1 - Which of the decimal number below corresponds to the binary number 00101010?

3

68

42

101,010

2 - Which of these was NOT the name of a US Spacecraft?

Glamorous Glennis

Molly Brown

Sigma 7

Aurora 7

3 - What is the most massive planet in the Solar System?

Jupiter

Saturn

Earth

The Sun

4 - What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?

(di)Nitrogen

(di)Oxygen

Water Vapor

Carbon Dioxide

5 - To which country does the .ie domain suffix belong?

India

Indonesia

Eire

Israel

6 - Who first observed the moons of Jupiter?

Johannes Kepler

Galileo

Eratosthenes

Copernicus

7 - For what accomplishment did Einstein receive a Physic Nobel Prize?

The discovery of the Law of the Photoelectric Effect

The Theory of Special Relativity

The Theory of General Relativity

The discovery of radio-activity

8 - What is the speed of light?

3 x 10^8 m/s

3 x 10^9 m/s

3 x 10^10 m/s

3 x 10^11 m/s

9 - What is approximatively the circumference of the Earth?

12000 km (7458 miles)

26000 km (16159 miles)

40000 km (24860 miles)

63000 km (39154 miles)

10 - What are the 4 Galilean Satellites?

Ganymede, Callisto, Titania, Ophelia

Io, Europa, Phobos, Deimos

Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto

Mimas, Enceladus, Ganymede, Deimos

11 - Which of these is heavier ?

A brown dwarf

A white dwarf

Jupiter

All the solar planets put together, except for Jupiter

12 - Roughtly how long ago did the Sun form?

One hundred and twenty million years ago

One billion years ago

Five billions years ago

Twelve billions years ago

13 - How was the length of a meter originally defined?

As 0.5 French Royal Yards

As the distance sound travels in 1/100th of a second

As the length of a specially made rod of arbitrary length

As one ten-millioneth of the distance between the pole and the equator

14 - Brass is an alloy of which two metals?

gold and copper

gold and tin

copper and tin

copper and zinc

15 - Which of these is a star?

Andromeda

Antares

Ceres

Orion

16 - In the English system of measurement, what was the original value of a yard? (it is now 36 inches)

the distance between the king's nose and thumb if he stuck his arm out at a right angle with his thumb pointed up

the distance between the front and back legs of the finest horse in the king's stables

the longest distance the king could cover in one stride

the distance the king could throw a specific weighted ball called the Canterbury Sphere

17 - Which of the following companies has not developed an 'Office suite' of programs for the Windows OS?

Lotus

Microsoft

Corel

Oracle

18 - Euclid's 'The Elements' is a book about what?

Earth, Water, Wind, Fire

Geometry and Reasoning

Atomic Structure and Properties

The Scientific Method

19 - From which country is Linus Torvalds, writer of the Linux kernel?

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

United States

20 - Who developed the laws of electromagnetic induction?

Ohm

Volta

Faraday

Ampere

 

  

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