English
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100

The alphabet used by English originated in which country?

Rome (or Italy)

100

This bird (Order: Psittaciformes) is famous for its ability to mimic human speech.

The parrot

100

This subatomic structure carries a negative charge in matter.

The electron

100

This part of a computer shares its name with an animal.

The mouse.
100

A psychiatrist treats problems associated with this part of the body.

The brain.

200

This two-letter article used before words beginning in vowels means "one".

An

200

Birds are actually part of THIS group of animals, more famously represented by snakes and lizards

Reptiles

200

What do we call a pair of atoms?

A molecule

200

Silicon Valley can be found in this US state.

California

200

This was the first antibiotic directly discovered, in 1928 by Alexander Fleming.

Penicillin

300

Adverbs usually (but not always) end in these two letters.

-ly

300

Because birds can regulate their internal body temperature, we describe their blood (and that of mammals) we describe them as homeostatic, or ____-blooded.

Warm

300

This theory of quantum mechanics shares its name with the sound-producing part of a violin or guitar.

String Theory
300

Double-clicking this image will allow you to open a program from your Windows desktop.

An icon

300

This common disease, which damages the part of the brain that processes dopamine, famously causes shaking of the limbs.

Parkinson's Disease

400

The topic of a sentence is described by a noun in this grammatical role.

Subject

400

What's a baby chicken called?

A chick

400

This is the only metal that is a liquid at standard temperature and pressure.

Mercury

400

This internet-based application links homepages with hypertext.

The World Wide Web

400
This essential nutrient is particularly common in fish, but can be manufactured by humans with sufficient sunlight exposure.

Vitamin D

500

These TWO words (you have to say both) begin with the same letter and are used to mean "a lot of" for uncountable and countable words, respectively.

Much and Many

500

A "beak" is this part of a bird's body

The mouth

500

This subatomic structure carries a negative charge in antimatter

Positron

500

This programming language takes its name from an island in Indonesia (or, a nickname for coffee).

Java (or JavaScript)

500

This abnormality, the presence of an extra copy of chromosome 21, causes a syndrome characterized by mild mental disability and unusual facial features.

Down Syndrome

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