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	Normal Science & Technology Quiz 1 - Richard Feynman is a famous: Chemist Bioligist Physicist Engineer 2 - 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 3 - 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 4 - 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 5 - What are the four bases found in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)? oxygen, phosphate, ribose, cytosine purine, pyrimadine, ribose, uracil guanine, cytosine, adenine, thymine ribose, oxygen, nucleic acid, phosphate 6 - 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 7 - Who developed the laws of electromagnetic induction? Ohm Volta Faraday Ampere 8 - Which of these was NOT the name of a US Spacecraft? Glamorous Glennis Molly Brown Sigma 7 Aurora 7 9 - What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere? (di)Nitrogen (di)Oxygen Water Vapor Carbon Dioxide 10 - 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 11 - 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 12 - 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 13 - How many dwarf planets are currently recognised by the International Astronomical Union in our solar system? 0 2 4 5 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 - Who created the periodic table of the elements? Mendeleyev Avogadro Dalton Bertholet 16 - What element has "H" for symbol? Helium Hydroxide Hydrogen Hafnium 17 - 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 18 - What does the first Moore's law state? The number of transistors that can be fitted per square inch doubles every 18 month The speed of microprocessors doubles every year The cost of a microprocessor is inversly proportional to the size of its market The energy needed by a processor is increased by half for every doubling of performance 19 - How many pairs of chromosomes does a human usually have? 18 23 36 46 20 - If a phenomenom has a periodicity of 6 miliseconds, it has a frequency of: 600 mhz 6 hz 1.66 hz 166 hz Homepage