Question: What is the biggest artery in the human body?
Choices: umbilical; pulmonary; systemic; aorta
Answer: aorta
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Question: What part of the nervous system regulates involuntary actions such as heartbeat or digestion?
Choices: central nervous system; peripheral nervous system; involuntary nervous system; autonomic nervous system
Answer: autonomic nervous system
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Question: Dental caries, commonly known as a cavity, is one of the most common health disorders, second only to this one.
Choices: Cold; Mumps; Fever; Sore throat
Answer: Cold
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Question: A caries is formed as a result of food debris. Food remnants mix with saliva and bacteria, and result into this mixture that glues to the teeth.
Choices: Starch; Dirt; Amalgam; Plaque
Answer: Plaque
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Question: Plaque and bacteria begin to accumulate approximately this long after eating.
Choices: 20 minutes; 30 minutes; 5 minutes; 60 minutes
Answer: 20 minutes
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Question: This is one of the first symptoms of dental caries.  It is most pronounced when consuming sweet, hot or cold foods and liquids.
Choices: Numbness; Bad breath; Toothache; Saliva overproduction
Answer: Toothache
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Question: Cavities are generally painless. However, if not treated, they enlarge and eventually become painful as they reach the internal structure of the tooth, especially this part.
Choices: Dentin; Enamel; Calculus; Root
Answer: Dentin
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Question: Sugar is a major reason for tooth decay.   Due to the high content of sugar in most carbonated drinks, you can diminish the risk of tooth decay by sipping through a straw.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Fruit juices cause about as much harm to your teeth as Colas do.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Despite its natural origins, this food is particularly bad for your teeth; it is sticky and contains concentrated fruit sugar.
Choices: Puree; Chocolate Milk; Dried fruits; Juice
Answer: Dried fruits
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Question: This substance is a substitute for sugar that can help prevent tooth decay. It decreases plaque formation and blocks the bacteria from producing the acids that cause cavities.
Choices: Aspartame; NutraSweet; Xylitol; Dentin
Answer: Xylitol
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Question: This substance is naturally present in water. It keeps the enamel strong and can stop or even reverse the process of tooth decay.
Choices: Nitrite; Nitrate; Chlorine; Fluoride
Answer: Fluoride
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Question: You might not be successful at exterminating microbes - they have been around this long.
Choices: 5 billion years; 3.8 billion years; 7 billion years; 3 billion years
Answer: 3.8 billion years
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Question: Bacteria consist of this number of cells.
Choices: Billions; 3; 1; Millions
Answer: 1
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Question: People use a kind of microbe to make this.
Choices: Mineral water; Bread; Orange juice; Plastics
Answer: Bread
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Question: Of all the microbes on Earth, only about this many have been identified.
Choices: 1 %; 5 %; 2 %; 10 %
Answer: 5 %
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Question: Lactic acid bacteria help achieve this.
Choices: Preserve pollen aroma; Keep vegetables fresher; Prevent milk from turning into yogurt; Keep honey diluted in water
Answer: Keep vegetables fresher
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Question: Bacillus Thuringiensis, which is usually found naturally in the soil, is used as this.
Choices: Beer additive; Food additive; Insecticide; Wine ferment agent
Answer: Insecticide
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Question: There are billions of these microscopic creatures in your bed and they feed on this.
Choices: Wood; Dead skin cells; Cotton fibres; Sweat
Answer: Dead skin cells
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Question: This is why Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, the bacteria which causes tuberculosis is called the literary microbe.
Choices: There is a lot to read about it; It is discussed in many scientific books; It is mentioned in many literary works; Many writers caught tuberculosis
Answer: Many writers caught tuberculosis
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Question: There is proof that microbes existed on this planet.
Choices: Pluto; Mars; The Sun; Neptune
Answer: Mars
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Question: Microbes are generally considered to be this.
Choices: Harmless; Illness-causing; Deadly; Both harmless and deadly.
Answer: Both harmless and deadly.
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Question: After Hurricane Katrina, evacuees from Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama were granted two months of food stamps and free gasoline from the Texas Department of Health and Human Services.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: It has been revealed that some debit cards issued to Hurricane Katrina evacuees were used for purchasing luxury or entertainment items.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: In 2004, a National Geographic article foretold the formation of the flood that devastated New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The White House rejected Louisiana governor Kathleen Blancos request to declare an emergency before Hurricane Katrina had struck.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: After Hurricane Katrinaâs strike, reverend Jesse Lee Peterson, a nationally syndicated African American host of a radio talk show, criticized New Orleans African Americans for both blaming the federal government and expecting handouts from it.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Former first lady Barbara Bush made the following remark about the New Orleans refugees, housed in the Houston Astrodome: And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this, this is working very well for them.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Pat Robertson, the host of the 700 Club TV program, stated that Hurricane Katrina was caused by Gods anger over the selection of lesbian comedienne Ellen Degeneres to host the upcoming Emmy Awards.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The disastrous 2005 Atlantic hurricane season broke the 1933 record of 21 named storms.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: In the 2005 hurricane season, there were 13 hurricanes of the overall number of 27 registered storms, which broke the record of 12, set in 1969.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: In 2005, Katrina became the strongest hurricane on record in the Atlantic Basin with a pressure of 882 millibars breaking the old record set by Gilbert (888 mb) in 1988.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What is a difficult patient in medical jargon?
Choices: A patient who upsets the doctor or the office staff in some way; A patient who has a disease which is difficult to treat; A patient who is terminal; An insane patient
Answer: A patient who upsets the doctor or the office staff in some way
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Question: What is called a capitated plan in the medical fields?
Choices: A treatment plan which relates to the patients head.; An insurance plan, which pays the doctor a certain amount per month; An insurance plan, which only covers up to a certain amount per visit; A treatment plan which has a definite endpoint.
Answer: An insurance plan, which pays the doctor a certain amount per month
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Question: What does the term a positive review of systems refer to?
Choices: To every symptom question, the patient says yes; The patient reviews his symptoms well; A favorable review of systems; To every symptom question, the patient says no
Answer: To every symptom question, the patient says yes
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Question: If the nurse writes NKDA on your chart, what does it mean?
Choices: Your vital signs are WNL (within normal limits).; You told the nurse you are not allergic to any medications.; You did not pay your bill.; You missed an appointment.
Answer: You told the nurse you are not allergic to any medications.
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Question: If the nurse approaches the doctor and says, Doctor, theres a code in the lobby, what is the doctor likely to do?
Choices: Say thank you and resume what he was doing; Go home because the office is closed for the day; Pull out his wallet; Tell the nurse to call 911
Answer: Tell the nurse to call 911
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Question: Choose the correct ordering of these medical jobs abbreviations, in increasing order of salary.
Choices: MA, LPN, PA, RN, MD; MA, PA, LPN, RN, MD; MA, LPN, RN, PA, MD; LPN, MD, PA, MA, RN
Answer: MA, LPN, RN, PA, MD
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Question: In medical practice, what is the purpose of a chaperon?
Choices: To distract the patient when the doctor is performing a painful procedure; To keep male and female patients apart; To keep male and female employees from behaving inappropriately in the office; To protect doctors against lawsuits by patients for inappropriate sexual advances
Answer: To protect doctors against lawsuits by patients for inappropriate sexual advances
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Question: Which of the following abbreviations pertains to a diagnosis?
Choices: EM Code; CPT Code; ICD-9 Code; G-code
Answer: ICD-9 Code
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Question: In medical jargon, what is a Well Woman Exam?
Choices: A full physical examination on a female adult who has no medical problems; An exam on the doctor by a female who is well; An exam on a female which finds herself to be well; A routine gynaecologic exam
Answer: A routine gynaecologic exam
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Question: Why do two patients sometimes have appointments with the same doctor at the same time?
Choices: Because the doctors time is more valuable than the patients time; Usually due to a scheduling error; Because of no-shows; To make the patients angry
Answer: Because of no-shows
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Question: Which sitcom aired on ABC from 1952 to 1966 after a ten-year run on radio?
Choices: Friends; The Simpsons; Frasier; Ozzie and Harriet
Answer: Ozzie and Harriet
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Question: Which of the following comedies has been on TV the most number of years?
Choices: The Simpsons; Seinfeld; Ozzie and Harriet; M*A*S*H
Answer: The Simpsons
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Question: This is considered the first  American sitcom with a gay character.
Choices: The Nancy Walker Show; Soap; Barney Miller; The Corner Bar
Answer: The Corner Bar
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Question: In what year was the word bastard first used on TV?
Choices: 1964; 1974; 1960; 1984
Answer: 1974
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Question: Which show was the first to have an episode which dealt with abortion?
Choices: Room 222; All in the Family; Good Times; Maude
Answer: Maude
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Question: In which country was the term television coined?
Choices: Canada; The USA; The United Kingdom; France
Answer: France
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Question: What year marked the first broadcast of a baseball game?
Choices: 1949; 1939; 1946; 1929
Answer: 1939
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Question: Who was the first US President to address the nation on TV?
Choices: Hoover; Truman; Eisenhower; FDR
Answer: Truman
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Question: The first scheduled TV  broadcasts, which began in 1928, originated in which US state?
Choices: California; New Jersey; New York; Massachusetts
Answer: New Jersey
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Question: Which company paid for the first TV ad?
Choices: Dawn (dishwashing detergent); Bulova (watches); Colgate (toothpaste); Tide (laundry detergent)
Answer: Bulova (watches)
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Question: Which was the first soap opera broadcast on an American television network?
Choices: Faraway Hill; Halls of Ivy; Love of Life; Love of Ivy
Answer: Faraway Hill
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Question: Which of these television networks came first?
Choices: NBC; CBS; ABC; Fox
Answer: NBC
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Question: Which of the following was the first womens advocacy show?
Choices: Leave It To The Girls; The Ladies Hour; The Ladies Home Journal Hour; Girl Talk
Answer: Leave It To The Girls
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Question: Which game show was hit by a scandal in 1958?
Choices: Twenty-One; Jeopardy; The $64,000 Challenge; The $64,000 Question
Answer: Twenty-One
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Question: This popular police show, which ran from 1951 to 1959, is famous for its very quick paced and to the point dialogue. It starred Jack Webb as police detective Joe Friday, badge#714.
Choices: Dragnet; Los Angeles Precinct; The Streets of San Francisco; Men on the Streets
Answer: Dragnet
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Question: What was the occupation of TV personality Harry Volkman?
Choices: TV weatherman; TV variety show host; TV news caster; TV game show host
Answer: TV weatherman
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Question: Containers used for disposing of needles and other sharp objects must be all of the following except which one?
Choices: Disposable; Clearly Marked bio-hazard; Puncture resistant; Recyclable
Answer: Recyclable
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Question: For which of the following tubes is the blood to additive ratio most critical?
Choices: Lavender Stopper; Light Blue stopper; Green Stopper; Red Stopper
Answer: Light Blue stopper
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Question: Which type of patient is most likely to have an AV fistula or graft?
Choices: Arthritic; Wheelchair-bound; Hospice; Dialysis
Answer: Dialysis
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Question: Which of the following is NOT needed for skin puncture?
Choices: Lancet; povidone-iodine pad; Micro-collection device; Gauze pad
Answer: povidone-iodine pad
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Question: When performing a routine blood draw, the basilic vein is the best choice.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: The Antecubital Fossa is the major vein in the arm for intended vein puncture.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: In what type of tube is blood drawn for a substance abuse test?
Choices: Light blue; Dark Green; Small Lavender; Red
Answer: Red
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Question: What vein is usually the first choice when selecting a site for venipuncture?
Choices: Median Cubital; Accessory Cephalic; Cephalic; Basilic
Answer: Median Cubital
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Question: Which part of a cell contains the chromosomes or genetic material?
Choices: Endoplasmic Reticulum; Cytoplasm; Golgi Apparatus; Nucleus
Answer: Nucleus
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Question: How many bones is an adults human skeletal system made up of?
Choices: 132; 318; 206; 354
Answer: 206
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Question: What marrow produces blood cells in the human body?
Choices: Blue marrow; Yellow marrow; Green marrow; Red marrow
Answer: Red marrow
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Question: In some animals life cycle there are several stages of development involving abrupt bodily changes. What is this biological process called?
Choices: Birth; Adolescence; Growth; Metamorphosis
Answer: Metamorphosis
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Question: What do you call the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of flowers?
Choices: Reproduction; Fertilization; Pollination; Migration
Answer: Pollination
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Question: What is the smallest basic particle of matter?
Choices: Atom; Mass; Volume; Molecule
Answer: Atom
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Question: What do you call the force which slows down and stops a moving object?
Choices: Friction; Gravitational force; Magnetic force; Molecular force
Answer: Friction
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Question: The Baroque period of architecture is characterized by vivid colours, luxurious materials and elaborate surface textures. Which of these buildings is an example of typical Baroque architecture?
Choices: The Royal Scottish Academy; St Peterâs Basilica; Solitude Palace; Lincoln Memorial
Answer: St Peterâs Basilica
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Question: When a client complained that the roof in his building leaks, this famous architect who had designed the building replied: âThatâs how you can tell itâs a roofâ.  Another work of his was the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Choices: Aldo Rossi; Frank Lloyd Wright; Michael Graves; Frank Owen Gehry
Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright
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Question: This annually awarded architecture prize is usually referred to as âThe Nobel Prize for Architectureâ.
Choices: Thomas Jefferson Medal; Aga Khan Award; Pritzker Architecture Prize; Stirling Prize
Answer: Pritzker Architecture Prize
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Question: This architecture style is characterized by the use of materials such as stainless steel and aluminium. It aimed at nontraditional elegance that symbolizes wealth and sophistication.  It originated in Europe in 1920s and formed its name in 1925 at the Worldâs Fair, held in Paris.
Choices: Archigram; Rococo; Art Deco; Baroque
Answer: Art Deco
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Question: Sharply pointed spires, stained glass and pointed arches are typical for this architecture style. It is mainly associated with cathedrals and other religious buildings.
Choices: Rococo; Gothic; Neo-Grec; Art Nouveau
Answer: Gothic
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Question: This Spanish architect designed La Sagrada Familia, one of the most famous buildings in Barcelona.
Choices: Carlo Scarpa; Mario Botta; Alvar Aalto; Antonio Gaudi
Answer: Antonio Gaudi
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Question: There are seven tall buildings in Moscow, regarded as typical examples of Stalinist Architecture. What are these similarly designed buildings referred to?
Choices: âStalinâs Seven Wondersâ; âStalinâs Seven Giantsâ; âStalinâs Seven Brothersâ; âStalinâs Seven Sistersâ
Answer: âStalinâs Seven Sistersâ
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Question: The groundbreaking design of this building was created by Danish architect, Jorn Utzon. It is located by the sea, and its roof resembles white sails.
Choices: Metropolitan Opera; Carnegie Hall; La Scala; Sydney Opera House
Answer: Sydney Opera House
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Question: The construction of this famous building was completed on November 1st, 1800. It was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban, who was inspired by the Leinster House in Dublin.
Choices: Williams Tower; Federal Hall; The White House; The Chrysler Building
Answer: The White House
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Question: This architectural term, which refers to a free-standing bell-tower, comes from Italian and means a high bell tower.
Choices: Campanile; Cellula; Mensole; Triforium
Answer: Campanile
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Question: In The Wizard of Oz movie, Scarecrow states which very important mathematical theorem?
Choices: Euclids Fifth Postulate; The Law of Pythagoras; Eulers Theorem; Newtons Axiom
Answer: The Law of Pythagoras
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Question: In this movie Ayla, played by Daryl Hannah, teaches her new family to count all the way to ten.
Choices: The Clan of the Cave Bear; Caveman and Cavewoman; Way of the Caveman; Land of the Tribe
Answer: The Clan of the Cave Bear
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Question: In which movie does Edward James Olmos play a teacher in Los Angeles who gets an entire class of low-income, Hispanic students to pass the Advanced Placement Calculus test?
Choices: Stand and Deliver; Proof; Stand By Me; Pi
Answer: Stand and Deliver
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Question: Proof was originally a play about a brilliant mathematician who worries about inheriting her fathers insanity. Which actress was the star of the 2005 movie of the same name?
Choices: Gwyneth Platrow; Kate Blanchett; Claire Danes; Kirsten Dunst
Answer: Gwyneth Platrow
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Question: In this fine movie Dustin Hoffman plays a mathematician who gets tired of being picked on.
Choices: Straw Dogs; Sunday Father; The Point; Sphere
Answer: Straw Dogs
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Question: In which movie does Bud Abbott âprove to Lou Costello that 13 x 7 = 28?
Choices: Splinters in the Navy; Youre in the Navy; Francis in the Navy; In the Navy
Answer: In the Navy
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Question: Which of these is a movie about a mathematician who develops a formula that predicts the prices of stock markets?
Choices: The Bank; The Puzzle; The Formula; The Tricks
Answer: The Bank
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Question: What 1997 movie featured Cartesian co-ordinates (the usual type of graph paper) and factoring numbers?
Choices: Cube; The Sphere; Gleaming the Cube; Proof
Answer: Cube
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Question: In this film, high school student Max Fisher, played by Jason Schwartzman, is asked to use calculus to find the area of an ellipse.
Choices: Mr. Novak; Room 222; Rushmore; The High School
Answer: Rushmore
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Question: In the movie âLittle Big League, the hero must solve this problem: John can finish a job in five hours. Mary can finish the same job in three hours. If they work together, how long will it take to finish the job? What is the answer?
Choices: 1 and 7/8 hours; 4 hours; 1 and 1/4 hours; 2 hours
Answer: 1 and 7/8 hours
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Question: Lightning is caused by the increased imbalance of positive and negative charges during storms.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: A flash of lightning can heat the air around it, which gives off vibrations and expansion of the air thus causing what?
Choices: Thunder; Tornadoes; Hail; Finger lightning
Answer: Thunder
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Question: A lightning bolt can produce what voltage?
Choices: 4 million volts; 400 million volts; 1 million volts; 1 billion volts
Answer: 1 billion volts
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Question: What does the term bolts from the blue mean?
Choices: Horizontal lightning that seems to come from no where; Lighting strikes on a clear day; Blue vertical lightning bolts; Lightning over an ocean
Answer: Horizontal lightning that seems to come from no where
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Question: According to the U.S. National Weather Service, after you see and hear the last flash of lightning and roar of thunder, you should wait how long before presuming outdoor activities?
Choices: 1 hour; 2 hours; 30 minutes; 10 minutes
Answer: 30 minutes
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Question: What did early Greeks believe lightning was?
Choices: The weapon of Zeus; A warning from Minerva; The sign of death; A symbol of good fortune
Answer: The weapon of Zeus
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Question: Which of Santa Klaus reindeersâ name means lightning?
Choices: Dasher; Prancer; Blitzen; Donner
Answer: Blitzen
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Question: Between 1997 and 2006, there were how many reported deaths from lightning?
Choices: 393; 437; 750; 825
Answer: 437
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Question: Which statement concerning whales is true?
Choices: All whales have two blow holes.; Some whales have one blow hole and some have two.; Every whale has exactly one blow hole.; Only some whales have blow holes.
Answer: Some whales have one blow hole and some have two.
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Question: Which of these statements is true?
Choices: Humans are the only mammals that cry.; All land mammals cry.; Humans and elephants are the only mammals that cry.; All mammals cry.
Answer: Humans and elephants are the only mammals that cry.
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Question: What is the meaning of plasmodium?
Choices: The parasite that causes malaria; The part of the blood that covers red and white blood cells and platelets; The liquid-like substance found in animal and plant cells; The gel-like substance that holds fish eggs together
Answer: The parasite that causes malaria
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Question: Quickly calculate 95^2 (i.e. 95X95). What is the result?
Choices: 810025; 8125; 9025; 987,654,321
Answer: 9025
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Question: What molecule has the formula O3?
Choices: Ozone; Tritium; Deuterium; Peroxide
Answer: Ozone
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Question: All dogs are of the same species.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Upon what does the loudness of a sound depend?
Choices: The pitch of the sound; None of these; The frequency of the wave; The amplitude of the wave
Answer: The amplitude of the wave
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Question: Which of these is hottest?
Choices: the surface of the sun; a lightning bolt; the laser used in eye surgery; a microwave oven
Answer: a lightning bolt
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Question: All telephones in the USA were shut down on August 2, 1922. Why?
Choices: The International Brotherhod of Communications Workers went on strike.; The electrical workers in New York, Chicago, and Washington went on strike.; It was the day when Alexander Graham Bell died.; It was the day  for the Orson Welles  War of the Worlds radio telecast.
Answer: It was the day when Alexander Graham Bell died.
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Question: In 1989, a Mastiff was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the heaviest dog in the world. What was the weight of the dog?
Choices: 182 kilograms; 173 pounds; 298 pounds; 343 pounds
Answer: 343 pounds
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Question: Which of these events occurred in 1589?
Choices: Sir Thomas Crapper invented the modern flush toilet.; Zacharias Hanssen invented the modern flush toilet.; Sir John Harington invented the modern flush toilet.; Otto von Guericke invented the modern flush toilet.
Answer: Sir John Harington invented the modern flush toilet.
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Question: Which of these animals makes the loudest noise?
Choices: The humpback whale; The Andean condor; The whale shark; The howling monkey
Answer: The humpback whale
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Question: Who invented the water thermometer?
Choices: Galileo; Fahrenheit; Celsius; Santorio Santorio
Answer: Galileo
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Question: In which city was Albert Einstein born ?
Choices: Ulm; Berlin; Bonn; Munich
Answer: Ulm
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Question: Einsteins father owned a company that made small magnetos, which he was later forced to sell to this, much larger corporation.
Choices: Bavarian Electrical Supplies , GmbH; Siemens; Krups; BMW
Answer: Siemens
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Question: During WWII, Einstein was paid $25 per day for his consultation on the Manhattan Project.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: On Friday evenings it was the custom of Jewish families to invite college students over for a home cooked meal. One of the students the Einsteins often ate with introduced Albert to science.  What was his name ?
Choices: Max Born; Max Malamud; Max Silberstein; Max Talmud
Answer: Max Talmud
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Question: In which year was Albert Einstein born?
Choices: 1869; 1899; 1889; 1879
Answer: 1879
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Question: During this year, Einstein had three incredible papers published in the physics journals, and obtained his doctoral degree.
Choices: 1905; 1912; 1907; 1929
Answer: 1905
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Question: In which US city did Einstein live out his last years?
Choices: Cambridge, Massachusetts; New Haven, Connecticut; Boca Raton, Florida; Princeton, New Jersey
Answer: Princeton, New Jersey
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Question: Which type of car did Einstein own while in the USA ?
Choices: Buick; Packard; Ford; None
Answer: None
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Question: What important thing did Einstein do on August 2nd, 1939?
Choices: He proved the Theory of Special Relativity; He found the speed of light; He wrote a letter; He proved  E=mc^2
Answer: He wrote a letter
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Question: In 1948 Albert Einstein was offered this new job.
Choices: Head of the Institute for Advanced Study; President of Israel; Head Dean of  Princeton University; Chief of the Atomic Energy Commission
Answer: President of Israel
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Question: In what year did Einstein pass away?
Choices: 1960; 1955; 1954; 1956
Answer: 1955
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Question: Lifting incredibly slowly builds incredibly big muscles. Lifting super slowly produces superlong workouts.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: If you eat more protein, youll build more muscle.
Choices: True; No Way; Somewhat True; False
Answer: Somewhat True
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Question: Leg extensions are safer for your knees than squats.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Sore muscles should be excercised...
Choices: Never as it might damage the muscle; It depends which muscle it is; Always as it helps heal the soreness; Only youre not sore to the touch
Answer: Only youre not sore to the touch
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Question: The fact that stretching prevents injuries is a myth.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: You need a Swiss ball to build a stronger chest and shoulders.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: It is better to work out with free weights.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Which of the following foods is poorest in carbohydrates?
Choices: Cheese; Potatoes; Pork; Milk
Answer: Pork
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Question: Which of these meals would be most suitable for a low carb diet?
Choices: An apple with cottage cheese; Soya sauce; A ham sandwich; Meat and potatoes
Answer: An apple with cottage cheese
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Question: Trans-fats are definitely unwholesome. Which of these foods is poorest in trans fatty acids?
Choices: margarine; vegetable shortenings; sunflower oil; cookies
Answer: sunflower oil
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Question: What is the building block of green plants that cant be broken down into sugar molecules and passes through the human body undigested?
Choices: dietary fiber; glucose; dextrose; fructose
Answer: dietary fiber
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Question: Which of the following fats contain trans-fats?
Choices: All types of animal fats; Partially hydrogenated fats; None of these; Non-hydrogenated fats
Answer: Partially hydrogenated fats
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Question: Which of these types of fat raises both LDL(bad cholesterol) and HDL(good cholesterol)?
Choices: Saturated; Trans; Monounsaturated; Polyunsaturated
Answer: Saturated
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Question: Which of these is especially rich in omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids?
Choices: Brown sugar; Chicken; Flax seed; Wheat gran
Answer: Flax seed
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Question: Health specialists still argue about the maximum daily salt intake. But it is for sure that if you overdose on salt, it may affect your health negatively. What is likely to happen if you add too much salt in your diet?
Choices: All of these; It can cause neurological problems; It may bring you high blood pressure; It can lead to electrolyte disturbance
Answer: All of these
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Question: Cod liver oil is often used in many diets and healthy regimes, as a powerful source of omega-3, vitamin A and D. Some medical specialists believe that in the summer months cod liver oil should not be taken, for what reason?
Choices: Because Vitamin D becomes toxic when heated; None of these; Because the pills melt in hot weather and it is easy to overdose; Because cod liver oil contains vitamin D, and the sun also creates vitamin D.  If vitamin D is overdosed, your face may become spotty
Answer: Because cod liver oil contains vitamin D, and the sun also creates vitamin D.  If vitamin D is overdosed, your face may become spotty
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Question: Which of these people would be able to successfully combine their regimes with a low carb diet without having to violate one of them?
Choices: All of these; A vegetarian; A vegan; A fruitarian
Answer: A vegetarian
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Question: This unit,  named after one of the main discoverers of electromagnetism, is the base unit of electrical current.
Choices: OHM; Frequency; Ampere; Capacitor
Answer: Ampere
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Question: Which term refers to the number of complete cycles of an alternating current that occur per second?
Choices: Watt; Frequency; Wavelength; Ohm
Answer: Frequency
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Question: Which term refers to the efficiency of an electric machine, measured in watt hours or kilowatt hours?
Choices: OHM; Frequency Efficiency; Farad; Energy Efficiency
Answer: Energy Efficiency
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Question: This unit, named after the German physicist who discovered the relation between voltage and current, is the basic unit of electrical resistance.
Choices: Watt; Frequency; Ohm; Resistor
Answer: Ohm
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Question: An insulator is a thin metal strip mounted in a holder. When too much current passes through  it, the metal strip melts and opens the circuit.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What is the unit of power that shows how fast a circuit uses electrical energy?
Choices: Watt; Frequency; Voltage; Amp
Answer: Watt
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Question: Moonbounce is a form of wireless communication in which the moon is used as a passive satellite.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What is the basic unit of electric pressure, also known as emf?
Choices: Current; Amp; Volt; Watt
Answer: Volt
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Question: This term refers to the distance between repeating units of a wave pattern and is commonly designated by the Greek letter lambda (Î»).
Choices: Amp; Wave distance; Volt; Wavelength
Answer: Wavelength
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Question: Lower frequencies have longer wavelengths, while higher frequencies have shorter wavelengths.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: How much blood does the average adult human have?
Choices: 10-12 pints (5-6 liters); 10-12 gallons (38-45 liters); 10-12 quarts (10-11 liters); 4-8 pounds (2-4 kg)
Answer: 10-12 pints (5-6 liters)
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Question: What substance is added to blood to keep it from clotting until it is needed?
Choices: Sugar; Ethanol; Mecurium; Salt
Answer: Salt
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Question: The members of which profession used to be called leechersâ because of the methods they used in the past?
Choices: Pharmacists; Doctors; Dentists; Lawyers
Answer: Doctors
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Question: Barbers traditionally have red and white poles in front of their stores because in the Middle Ages they did the blood letting.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Approximately what percentage of humans have blood of the type Rh +?
Choices: 33 %; 35 %; 85 %; 74 %
Answer: 85 %
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Question: What percentage of humans have type O blood?
Choices: 33 %; 25%; There is no way to tell.; 45 %
Answer: 45 %
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Question: Which blood type is called the universal recipient?
Choices: AB; O; A; B
Answer: AB
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Question: Which fictional character had T-Negative blood type?
Choices: King Billy Haraah; The Scorpion King; Mr. Spock; Dr. Who
Answer: Mr. Spock
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Question: Which type of blood cells can be stored the longest?
Choices: Platelets; Blood plasma; Erythrocytes (red blood cells); Leukocytes (white blood cells)
Answer: Erythrocytes (red blood cells)
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Question: Healthy people over 17 can donate what part of their blood every two weeks?
Choices: Platelets; White blood cells; Blood serum; Red blood cells
Answer: Platelets
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Question: Who was the first physician to demonstrate that arteries carry blood throughout the body?
Choices: Galen; Valen; Valecious; Herodotus
Answer: Galen
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Question: Which of these people is the Austrian biologist and physician who first identified the four basic blood types?
Choices: Karl Landsteiner; Felix Bernstein; William Osler; Charles Richard Drew
Answer: Karl Landsteiner
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Question: In 1658 he became the first person to describe and observe red blood cells (erythrocytes).
Choices: William Osler; Jan Swammerdan; Marcello Malpighi; Felix Bernstein
Answer: Jan Swammerdan
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Question: In 1924 who was the German mathematician who developed a proof showing that blood types were genetic?
Choices: Franklin McLean; Charles  R. Drew; Felix Bernstein; William Osler
Answer: Felix Bernstein
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Question: This person developed the first system to produce donatable blood plasma and was the first director of a Red Cross Blood Bank in the USA.
Choices: William Osler; Felix Bernstein; Charles Richard Drew; Franklin McLean.
Answer: Charles Richard Drew
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Question: Which of these statements about Petroleum, sometimes called âblack goldâ, is not true?
Choices: It is used for the production of solvents, fertilizers and plastics.; It is found in formations in he Earth.; It is a fossil fuel.; It is a renewable resource.
Answer: It is a renewable resource.
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Question: In 1863 this entrepreneur and his partners founded Standard Oil, a company which dominated oil production in the USA for decades.
Choices: Howard Hughes; John Rockefeller; Jean Paul Getty; Andrew Carnegie
Answer: John Rockefeller
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Question: In 1991, one of the most serious oil spills in history brought considerable damage to wildlife in the Middle East region. What caused the oil spill?
Choices: Iraqi forces deliberately released crude oil from several tankers; Tanker Exxon Valdez hit an undersea reef; Nowruz Field platform spilled 80 million gallons of oil; Ixtoc I oil well suffered a blowout
Answer: Iraqi forces deliberately released crude oil from several tankers
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Question: The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is an intergovernmental organization founded at the Baghdad Conference in September 1960, by 5 countries. Which of these countries was not a founding member of the organization?
Choices: Algeria; Iraq; Venezuela; Iran
Answer: Algeria
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Question: This American oil driller, dug the first modern oil well near Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859.
Choices: Robert Kerr; Frank Phillips; Edwin Drake; Edward Doheny
Answer: Edwin Drake
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Question: This oil field, located south of Beaumont, Texas, and discovered by Anthony Francis Lucas, was the first major oil field in the USA.
Choices: Thunder Horse Field; Wilmington Oil Field; Spindletop Oil Field; Elk Hills Field
Answer: Spindletop Oil Field
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Question: The term âpetrodollarâ, a dollar earned by a country through the sale of oil, was invented in 1973 by this Egyptian-born American professor and economist.
Choices: Ibrahim Oweiss; M. King Hubert; Ronald R. Cooke; Matthew R. Simmons
Answer: Ibrahim Oweiss
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Question: This industrial facility, sometimes called a âtank farmâ or a âterminalâ, is used for the storage of oil.
Choices: Oil gusher; Oil depot; Oil barrel; Oil well
Answer: Oil depot
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Question: The first oil refinery in the world, bombarded in 1943 by US Air Force in operation Tidal Wave, was built in this country in 1856.
Choices: Germany; Romania; Iran; Italy
Answer: Romania
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Question: The Arab-Israeli War in 1973, known as Yom Kippur War, triggered the â1973 oil crisisâ. What action did the Arab members of OPEC undertake as part of their strategy?
Choices: They raised the price of oil; They proclaimed an embargo on oil exports to the Netherlands; All of these; They proclaimed an embargo on oil exports to the United States
Answer: All of these
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Question: This is the study of winds.
Choices: conilogy; lithology; campanology; anemology
Answer: anemology
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Question: Which term refers to the study of atmospheric dust and its effect on life on Earth?
Choices: lithology; coniology; tricology; vexillogy
Answer: coniology
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Question: What is contrology?
Choices: Pilates; the study of freshwater life; the study of social controls; the study of dates
Answer: Pilates
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Question: What is the study of whales called?
Choices: cetology; mycology; dendrology; balinology
Answer: cetology
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Question: What does dactylology study?
Choices: rocks; the moon; fingerprints; caves
Answer: fingerprints
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Question: What does actinology study?
Choices: fruits and seeds; clouds; ants; The study of the effect of light on chemicals
Answer: The study of the effect of light on chemicals
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Question: What do we call the study of male health and male diseases?
Choices: ophiology; andrology; oology; Testrology
Answer: andrology
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Question: Which word refers to the study of bones?
Choices: otology; osteology; endocrinology; neropathp
Answer: osteology
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Question: Which word means the study of dogs?
Choices: cynology; onerology; carnaology; tocology
Answer: cynology
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Question: What does psephology study?
Choices: African snakes; dreams; elections; poetry
Answer: elections
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Question: What does ludology study?
Choices: video games; postcards; wine; the moon
Answer: video games
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Question: Which statement is incorrect?
Choices: Boxology studies schematic layouts and diagrams.; Apiology studies bees.; Gerontology studies grammar and syntax.; Potamology studies rivers.
Answer: Gerontology studies grammar and syntax.
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Question: English physicist, mathematician, and astronomer Sir Isaac Newton presented his findings on the universal law of gravity in his work commonly referred to as Principia Mathematica, which was published in what year?
Choices: 1535; 1720; 1687; 1477
Answer: 1687
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Question: According to gravity laws, if a bowling ball and a feather are dropped simultaneously from the same height the bowling ball will hit the ground first because it has greater inertia. (In this case we ignore the effects of air resistance.)
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The gravitational force on the surface of the Sun is greater than the gravitational force on Earths surface. If you weigh 180 lbs or 80 kg on Earth, what would your weight be on the Sun?
Choices: 440 lbs (200 kg); 1100 lbs (500 kg); 5022 lbs (2270 kg); 2770 lbs (1260 kg)
Answer: 5022 lbs (2270 kg)