Artificial Intelligence
What is the name for computer programs that improve with experience?
Machine learning
Treatments like hypnotherapy, herbal medicine and acupuncture are referred to as _________ _________
alternative medicine
What famous wall marked the Roman frontier?
Hadrian’s Wall
Which tasty-sounding idiom means that something is easy?
"a piece of cake"
What has hands and a face, but never smiles?
a clock
What do we call a computer that mimics human conversation?
a chatbot
What is the inability to sleep called?
Insomnia
Who was a famous Scottish king defeated in 1314?
Robert the Bruce
What idiom, which sounds very painful, means something is very expensive?
"cost an arm and a leg"
I only lie down once in my life—when I die. What am I?
A tree
What do we call AI that equals human intelligence?
General AI (AGI)
What do you call the itchy, red bumps that form on skin from, for example, an allergic reaction?
a rash
What term refers to the forced removal of Highlanders?
(Highland) Clearances
That idiom, with its origins in hunting, means to avoid a subject?
“beat around the bush”
Nobody has ever walked this way. Which way is it?
The Milky Way
What is it called when AI creates false but realistic content?
Hallucination
What mnemonic device can help you spot when someone is having a stroke?
FAST ( Face, Arms, Speech, Time)
What is the special significance of January 25th in Scotland?
It's Burns Night
What animal are you said to have in your throat if you can't speak (from fear or illness)?
a frog
What has one eye but cannot see?
a needle
What network is inspired by the human brain?
Neural network
What does the abbreviation 'GP' stand for?
General Practitioner
Where did the massacre on 13 February 1692, in which an estimated 30 members of Clan MacDonald were killed, happen?
Glencoe
What idiom, from boxing, means to give up?
"throw in the towel"
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him. Afterward, they enjoy a lovely dinner. How?
She took a picture of him and developed it in her darkroom.