I am Conscious
This sentence is a lie
Mind Over Matter
Can I fool you?
Miscellaneous
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This is the biggest part of the human brain

Cerebrum

1

"This sentence is a lie" is an example of ...

What is a paradox?

1

These five senses allow you to find your place in this world. Scientific terminology please!

Vision, audition, tactition, olfaction, gustation

1

David's father has three sons:

Snap, Crackle, and ___

Who is David?

1

Protons are made up of these sub-subatomic particles

Quarks

2

Unless you pass this test, I'm not sure if you have a concept of "self"

Mirror test

2

The great philosopher of Elea who came up with several paradoxes on distance and motion.

Who was Zeno?

2

I am Alex Porush, and you can hear me talk thanks to this organ inside your ear, which produces action potentials that travel into your brain!

Cochlea

2

A book costs $1 plus half its price. How much does the book cost?

$2

2

The number of ways to stack four different ice cream flavors in a cone.

4!=4*3*2*1=24

3

This is the approximate number of synapses that are found just around ONE neuron

1,000

3

There is a pair of twins. One always lies and one always tells the truth. You ask one of the twins "does your brother lie?"

He says "yes". Which brother is he?

We don't know!

3

Though previously confined to the field of religious dogma, evolution has this scientific mechanism thanks to Charles Darwin. Sorry, Lamarck. We still love you though

Natural Selection

3

A train leaves New York at 1:00 pm and travels directly towards Boston at 40 mph. A train leaves Boston at 2:00 pm and travels directly towards New York at 60 mph. How far apart are the trains one hour before they meet?

40+60=100 miles

3

Particle accelerators use _______ between particles to discover new _________ particles

crashes, subatomic

4

A gunshot wound to the head can result in this condition

Hemispatial neglect

4
Ava, Alex, Luka and Ronan are hanging out. Ava asks the boys who stole the cookie.  

Luka says "Alex stole the cookie"

Alex says "Luka stole the cookie"

Ronan says "I stole the cookie"

All three of them are lying. Who stole the cookie?

Ava

4

Unlike tofu, the brain's nerve cells are separated by these gaps within synapses

Synaptic clefts

4

What arithmetic symbol can I place between the numbers 9 and 10 to make a number less than 10 but greater than 9?

decimal

9.10

4

There are 16 red, 15 blue, 14 yellow, 13 pink and 12 gray socks in a drawer. If I draw socks at random, how many will I need to draw to be guaranteed I have 3 of the same color?

11

5

Ironically, this is the fish that was able to pass the mirror test, passed it with flying colors...or swimming colors in this case

Cleaner wrasses

5

1. Exactly one of the statements in this list is false

2. Exactly two of the statements in this list are false

3. Exactly three of the statements in this list are false

4. Exactly four of the statements in this list are false

5. Exactly five of the statements in this list are false

How many true statements are there in the list?

only 1. Statement 4 is true. The others are false.
5

The Holonomic brain theory proposes that the brain's creation of the mind is made possible thanks to this branch of physics

Quantum physics

5

In a single elimination tennis tournament, there are 64 players. How many matches are required to determine a winner?

63

5

The ENIAC, the most powerful computer of the early post-war era, has this amazing memory capacity!

2.3 Megabytes

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