Plane Science
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100

A ramp is one of these simple machines

The correct response is an inclined plane

100
“Look I found gold!” Wait that’s not gold that’s fools gold otherwise known as...

The correct response is pyrite

100

Remember: a for a city that is the official seat of the government in a state; O for a legislature building.

The correct answer is capital,capitol

100

On the Apollo 11 moon mission, which astronaut stayed aloft in the command module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon?

The correct answer is Michael Collins 

100

The ancient citadel of Machu Picchu was built by which pre-Columbian empire?

The correct answer is the Inca enmpire

200

An earthquake occurs when a slip happens along this type of plane

The correct response is a fault

200

This variety of beryl shares it’s name with a ten letter type of color.

The correct response is aquamarine

200

A small piece of land in the sea or a theater walkway

the correct answer is isle,aisle

200

Which U.S. President made the first telephone call to the moon?

the correct answer is Richard Nixon 

200

What was the first country to use printed paper currency?

The correct answer is china

300

Light waves with electric fields that vibrate in only a single plane have been this

The correct answer is polarized

300

What is the gemstone for the people that are born in august

The correct answer is peridot

300

A dull person can become exciting as a South African of Dutch extraction

The correct answer is bore,bore

300

“Mare Tranquillitatis” is the Latin name for what feature found on Earth’s moon?

The correct answer is Sea of Tranquility

300

The Ford Mustang was introduced the public at at the New York World’s Fair in what year?

The correct answer is 1964

400

Plane trigonometry employs the law of these ratios between the side of a triangle opposite an angle and its hypotenuse

The correct answer is sines.

400

Where was the largest blue sapphire ever found

the correct answer is Sri lanka

400

A verb meaning to shrivel or an old adverb meaning Where to?

The correct answer is WITHER [WHITHER]

400

In what year did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon?

The correct answer is 1969

400

On Jan. 27, 1967, a flash fire swept through the command module of which Apollo mission?

The correct answer is Apollo 1

500

All the planets orbit the sun within seven degrees of this plane whose name comes from an astronomical event

The correct response is the ecliptic

500

How much money per carat is the blue diamond worth

The correct answer is 3.93 million per carat

500

Breezy or a hawk's nest

The correct answer airy and aerie

500

How many people have walked on the moon?

The correct answer is 12

500

Demolition of the Berlin wall separating East and West Germany began in what year?

The correct answer is 1989

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