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100
What happens when you burp in a non gravity area?
turns to puke
When you burp on Earth, gravity holds the solids and liquids from your meal down, enabling only the gas to escape. Because the gas cannot separate from the liquids and particles in the absence of gravity, burping instantly turns into puke.
100
What does S.M.S stand for?
short message service
100
True or False: some planes can fly faster than the speed of light
false
100
Evaluate this expression for x:
6x + 100 = 220
20
100
What percent (roughly) of STEM employees do not have a degree and still work in the STEM field
(be within a 10% range)
33%
200
what of these creatures have teeth in their stomach?
spider, crab, whale
crab
Crabs may be able to intimidate other creatures with their claws, but if that's not enough, ghost crabs will growl at their enemies like a dog. However, unlike our canine friends, crabs make these fearsome noises using teeth located in their stomachs. "There are three main teeth—a medial tooth and two lateral teeth—that are essentially elongated, hard (calcified) structures.
200
what computer was introduced in the 1984 superbowl ads?
the Macintosh
200
how much did the world's first computer weigh?
~110000 pds
~1200000 pds
~2500 pds
~110000 pds
110231.13 pounds. The ENIAC was invented by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania and began construction in 1943 and was not completed until 1946. It occupied about 1,800 square feet and used about 18,000 vacuum tubes, weighing almost 50 tons.
200
4 + (6*8) - 8*6 - (2-90) =
92
200
Biology, the second-most popular STEM subject, draws __._ percent of all STEM-studying female students compared to only __._ percent of male students.
-> 100 pts per correct
(be within a 10 percent range)
24.7, 6.3
Biology, the second-most popular STEM subject, draws 24.7 percent of all STEM-studying female students compared to only 6.3 percent of male students.
300
What color is mars? (50 pt)
Why is it that color? (50 pt)
RED
RUST
300
How many Gb of data are transferred through Netflix per hour?
~2.3 Gb
300
how many zeros are in a "googol", the namesake of googler
100
10000
10
100
300
The name for the result of division
quotient
300
how many students are currently enrolled at ODU?
1335, 1020, 995
source: odu's website
1,335
400
Every human on the planet shares __._% of their genetic structure with everyone else
66.6, 89.8, 99.9
99.9
400
which of the following animals has a fingerprint so close to humans that it could taint a crime scene?
Spider Monkey, Koala, Sphinx Cat
Koala
400
when were fireworks invented
1500s
200 bc
5400 bc
200 bc
400
a whole number greater than 1 that cannot be exactly divided by any whole number other than itself and 1 (e.g. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11).
prime
400
Thomas Edison holds the record for receiving the most US patents, amounting to ____ in all.
10,002, 4,968, 1,093
1,093
500
How do prairie dogs identify each other?
Sniffing tails, knocking front teeth, hand-to-hand
knocking front teeth together- kissing!
500
When Google was first launched in September of 1998, it was only delivering 10,000 daily search inquiries. Yet, a year after, it already skyrocketed to ______ search processes and 50 million pages due to its high demand.
3.5 mil, 50,000, 4 bil
3.5 mil
When Google was first launched in September of 1998, it was only delivering 10,000 daily search inquiries. Yet, a year after, it already skyrocketed to 3.5 million search processes and 50 million pages due to its high demand.
500
true or false: diamonds are only found naturally in nature
false
we can make them in a lab
500
MENTAL MATH (no paper or pencil)
500 * 54
27,000
500
What proportion of the world's population has never used a phone?
1/3