scienceQuizzes2

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What is poliosis?
Graying of hair
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What is the only mammal naturally capable of true and sustained flight?
The bat
3
What is the Larynx often referred to as?
Voice box
4
Emollients are more commonly referred to as what?
Moisturizers
5
What is the international radio code word for the letter F?
Foxtrot
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What material is produced from the gossypium shrub?
Cotton
7
What is the square root of 121?
11
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How many liters is 1 quart?
0.946 L
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Phobos and Deimos are moons of what planet?
Mars
10
What is the study of human behaviour and mind called?
Psychology
11
What continent has the highest native population of cheetahs?
Africa
12
What did Freud call the female counterpart of the Oedipus complex?
The Elektra complex
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Angora wool is produced from what animal's coat?
The Angora rabbit
14
An astronomical unit is the standard measurement taken from the Earth to where?
The Sun
15
In the UK, what is called a "courgette"?
A zucchini
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Which drug was first extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree?
Quinine
17
What thin yellow fluid do the mammary glands secrete before lactation begins?
Colostrum
18
What year was the Pioneer 10 space probe launched into space?
1972
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The star Polaris is more commonly known by what name?
The North Star
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What keeps the Earth's atmosphere from leaving the planet?
Gravity
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Which planet in our solar system has a moon named Phoebe?
Saturn
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Phobos and Deimos are moons of what planet?
Mars
23
What is the molten rock magma called once it flows from a volcano?
Lava
24
What is the name of Earth's first artificial satellite?
Sputnik
25
What is the atomic number of the element Tantalum?
73
26
What deadly disease is also known a hydrophobia?
Rabies
27
How many yards are there in a chain?
22
28
What constellation is Polaris located in?
Ursa Minor
29
What sense is most closely linked to memory?
smell
30
What is odontophobia the fear of?
Dentistry
31
How many chromosomes are in human DNA?
46
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What does the Binet-Simon scale measure?
Intelligence
33
What is the largest species of lizard in the world?
The komodo dragon
34
Which metal, in its purest form, has the highest melting point?
Tungsten
35
What is the study of grasses called?
Agrostology
36
What type of dog is known as the "King of the Terriers"?
Airedale
37
What invention is Arthur W. Savage often linked with?
The radial tire
38
What's the world's largest predatory fish?
The great white shark
39
In what lunar phase is the moon when it is three-quarters full?
Gibbous
40
What are catfish missing that many other fish have?
Scales
41
The average person has over 1,460 of what each year?
Dreams
42
What is a group of clams called?
A Bed
43
What is botany the study of?
Plants 
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What potentially fatal disease is also known as "rabbit fever"?
Tularemia
45
Androphobia is the fear of what?
Males, or men
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Which planet spins on a nearly horizontal axis, as opposed to all the others which spin on a vertical axis?
Uranus
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Tribology is the study of what?
Friction, lubrication and wear
48
What is the top speed a freefalling object can reach called?
Terminal Velocity
49
What is the closest star to Earth?
The Sun
50
What is agrostology the study of?
Grasses
51
How many neck bones do humans have?
Seven
52
What metals is Bell metal an alloy of?
Tin and copper
53
What nation is home to the Komodo dragon?
Indonesia
54
Which chemical element has the atomic number of 1?
Hydrogen
55
Which element has the chemical symbol "No"?
Nobelium
56
What is the fear of nudity known as?
Gymnophobia or Nudophobia
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Which branch of science is concerned with the study of matter and energy?
Physics
58
What does a hygrometer measure?
Water vapour in atmosphere i.e. Humidity
59
What vegetable gets its name from the Latin word for "branch"?
Broccoli
60
What is the atomic number of magnesium?
12
61
Who was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962?
John Glenn
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Which astronomer gave his name to a telescope launched into space in 1990?
Edwin Hubble
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What is Eisoptrophobia?
The fear of mirrors
64
What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Au
65
How is the number 20 written with Roman numerals?
XX
66
Starfish belong to what animal phylum, whose name means "spiny skin"?
Echinoderms
67
What country did poinsettias originally come from?
Mexico
68
How many wings does a butterfly have?
Four
69
Who performed the first human heart transplant?
Dr. Chris Barnard
70
What type of insect is a "weevil"?
A beetle
71
What is the largest artery in the human body?
The aorta
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What body part’s name come from the Latin word meaning "to stretch"?
Tendon
73
In what part of the human body would you find the fissure of Rolando?
Brain
74
Which Apollo mission carried Neil Armstrong and his team to the Moon? 
Apollo 11
75
How many bones are there in the human skull?
22
76
Approximately, how far is the Earth's ozone layer from its surface?
20 to 30 km
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What constellation represents a hunter with a club and shield?
Orion
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What class includes the scorpions and spiders?
Arachnid
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An Apgar score is given to what?
Health of newborns
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Long-period comets are believed to come from where?
The Oort Cloud
81
What element's chemical symbol is Pb?
Lead's
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What is the name of a small object orbiting the sun made of ice, dust and frozen gas?
Comet
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Int the medical field, what do the initials E.E.G stand for?
Electroencephalograph
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The gopher is a member of what order of mammals?
Rodents
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Which gender has the XY chromosomes in human beings?
Male
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What is the term for the official record of a dog’s ancestry?
Pedigree
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What name is given to the shellfish that cling to the bottom of ships?
Barnacles
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Which planet is orbited by the moon Charon?
Pluto
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What is the only fruit to have its seeds on the outside?
Strawberry
90
What is a group of lions called?
A pride
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Which blood type is a universal donor?
O negative
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Burning potassium has what color flame?
Purple
93
What disease grounded astronaut Ken Mattingly from Apollo 13?
The measles
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What is the chemical symbol for Californium?
Cf
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What does a barometer measure?
Atmospheric Pressure
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What unit of weight is equal to approximately .002 pounds?
1 gram
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Who was the first man to return safely from space?
Yuri Gagarin
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What does the Holmes and Rahe scale measure?
Stress caused by life events
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What metal impurity makes rubies red and emeralds green?
Chromium
100
The maxillary bone and the mandible are the upper and lower parts of what?
The human jaw
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What is the name for the longest side of a right-angled triangle?
Hypotenuse
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What does an Enigma machine do?
Ciphers and deciphers messages

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What geological period followed the Jurassic?
Cretaceous
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If a dog is a canine, what animal is an ovine?
A sheep
3
Who was the first person to prove that planets move in elliptical orbits?
Johannes Kepler
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What is the dog breed "Borzoi" sometimes called?
Russian wolfhound
5
What year did the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union start?
1955
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What is halite more commonly called?
Rock salt
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Mariner 9 was the first spacecraft to orbit what other planet?
Mars
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Who worked as the lead Soviet rocket engineer during the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union?
Sergei Korolev
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What is botany the study of?
Plants 
10
How many calves does the average giraffe mother give birth to each time?
One
11
What unit of weight is equal to approximately .002 pounds?
1 gram
12
What "L"-word is the name for the family of plants including the peanut and soybean?
Legume
13
Which dinosaur got its name because scientists thought that it fed on eggs?
Oviraptor
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What is the fear of washing or bathing called?
Ablutophobia
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What is the more common name for the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module that was added to the International Space Station in 2016?
BEAM
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What two metals form the alloy white gold?
Gold and silver
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What is a dried plum?
A prune
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What is the name for the soft white layer that forms on teeth?
Plaque
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What animals lives in a lodge?
The beaver
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How many pairs of ribs are there in the average human skeleton?
Twelve
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The "canebrake", "timber" and "pygmy" are types of what?
Rattlesnakes
22
Who performed the first human heart transplant?
Dr. Chris Barnard
23
What object did Ben Franklin attach to the end of a kite string to prove that lightning is electricity?
A metal key
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What is another word for a bird watcher?
Twitcher
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What is the chemical symbol for Chlorine?
Cl
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What is the study of the Sun called?
Heliology
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Which natural phenomenon can be measured on the Mercalli scale?
Earthquakes
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In what organ of the human body would you find the malleus?
The ear
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What did an IBM 7090 computer calculate to 100,265 decimal places in 1961?
Pi
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What is the technical name for the shape the stackable Pringles chips have?
Hyperbolic Paraboloid
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What is the atomic number for Hydrogen?
1
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How many fluid ounces in a gill?
5
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What is a group of larks called?
Exaltation
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What is a group of mallards in flight called?
A Sord
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What do astronomers call an interstellar cloud of dust dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases?
Nebula
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What part of the computer does "QWERTY" refer to?
Keyboard
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What element is given the symbol "I"?
Iodine
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What are the three primary ingredients of gunpowder?
Sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal
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What is measured in Watts?
Power
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In what century did the Dodo bird become extinct?
17th
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What is the proper name of the flower more commonly referred to as "dandelion"?
Taraxacum
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What disease takes its name from medieval Italian words for "bad air"?
Malaria
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Which tree is the only nut-bearer native to North America?
Pecan
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Which element of the periodic table is named after the formulator of the periodic table?
Mendelevium
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What seven-letter "B"­word is often applied to those suffering from manic depression?
Bipolar
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What characteristic of light allows it to be separated into a spectrum of color?
Wavelength
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How many stars are in the Big Dipper constellation?
Seven
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What are the twin stars in the constellation of Gemini called?
Pollux and Castor
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What is the meaning of the name of the constellation Ophiuchus?
Serpent Bearer
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How long does it take blood to circulate the vascular system?
20 seconds
51
People suffering from hyalophagia do what?
Eat glass
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What dermatological problem do you most likely have if you have over secreting sebaceous glands?
Acne
53
What is the largest animal to ever live?
The Blue whale
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What is the most obvious physical difference between snails and slugs?
The shell
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Which bony structure includes the zygomatic, ethmoid, and vomer bones?
The Skull
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A chameleon’s tongue is up to twice the length of its what?
Body
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What is the protective coating called that covers chicken eggs when they're hatched?
Bloom
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Approximately what percentage of the jellyfish's body is made up of water?
95%
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What is the name of Google's mobile operating system?
Android
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In the field of psychiatry what term described self-love?
Narcissism
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What is the common name for "alopecia"?
Baldness
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What instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure?
Barometer
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How many sides does a trapezoid have?
4
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What is the largest mammal in the world?
Blue Whale
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Where do bumblebees normally build their nests?
Underground
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The planet Uranus was originally named what?
George's Star
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Dermatology studies which part of the human body?
The skin
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What "-itis" is an inflammation of the liver?
Hepatitis
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What famous chemist died in 1934 from a blood disease contracted by the effects of radiation exposure?
Marie Curie
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What is the first element on the periodic table?
Hydrogen
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Which eye color is normally dominant in humans?
Brown
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What is another name for a flower's colorful corolla?
Petals
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What is the square root of 121?
11
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What is the axilla better known as?
Armpit
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What is divided into the duodenum, the jejunum, and the ileum?
The small intestine
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What is a group of apes called?
A shrewdness
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What element makes your pee smell after you eat asparagus?
Sulfur
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In what decade was the very first test-tube baby born?
1970s
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What is Nitrous Oxide more commonly known as?
Laughing gas
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Which metal, in its purest form, has the highest melting point?
Tungsten
81
How many chromosomes does the average human have in each cell?
46
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What chemical element has an extra syllable in its more correct British pronunciation?
Aluminium
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Despite its name, what species of whale is most likely to die in mass strandings on the beach?
Pilot whale
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What is the inflammation of the stomach and small intestine called?
Gastroenteritis
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The Moho is an extinct genus of birds that were endemic to which island archipelago?
Hawaiian Islands
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Which natural phenomenon can be measured on the Mercalli scale?
Earthquakes
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What extinct subspecies of zebra had stripes in front but a plain brown hindquarters?
The quagga
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The North Star is also known as?
Polaris
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Where in the body are the adenoids?
Nasal cavity
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What is the name for the sun's outer atmosphere?
The corona
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What is the term for an organism that lives on or in another?
Parasite
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Which grow faster - fingernails or toenails?
Fingernails
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What cells are responsible for forming new bone?
Osteoblasts
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Who founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975?
Paul Allen
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A Polyorchid has at least three what?
Testicles
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What gas filled the Hindenburg airship?
Hydrogen
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What is the word "laser" short for?
Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
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What are the four chambers of the heart?
Left ventricle, Right ventricle, Left atrium, Right atrium
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What does a dipsomaniac crave?
Alcohol
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What was the name of the IBM supercomputer which defeated chess champion Garry Kasparov in a 1997 match?
Deep Blue
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What is the chemical symbol for Curium?
Cm
102
Which media is read from the outside in, compact discs or vinyl records?
Vinyl records