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100

It is the most common element in the human body... A: Carbon, B: Hydrogen, C: Oxygen, D: Calcium

C. Oxygen. It makes up almost 63% of the average human. Following, are major elements and the percentages of the human body that they represent: Oxygen- 62.81% Carbon- 19.37% Hydrogen- 9.31% Nitrogen- 5.14% Sulfur- 0.64% Phosphorus- 0.63% Other- 2.10%

100

This man is known for the crucial discovery of penicillin. Who is he?

Alexander Fleming

 

100

What language is this?

Sign language

100

When a liquid is changed to a solid it is called?

Freezing

100

What text generating AI product is OpenAI famous for?

ChatGPT 

200

This living animal has the heaviest brain... A: African Bush Elephant, B: Black Rhinoceros, C: Sperm Whale, D: Human

C. Sperm Whales. They have the heaviest brain of any living animal. The average Sperm Whale's brain weighs more than 20 pounds (9 kilograms) which is about 4 times heavier than the average human brain.

200

This fibrous structural protein is found in hair and nails. What is it known as?

1) Melanin

2) Keratin

3) Chitin

4) Hemoglobin

The right answer is 2, it's Keratin

200

How many phonemes are in the word box?

4

200

When a solid changes to a liquid it is called?

Melting

200

What car is named after a famous inventor?

Tesla

300

Of the following, it has the longest recorded life span. A: Termite, B: Chimpanzee, C: Indian Elephant, D: Freshwater Oyster

Freshwater Oyster (80 years.) The longest recorded life span for a termite is 50 years; for a chimapanzee, 50 years; and for an Indian elephant, 70 years.

300

This Greek physician lived around 400 BCE. He is known as the Father of medicine and was the first to believe that diseases were caused naturally, not because of superstition and gods. What is his name? 

Hippocrates

300

What are the most basic units of meaning? 

A. Letters

B. Phonemes

C. Words

D. Phones

B. Phonemes
A phoneme is a unit of sound that can distinguish one word from another in a particular language.

300

A theory about the universe beginning from a gigantic explosion-like event about 15 billion years ago

Big Bang Theory

300

Thomas Edison had more than 1,000 inventions but one of his most famous inventions was...

Light bulb

400

This was the first genetically engineered organism. A: Corn, B: Tobacco, C: Sheep, D: Rat

B. tobacco plant. In 1983, a tobacco plant, designed to be resistant to certain herbicides, was grown in Wisconsin.

400

Name a disease by symptoms:

1) Loss of memory

2) Recollection slips

3) High level of difficulty recalling information

Alzheimer’s Disease, a progressive disease that destroys memory 

400

Which of these is a daughter language? 

A. Spanish

B. Latin

C. Germanic

D. Hellenic

A. Spanish

400

When a liquid changes to a gas it is called?

Evaporation

400

Who is the founder of SpaceX?


Elon Musk

500

This animal has the highest blood pressure... A: Giraffe, B: Blue Whale, C: Elephant, D: Flea

A: Giraffe. Because of its extremely long neck, the giraffe must rely on its oversized heart (two feet long and twenty-five pounds) to pump blood all the way to its head. As a result, the giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal: 280/180 mmHg (millimeters of mercury) at heart level when prone -- more than twice the blood pressure of an average human.

500

A French microbiologist who is considered the Father of immunology. He introduced the hope that all infectious diseases could be prevented by prophylactic vaccination. Try to guess his name!

Louis Pasteur

500

Slang is most often created to

A. Exclude outsiders 

B. Disguise and disfigure a language 

C. Hide from people in positions of power 

D. All of the above

D. All of the above

500

A hypothesis that has been tested and found workable

Theory

500

The world created by technical means, transmitted to people through their senses: sight, hearing, touch, etc.

VR (Virtual Reality)