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	Normal Science & Technology Quiz 1 - Which physical law is behind the idea of a rocket engine? The law of gravity The action-reaction principle The law on the conservation of energy The General Relativity 2 - What is the unit of energy? Newton Einstein Joule Watt 3 - What are the 4 Galilean Satellites? Ganymede, Callisto, Titania, Ophelia Io, Europa, Phobos, Deimos Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto Mimas, Enceladus, Ganymede, Deimos 4 - What are currently the two ways to achieve temperature and pressure required to initiate nuclear fusion? Gravity, magnetic confinement Electromagnetic confinement, electrical confinement Magnetic confinement, Inertial confinement Nuclear fission, gravity 5 - 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 6 - How many dwarf planets are currently recognised by the International Astronomical Union in our solar system? 0 2 4 5 7 - Who developed the laws of electromagnetic induction? Ohm Volta Faraday Ampere 8 - In the name of the disc type, what does CD stand for? compressed disk format computer disk compressed data compact disc 9 - Which is not a computer graphics file standard? Joint Photographic Experts Group Graphics Interchange Format Pictorial Binary Encoded Material Tagged Image File Format 10 - 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 11 - 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 12 - Brass is an alloy of which two metals? gold and copper gold and tin copper and tin copper and zinc 13 - Who created the periodic table of the elements? Mendeleyev Avogadro Dalton Bertholet 14 - Of the following, which is the closest definition of a laser? A device that produces coherent light with a narrow range of wavelengths A device that produces extremely intense light A device that projects electrons at high speed A device that polarize photons, propelling them by magnetic repulsion 15 - 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 16 - What is a micro-kernel? A new breed of genetically engineered corn A computer operating system that provides a minimal set of services A theory in fundamental particle physics involving immutable laws A philosophical premise that says that one should have as few axioms or assumptions as possible 17 - What is a prion? A neutrally-charged elementary particle A protein believed to be responsible for the Creutzfeld-Jakob disease A GPS-controlled Chinese anti-aircraft missile A radio-active element used in certain atomic calculators 18 - Neanderthals are named for the place where their bones were discovered, which was a: river bed cave mountain top valley 19 - Which of these is heavier ? A brown dwarf A white dwarf Jupiter All the solar planets put together, except for Jupiter 20 - To which country does the .ie domain suffix belong? India Indonesia Eire Israel Homepage