The World Quiz > Normal Science & Technology Quiz

	Normal Science & Technology Quiz 1 - 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 2 - Neanderthals are named for the place where their bones were discovered, which was a: river bed cave mountain top valley 3 - What is the most massive planet in the Solar System? Jupiter Saturn Earth The Sun 4 - Euclid's 'The Elements' is a book about what? Earth, Water, Wind, Fire Geometry and Reasoning Atomic Structure and Properties The Scientific Method 5 - Who discovered Charon, the satellite of Pluto? Percival Lowell James Christy Clyde Tombaugh James van Allen 6 - Which of these is a self propagating, self replicating computer program? Virus Worm Trojan Backdoor 7 - 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 8 - How many pairs of chromosomes does a human usually have? 18 23 36 46 9 - Which of these is heavier ? A brown dwarf A white dwarf Jupiter All the solar planets put together, except for Jupiter 10 - Brass is an alloy of which two metals? gold and copper gold and tin copper and tin copper and zinc 11 - 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 12 - 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 13 - Who first observed the moons of Jupiter? Johannes Kepler Galileo Eratosthenes Copernicus 14 - 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 15 - 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 16 - Which of these is not a moon of Uranus? Oberon Ariel Umbriel Titan 17 - 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 18 - What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere? (di)Nitrogen (di)Oxygen Water Vapor Carbon Dioxide 19 - 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 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 Homepage