1 - 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

2 - Which of these is a star?

Andromeda

Antares

Ceres

Orion

3 - 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

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

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

United States

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

Jupiter

Saturn

Earth

The Sun

6 - What is the A380?

The biggest civilian aircraft ever, built by Airbus

The code name for AMD's next-generation laptop chips

The model of the rocket used by China to send its first astronaut in space

A supersonic military transport aircraft being developed by Boing

7 - How many dwarf planets are currently recognised by the International Astronomical Union in our solar system?

0

2

4

5

8 - What is the name of Pluto's satellite?

Centaur

Charon

Chronos

Pluto does not have a satelite

9 - What does the acronym ASCII stand for?

American Standard Coding for International Interchange

Automated Standard Coding for Information Interchange

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

Automated Standard Code for International Interchange

10 - Who developed the laws of electromagnetic induction?

Ohm

Volta

Faraday

Ampere

11 - Brass is an alloy of which two metals?

gold and copper

gold and tin

copper and tin

copper and zinc

12 - What is El Nino?

The surname given to Ventura Reyes Prósper

A major warming of the equatorial waters in the Pacific Ocean

A particularly damaging type of hurricane

The nine forms the Ebola disease can take

13 - What is the sun expected to become at the end of its life?

A black dwarf

A white dwarf

A red dwarf

A yellow dwarf

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

India

Indonesia

Eire

Israel

15 - What particularity of Europa is of particular interest to scientists?

It is believed to be the last remain of a planet having collided with Jupiter

Its atmosphere is very rich in oxygen

Rocks covering its surface might date from the beginning of the Solar System

There is a remote possibility that its ice-covered oceans might harbor life

16 - Which of these is not a moon of Uranus?

Oberon

Ariel

Umbriel

Titan

17 - Richard Feynman is a famous:

Chemist

Bioligist

Physicist

Engineer

18 - Who allegedly invented a mechanism where a pipe fitted in spiral inside a tube will raise water or grain when turned?

William Gilbert

William Bickford

Ctesibius

Archimedes

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

Lotus

Microsoft

Corel

Oracle

20 - 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

 

  

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