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	Normal Science & Technology Quiz 1 - What are the 4 Galilean Satellites? Ganymede, Callisto, Titania, Ophelia Io, Europa, Phobos, Deimos Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto Mimas, Enceladus, Ganymede, Deimos 2 - Brass is an alloy of which two metals? gold and copper gold and tin copper and tin copper and zinc 3 - 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 4 - Who first observed the moons of Jupiter? Johannes Kepler Galileo Eratosthenes Copernicus 5 - Which of these was NOT the name of a US Spacecraft? Glamorous Glennis Molly Brown Sigma 7 Aurora 7 6 - How many more times heavier is the Sun than the Earth? 35 3500 350,000 35,000,000 7 - What element has "H" for symbol? Helium Hydroxide Hydrogen Hafnium 8 - To which country does the .ie domain suffix belong? India Indonesia Eire Israel 9 - 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 10 - Euclid's 'The Elements' is a book about what? Earth, Water, Wind, Fire Geometry and Reasoning Atomic Structure and Properties The Scientific Method 11 - 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 12 - 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 13 - Who discovered Charon, the satellite of Pluto? Percival Lowell James Christy Clyde Tombaugh James van Allen 14 - Which of these is a star? Andromeda Antares Ceres Orion 15 - Richard Feynman is a famous: Chemist Bioligist Physicist Engineer 16 - Which of these is a self propagating, self replicating computer program? Virus Worm Trojan Backdoor 17 - 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 18 - 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 19 - 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 20 - 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 Homepage