1,000 trivia questions and answers: science & nature
Questions 301–400 of 1,000. Answer, explanation and source under each one.
Science & nature trivia questions 301–350
Q 301Która odmiana SL W113, sprzedawana zaledwie przez rok, jest najrzadsza?
- A190 SL
- B300 SL
- C250 SL
- D230 SL
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250 SL
Jedyną poważną modyfikacją tej odmiany był nowy, większy silnik; moc nie wzrosła, ale wyrównała się krzywa momentu obrotowego.
Q 302Unter welchem deutschen Titel erschien 1999 Tim Berners-Lees Buch „Weaving the Web“?
- A„Das Netz der Netze“
- B„Der digitale Faden“
- C„Die Hypertext-Revolution“
- D„Der Web-Report“
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„Der Web-Report“
Eine Kernthese des Buches: Das Web editieren zu können, ist genauso wichtig wie darin zu browsen.
Q 303Quel groupe de rock ouvre sa chanson « YYZ » sur ces trois lettres jouées en morse ?
- ARush
- BKansas
- CYes
- DGenesis
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Rush
Le motif reprend le signal réellement émis par la balise d'un aéroport, dont ces trois lettres sont le code.
Q 304Which brain region behind the forehead, vital for planning and attention, matured years late in an NIMH study of ADHD?
- ASomatosensory cortex
- BOccipital lobe
- CCerebellum
- DPrefrontal cortex
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Prefrontal cortex
Prefrontal cortex growth ran up to five years behind, yet the scans showed ADHD brains developing in the normal order, only later.
Q 305¿Cómo se llama la sección de Snapchat donde se guardan los snaps para editarlos o reenviarlos?
- ARecuerdos
- BGalería
- CÁlbum
- DArchivo
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Recuerdos
Sin guardarlos, los snaps de las Historias solo permanecen 24 horas visibles para todos los contactos agregados.
Q 306The law of reflection says a mirror throws light back at an angle equal to the angle of what?
- ADeviation
- BInclination
- CIncidence
- DElevation
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Incidence
Incidence means the arrival of the incoming ray. Both angles are measured from the normal, an imaginary line drawn straight out from the mirror's surface.
Q 307Którego dnia 2017 roku PUBG trafiło do Steam Early Access?
- A14 kwietnia
- B23 marca
- C30 maja
- D9 lutego
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23 marca
Pełną wersję gry opublikowano 21 grudnia tego samego roku.
Q 308¿En qué año se publicó la versión original del estándar 802.11?
- A2001
- B1995
- C1997
- D1993
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1997
Especificaba dos velocidades de transmisión «teóricas» de 1 y 2 megabits por segundo; revisada dos años después, hoy está obsoleta.
Q 309Quali strutture aumentano la superficie interna delle narici della renna?
- AI turbinati
- BLe guance gonfie
- CI peli cavi del muso
- DLe ghiandole salivari
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I turbinati
L'aria fredda viene così riscaldata dal calore corporeo prima di raggiungere i polmoni, e l'acqua condensata dal respiro inumidisce l'aria inspirata.
Q 310常圧での窒素分子の沸点は絶対温度で何ケルビン？
- A54 K
- B20 K
- C4 K
- D77 K
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Q 311Which biochemist co-founded Genentech with Robert Swanson in 1976?
- ACraig Venter
- BHerbert Boyer
- CPaul Berg
- DStanley Cohen
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Herbert Boyer
It went on to produce the first recombinant human insulin.
Q 312Na jaką chorobę, obok żółtej febry, zachorowało około 20 tys. budowniczych Kanału Panamskiego?
- Amalaria
- Btyfus
- Ccholera
- Ddżuma
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malaria
Skala strat była ogromna: podczas budowy zmarło w sumie kilkadziesiąt tysięcy robotników.
Q 313When a naked mole-rat scout discovers a new meal, how do its nestmates find the way there?
- ATracking ground vibrations
- BMemorising a tunnel map
- CRiding on its back
- DFollowing its scent trail
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Following its scent trail
Following its scent trail does the job: the scout gives a special call on the way home and waves the food around at the nest, then recruits track the odour it left behind.
Q 314¿Qué máquina de asedio se desarrolló en la Edad Media?
- Ala balista
- Bel trabuquete
- Cla catapulta
- Del onagro
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el trabuquete
Los ejércitos chinos, griegos, romanos y hunos ya empleaban la balista y la catapulta; la artillería la habían desarrollado los griegos siglos antes de Cristo.
Q 315Quelle est, en kelvins, la température approximative de la ceinture de Kuiper ?
- A200
- B120
- C273
- D50
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50
Cela correspond à −223 °C : par un tel froid, méthane, ammoniac et eau sont présents à l'état solide.
Q 316Komen's first Race for the Cure, held in 1983, took place in which Texas city?
- AAustin
- BDallas
- CSan Antonio
- DHouston
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Dallas
Dallas, the charity's home city; races like it helped turn public awareness into money for research.
Q 317Which property of water reduces the pull of gravity on the joints during a water aerobics class?
- AFriction
- BBuoyancy
- CViscosity
- DTurbulence
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Buoyancy
Buoyancy floats part of the body's weight, which is why pool classes are recommended for people with arthritis or weak joints. The push and pull of the water supplies the muscle work.
Q 318A tapeworm's body is a long chain of egg-producing segments, each one known by which name?
- ASpermatophores
- BMetameres
- CSomites
- DProglottids
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Proglottids
Proglottids each hold both male and female organs, so a single tapeworm can fertilise itself. Ripe ones break off and leave the host packed with eggs.
Q 319Nach wie vielen Milliarden Jahren ist der Wasserstoff im Kern eines Sonnenzwillings verbraucht?
- A9,5
- B13
- C7,5
- D4,5
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9,5
Danach gewinnt die Gravitation gegenüber Gas- und Strahlungsdruck die Oberhand, und der Kern verdichtet sich weiter.
Q 320The closest known planets beyond the Solar System orbit which star, about 4.2 light-years away?
- AAlpha Centauri A
- BEpsilon Eridani
- CProxima Centauri
- DBarnard's Star
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Proxima Centauri
Proxima Centauri is the Sun's nearest stellar neighbour, yet it is too faint to be seen with the naked eye and went unnoticed until 1915.
Q 321Um juiz de qual país decidiu, em 2023, que o emoji 👍 pode valer como aceite de um contrato?
- ASuécia
- BAustrália
- CIrlanda
- DCanadá
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Canadá
A decisão resultou em uma indenização por danos de 82.000 dólares canadenses pela quebra dos termos aceitos com o ícone.
Q 322Gloomy octopuses have been filmed doing what to annoying neighbours on the seabed?
- ABlocking their dens
- BThrowing silt at them
- CStealing their food
- DSquirting ink at them
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Throwing silt at them
Throwing silt at them, along with shells and algae, is done with a blast of water from the siphon. Throwing of any kind is rare among animals.
Q 323Quel Français avait créé un télégraphe optique un demi-siècle avant celui de Samuel Morse ?
- ANiépce
- BJacquard
- CMontgolfier
- DChappe
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Chappe
Dès 1793, son système transmettait des dépêches à des centaines de lieues, sans la moindre électricité.
Q 324Z którego języka pochodzi nazwa, od której utworzono skrót SI?
- Ałacińskiego
- Bangielskiego
- Cniemieckiego
- Dfrancuskiego
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francuskiego
Pełna nazwa to Système international d’unités, czyli Międzynarodowy Układ Jednostek Miar.
Q 325Quem desenvolveu em 1893 um princípio de iluminação de amostras para o microscópio óptico?
- AHermann von Helmholtz
- BOtto Schott
- CJoseph von Fraunhofer
- DAugust Köhler
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August Köhler
O método produz iluminação uniforme e permite aproximar o microscópio óptico de seus limites teóricos de resolução.
Q 326¿Cómo se llamó la plataforma de juegos en la nube que Google anunció el 19 de marzo de 2019?
- AStadia
- BLuna
- CGeForce Now
- DArcade
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Stadia
Ese mismo año, el 3 de junio, el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos anunció que investigaría a Google por violaciones a las leyes antimonopolio.
Q 327In welk jaar werd Alexander Graham Bell Amerikaans staatsburger?
- A1871
- B1876
- C1890
- D1882
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1882
Dat gebeurde op 10 november, twee jaar nadat hij de prix Volta had gekregen.
Q 328Welke wiskundige ontwikkelde de niet-euclidische meetkunde na haar ontdekkers verder?
- ABernhard Riemann
- BÉvariste Galois
- CAugustin Cauchy
- DLeonhard Euler
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Bernhard Riemann
Zulke meetkunde ontstaat wanneer men het postulaat over evenwijdige lijnen verwerpt en toch een volledig consistent stelsel overhoudt.
Q 329Which American assistant to Wilhelm Wundt later became the first professor of psychology in the United States?
- AJames McKeen Cattell
- BLewis Terman
- CEdward Wheeler Scripture
- DRobert Yerkes
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James McKeen Cattell
James McKeen Cattell took that chair at the University of Pennsylvania after his doctorate under Wundt, then spent decades as editor and publisher of the journal Science.
Q 330Welke afkorting hoort bij de handcomputer waarmee een smartphone wordt vergeleken?
- ALcd
- BPda
- CGps
- DUsb
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Pda
De letters staan voor personal digital assistant; een smartphone is zo'n handcomputer die tegelijk ook een telefoon is.
Q 331Il CEO di quale compagnia convinse Apple a inserire le emoji nell'iPhone?
- ASoftBank
- BNintendo
- CRakuten
- DToshiba
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SoftBank
La compagnia aveva acquistato Vodafone Japan, che a sua volta aveva rilevato J-Phone, l'operatore del primo set di emoji.
Q 332Que popular livro de gramática latina, de Élio Donato, Gutenberg provavelmente imprimiu antes da Bíblia?
- AInstitutio Oratoria
- BDe Lingua Latina
- CGrammatica Speculativa
- DArs Grammatica
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Ars Grammatica
O alto custo do equipamento sugere que Gutenberg começou por textos mais lucrativos, como documentos religiosos e um poema alemão.
Q 333Which food do some golden lion tamarin groups turn to heavily in the cool, dry season?
- AFungi
- BLeaves
- CNectar
- DBark
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Nectar
Nectar is usually a small part of the menu, around 6 to 10% of plant feeding. Some groups concentrate heavily on it during the cool, dry months of certain years.
Q 334Com que a enfermagem tinha estreita relação em seus primórdios?
- AA farmácia
- BO clero
- CA guerra
- DA maternidade
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A maternidade
Na origem a atividade era exclusivamente feminina; a enfermagem moderna só ganhou bases de rigor técnico e científico com o trabalho de Florence Nightingale.
Q 335Tip, the largest tropical cyclone ever measured, formed over which ocean in 1979?
- AThe Pacific Ocean
- BThe Indian Ocean
- CThe Southern Ocean
- DThe Atlantic Ocean
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The Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean. Tip stretched about 2,220 kilometres across, nearly half the size of the contiguous United States, yet it had weakened by the time it reached Japan a week after its peak.
Q 336Które jony są dla organizmów akwariowych jeszcze bardziej zabójcze niż amoniak?
- Asiarczany
- Bazotyny
- Cchlorki
- Dfosforany
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azotyny
Ryby wydalają do wody jony amonowe, które dodatkowo podnoszą jej pH.
Q 337In Amazon folklore, what is the boto river dolphin said to turn into at night?
- AA river turtle
- BA white heron
- CA glowing firefly
- DA handsome young man
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A handsome young man
A handsome young man: in the tales he wears a hat to hide the blowhole still on top of his head while he charms girls at village parties.
Q 338Quel ensemble, formé de la croûte et d'une partie du manteau supérieur, est subdivisé en plaques tectoniques ?
- ABarysphère
- BMésosphère
- CLithosphère
- DAsthénosphère
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Lithosphère
Sa limite inférieure se situe entre 100 et 200 km de profondeur, là où les roches du manteau approchent de leur point de fusion.
Q 339Bis zu welcher Nahttiefe lässt sich Aluminium mit dem Elektronenstrahl schweißen?
- A300 mm
- B50 mm
- C150 mm
- D100 mm
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300 mm
Bei Stahl sind es bis zu 150 mm, bei Kupfer und Titan jeweils 100 mm – mit extrem schmalen, parallelen Nähten und minimalem Verzug.
Q 340W jakim kolorze wyłącznie malowano Forda T w latach 1914–1926?
- Agranatowym
- Bczarnym
- Cbordowym
- Dciemnozielonym
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czarnym
Lakier ten wybrano ze względu na niską cenę i trwałość, choć wbrew obiegowym opiniom z linii montażowej zjeżdżały czasem nieliczne auta w innych barwach.
Q 341Welk geheel nieuw personage debuteerde in Street Fighter Alpha 2?
- AKarin
- BSakura
- CIngrid
- DIbuki
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Sakura
Alpha 2 voegde onder anderen ook Gen, Dhalsim, Zangief en Rolento toe aan de selectie.
Q 342¿Cuántas velocidades tenía la caja de cambios de engranajes planetarios del Ford T?
- ADos
- BSeis
- CTres
- DCuatro
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Dos
Se cambiaba con el pie mediante el pedal del embrague: a fondo era la primera y soltando un poco, la segunda, con el punto muerto a mitad del recorrido.
Q 343Lucy's bones surfaced in the Afar Triangle, a low, scorching depression that is part of which huge geological feature?
- AThe Great Rift Valley
- BThe East African Plateau
- CThe Congo Basin
- DThe Sahara Desert
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The Great Rift Valley
The Great Rift Valley takes in the Afar Triangle, a depression formed where three plates of the Earth's crust meet and pull apart.
Q 344Like other crocodilians, an alligator covers its eyes with which shield when it slips fully underwater?
- AA layer of oil
- BA third eyelid
- CA sheet of scales
- DA plate of bone
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A third eyelid
A third eyelid, the nictitating membrane, slides across each eye. The lubricant that keeps it clean looks like weeping once the animal dries off.
Q 345Qual é o diâmetro de Ceres, de longe o maior asteroide, em quilômetros?
- A940
- B350
- C760
- D580
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940
Os dois seguintes na lista, Vesta e Palas, têm diâmetros de pouco mais de 500 km cada.
Q 346¿En qué año fundaron Bill W. y el Dr. Bob la comunidad Alcohólicos Anónimos?
- A1935
- B1951
- C1928
- D1942
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1935
Las primeras reuniones se celebraron en Akron, en el estado de Ohio; los fundadores se llamaban William Griffith Wilson y Robert Holbrook Smith.
Q 347Uranus spins in the opposite direction to most planets, a quirk it shares with which other planet?
- AVenus
- BMars
- CMercury
- DJupiter
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Venus
Venus. Both turn the opposite way to the other six planets, so on Venus the Sun rises in the west; one backward spin of Uranus takes about 17 hours.
Q 348Which Eurasian bird of the crow family was the first non-mammal found to recognise itself in a mirror?
- AMagpie
- BRook
- CJackdaw
- DRaven
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Magpie
The Eurasian magpie passed the mirror test in 2008, after researchers placed coloured stickers on five birds' throats where only a reflection could reveal them.
Q 349Which red flashes above storm clouds, first photographed by accident in 1989, share a name with fairy-tale creatures?
- AGoblins
- BTrolls
- CPixies
- DSprites
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Sprites
Sprites can spread 50 km across, yet they went unnamed for several years after a University of Minnesota team's low-light camera caught one by chance.
Q 350Relative to its size, the Basset Hound holds what distinction among all breeds?
- AIt is the slowest
- BIt has the keenest nose
- CIt is the heaviest-boned
- DIt has the loudest bay
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It is the heaviest-boned
It is the heaviest-boned. The American standard calls it heavier in bone, size considered, than any other breed, which is how a hound under 15 inches tall can top 60 pounds.
Science & nature trivia questions 351–400
Q 351Quel est le diamètre moyen des grains de poussière qui donnent au ciel martien sa teinte ocre ?
- A12 µm
- B4 µm
- C25 µm
- D1,5 µm
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1,5 µm
Au coucher du soleil, cette poussière en suspension fait au contraire virer le ciel au bleu autour de l'astre, un phénomène découvert par les premiers atterrisseurs de 1976.
Q 352Który chiński astronom miał gołym okiem odkryć księżyc Jowisza w 362 p.n.e.?
- AXi Zezong
- BShi Shen
- CZhang Heng
- DGan De
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Gan De
Jeśli to prawda, odkrycie wyprzedza Galileusza o prawie dwa tysiąclecia; w sprzyjających warunkach księżyce galileuszowe da się dostrzec bez teleskopu.
Q 353In quale città californiana lavorava Charles Richter quando propose la sua scala nel 1935?
- APasadena
- BBerkeley
- CSan Diego
- DSacramento
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Pasadena
Richter notò che le ampiezze massime registrate, riportate su un diagramma semilogaritmico contro la distanza, si allineavano su rette con la stessa pendenza per sismi diversi.
Q 354Which American firm designed the twisting Shanghai Tower?
- APelli Clarke & Partners
- BHOK
- CGensler
- DSkidmore, Owings & Merrill
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Gensler
Gensler wrapped the tower in a second skin of glass that works as insulation, cutting the energy it needs for air conditioning.
Q 355Roughly how many people died of tuberculosis in 2024, making it the leading infectious killer?
- AAbout 12,000
- BAbout 12 million
- CAbout 1.2 million
- DAbout 120,000
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About 1.2 million
About 1.2 million, more than any other single infection killed, although TB is preventable and curable. More than four in five of those deaths were in low- and middle-income countries.
Q 356Roughly how long can a well-kept hyacinth macaw live in captivity?
- AAbout 50 years
- BAbout 150 years
- CAbout 15 years
- DAbout 5 years
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About 50 years
About 50 years is the usual estimate for a well-kept bird, and some live longer. Wild lifespans are unknown, partly because the species lives so long.
Q 357Claude Shannon, the MIT-trained engineer and mathematician, is known as the father of which field?
- AInformation theory
- BCategory theory
- CControl theory
- DNumber theory
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Information theory
Information theory: as a 21-year-old master's student he had already shown that switching circuits could carry out logic.
Q 358Which chemical, released by mast cells in the skin, raises the itchy weals of an allergic rash?
- AAdrenaline
- BHistamine
- CSerotonin
- DCortisol
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Histamine
Histamine makes fluid leak into the upper skin, which raises the weals of hives. That is why the standard treatment is an antihistamine.
Q 359The catapults that fling jets off the deck of a nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier are driven by what?
- ADiesel
- BSteam
- CRockets
- DHydraulics
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Steam
Steam catapults were a Royal Navy idea, devised after the Second World War because its smaller carriers had shorter launch runs for heavy new jets.
Q 360Hoe heten de glazen sporen die bliksem in het zand van een woestijn achterlaat?
- AStalactieten
- BFulgurieten
- CBelemnieten
- DTektieten
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Fulgurieten
Ze zijn zeldzaam en ontstaan precies daar waar de stroom van een inslag door het zand is gegaan.
Q 361Bees descend from predatory members of which insect group, hunters that preyed on other insects?
- AFlies
- BBeetles
- CWasps
- DAnts
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Wasps
Wasps of the family Ammoplanidae, which hunted other insects, were the bees' immediate ancestors. Bees became herbivores, raising their young on pollen instead of prey.
Q 362Why is uranium-238 electroplated onto the record's cover?
- ASo finders can date it from its decay
- BTo make it detectable by radar
- CAs a gift of a rare element
- DTo power the stylus cartridge
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So finders can date it from its decay
So finders can date it from its decay: half of any uranium-238 breaks down every 4.5 billion years, so the share left acts as a clock showing how long the record has travelled.
Q 363In June 2006, engineers set off nearly 200 tonnes of explosives to demolish what at the Three Gorges Dam?
- AA temporary dam
- BAn old road bridge
- CA rocky reef
- DAn unstable cliff
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A temporary dam
A temporary dam: the concrete cofferdam had kept the river off the building site, and blowing it up let the newly finished main wall start holding back floods.
Q 364Quem dublou a skin Heavy Metal de Thor na versão brasileira de Smite?
- AAndreas Kisser, do Sepultura
- BMax Cavalera, do Soulfly
- CRafael Bittencourt, do Angra
- DDetonator, do Massacration
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Detonator, do Massacration
A distribuidora Level Up apostou em celebridades brasileiras para a dublagem em português, incluindo um ator de A Turma do Didi.
Q 365Van welke club van de Royal Society werd James Clerk Maxwell in april 1864 lid?
- APhilosophical Club
- BMetaphysical Club
- CAthenaeum Club
- DAstronomical Club
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Philosophical Club
Drie jaar eerder was hij al verkozen tot Fellow van de Royal Society van Londen.
Q 366Which mineral sits at the very bottom of the Mohs scale of hardness?
- AGypsum
- BMica
- CHalite
- DTalc
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Talc
Talc, the mineral ground into baby powder, defines 1 on the scale Friedrich Mohs introduced in 1812, which ranks each mineral by which of the others it can scratch.
Q 367Kto w drugiej połowie 2022 roku dostarczał najwięcej mocy obliczeniowej sieci bitcoin?
- ARosja
- BUSA
- CChiny
- DKazachstan
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USA
Według danych Uniwersytetu Cambridge drugie miejsce zajmowały wówczas Chiny, mimo ogłoszonego przez ich rząd zakazu transakcji kryptowalutowych.
Q 368De que língua vem a palavra rádio, derivada de um termo que significa “raio de roda”?
- AFrancês
- BGrego
- CLatim
- DÁrabe
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Latim
O termo de origem também significa “feixe de luz” e “raio”, e só foi aplicado às comunicações em 1881.
Q 369Which European rocket was lost on its 1996 maiden launch when software forced a 64-bit number into a 16-bit slot?
- AAriane 4
- BVega
- CEuropa
- DAriane 5
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Ariane 5
Ariane 5 reused inertial reference code from its slower predecessor, so its higher horizontal velocity overflowed the conversion. The rocket veered off course 37 seconds after lift-off and self-destructed.
Q 370Om de hoeveel uur keren de koortsaanvallen terug bij een besmetting met P. malariae?
- A72
- B96
- C36
- D60
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72
Bij P. vivax en P. ovale komen de aanvallen om de 48 uur, bij P. falciparum vaker en onregelmatig.
Q 371¿Qué cifra fue Jeff Bezos el primero en superar en la lista Forbes de multimillonarios?
- A130 000 millones de dólares
- B180 000 millones de dólares
- C60 000 millones de dólares
- D100 000 millones de dólares
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100 000 millones de dólares
Entre mediados de 2018 y finales de 2019 se mantuvo como la segunda persona más rica del planeta.
Q 372¿Cómo eran las primeras ruedas de la historia?
- AAnillos de cuero
- BLosas de piedra
- CAros de bronce huecos
- DDiscos de madera
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Discos de madera
Algunas se cortaban como rodajas de un árbol; el agujero central servía para insertar el eje.
Q 373A quanti milioni di dollari salirono nel 1955 i fondi raccolti per combattere la polio?
- A150
- B23
- C67
- D41
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67
Si era partiti da 1,8 milioni: la paura della malattia aumentava di anno in anno, e con essa le donazioni.
Q 374Which plant tissue, made largely of dead hollow cells, carries water from the roots up to the leaves for photosynthesis?
- AXylem
- BPhloem
- CCambium
- DCortex
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Xylem
Xylem takes its name from the Greek for 'wood', and a tree trunk is mostly old layers of it. Its water-carrying cells are dead by maturity, so the flow costs them no energy.
Q 375Most of the methane produced in a dairy cow's gut leaves the animal's body in which way?
- AUrine
- BBelching
- CFlatulence
- DDroppings
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Belching
Belching releases most of it, because the gas forms as microbes ferment feed in the stomach. Only a small share is made further along and passed out the other end.
Q 376Chapman University professor Vernon L. Smith shared the 2002 Nobel Prize in which field for his laboratory experiments?
- AEconomics
- BChemistry
- CMedicine
- DPhysics
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Economics
Economics is the field Smith helped turn into a laboratory science; he founded an institute for it at Chapman in 2008 and donated his Nobel prize to the university the next year.
Q 377Który filozof uznał wysoką informacyjną zawartość twierdzeń za podstawowy cel poznawczy nauki?
- ABertrand Russell
- BImre Lakatos
- CLudwig Wittgenstein
- DKarl Popper
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Karl Popper
Im twierdzenie jest ogólniejsze i ściślejsze, tym większa jego zawartość informacyjna – i tym łatwiej je sfalsyfikować.
Q 378What do Italians call the city of Florence?
- AFirenze
- BFirenzuola
- CFiesole
- DFaenza
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Firenze
Firenze wore down from the Latin Florentia by way of the medieval Fiorenza, while English says Florence because it borrowed the name from French, which stayed closer to the Latin.
Q 379Unter welchem Spitznamen ist das Ford Modell T bekannt?
- AIron Lady
- BSilver Ghost
- CBlack Beauty
- DTin Lizzie
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Tin Lizzie
Auf Deutsch „Blechliesel“; es gilt als das erste für die breite Masse erschwingliche Automobil.
Q 380Which device, pioneered by William House and Graeme Clark, stimulates the hearing nerve directly with electricity?
- AHearing loop
- BBone-anchored aid
- CDigital hearing aid
- DCochlear implant
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Cochlear implant
The cochlear implant has met its strongest objections from within the deaf community, where many people's first language is a sign language.
Q 381Monarch caterpillars often bite through a leaf vein before feeding to cut off the flow of which sticky fluid?
- ALatex
- BResin
- CMucilage
- DPitch
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Latex
Latex flows under pressure in the leaf, so the caterpillar feeds above the cut. Older ones notch the leaf stalk so the whole leaf drops to hang vertically.
Q 382¿Qué producto lanzó Microsoft tras obtener la tecnología del entorno gráfico y del ratón?
- ATopView
- BXenix
- CWindows
- DDESQview
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Windows
Desde comienzos de siglo, ese sistema se utiliza en la mayor parte de los ordenadores personales del planeta.
Q 383What is liquid neon used for in industry?
- AA cryogenic refrigerant
- BA surgical anaesthetic
- CA rocket propellant
- DA welding shield gas
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A cryogenic refrigerant
A cryogenic refrigerant: litre for litre, liquid neon soaks up over 40 times as much heat as liquid helium, so it is the choice wherever helium's still deeper cold is not needed.
Q 384How does a snow leopard usually respond to a herder at its kill?
- AIt raids the herd instead
- BIt attacks the herder
- CIt growls and guards the kill
- DIt gives it up without a fight
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It gives it up without a fight
It gives it up without a fight, yet a herder who has lost animals to one may still kill the cat in revenge.
Q 385Quanta memória tinha o Xbox original?
- A64 MB
- B32 MB
- C128 MB
- D16 MB
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64 MB
Era memória SDRAM DDR com largura de banda de 6,4 GB/s, dos quais 1,06 GB/s ficavam reservados à CPU.
Q 386Qual era a profissão do primeiro paciente a receber um transplante de coração de Barnard?
- AMotorista de ônibus
- BProfessor primário
- CDono de mercearia
- DPolicial aposentado
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Dono de mercearia
Jornalistas e equipes de filmagem invadiram o hospital, e o paciente virou um nome conhecido tanto quanto o cirurgião.
Q 387Con quale nome sono note le macchine per scrivere elettroniche dotate di monitor e floppy disk?
- ADesktop publisher
- BPersonal writer
- CText terminal
- DWord processor
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Word processor
Erano i modelli più avanzati e costosi: i dischetti servivano a memorizzare testi lunghi, i monitor erano LCD o CRT.
Q 388In 2024 the US FDA authorized software that lets AirPods Pro 2 double as which over-the-counter medical device?
- AA hearing aid
- BA thermometer
- CA pulse oximeter
- DA stethoscope
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A hearing aid
A hearing aid is what the earbuds become for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss, the first such software US regulators cleared for sale without a prescription.
Q 389Which near-tailless lemur, famous for its loud songs, is the largest living relative of the sifakas?
- AThe bamboo lemur
- BThe aye-aye
- CThe ruffed lemur
- DThe indri
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The indri
The indri belongs to the same family and matches the biggest sifaka at about 6.5 kg. Its songs can last more than three minutes and are answered by neighbouring groups.
Q 390The melody of Pop Goes the Weasel, an 1850s English dance tune, is often built into which children's toy?
- AWooden rocking horse
- BSpinning top
- CJack-in-the-box
- DKaleidoscope
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Jack-in-the-box
Jack-in-the-box toys often play the melody, which was a fashionable ballroom dance before it became a nursery rhyme. Ice cream trucks are fond of it too.
Q 391Which 1999 virus spread through an infected Word document and mailed itself to 50 contacts via Outlook?
- AILOVEYOU
- BMelissa
- CSasser
- DMichelangelo
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Melissa
Melissa overloaded mail servers at more than 300 organisations, pushed Microsoft to suspend its own outgoing email for hours, and cost an estimated $80 million to clean up.
Q 392Scientists showed that antibiotic resistance long predates medicine by finding resistance genes 30,000 years old in what?
- AInsects in amber
- BPermafrost
- CDeep-sea vents
- DEgyptian mummies
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Permafrost
Permafrost held ancient bacterial DNA carrying genes that defeat several modern antibiotic families: microbes had been making these chemicals, and resisting them, long before doctors borrowed the idea.
Q 393Which muscle hidden beneath the biceps is the prime mover of elbow bending?
- ABrachioradialis
- BPronator teres
- CAnconeus
- DBrachialis
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Brachialis
Brachialis shares the work with the biceps and the brachioradialis, yet it is the most powerful of the three at bending the elbow. It lies hidden under its famous neighbor, forming part of the floor of the elbow pit.
Q 394¿Cómo se denomina la capa delgada y pegajosa de bacterias que se adhiere a la superficie dental?
- ABiofilm microbiano
- BCálculo dental
- CSarro dental
- DPelícula adquirida
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Biofilm microbiano
Las bacterias quedan envueltas en una matriz de exopolisacáridos que las protege física y químicamente.
Q 395Ile stopni dzieli sąsiednie linie godzinowe na tarczy leżącej w płaszczyźnie równika?
- A15°
- B10°
- C24°
- D30°
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15°
Stała skala takiego zegara przypomina 24-godzinną tarczę zegara mechanicznego, zwaną wielkim zegarem.
Q 396Which Google boss introduced the term cloud computing to an industry conference in August 2006?
- AEric Schmidt
- BSergey Brin
- CLarry Page
- DSundar Pichai
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Eric Schmidt
Eric Schmidt used it on 9 August 2006, which many regard as the first use of the phrase in its modern sense. Amazon began renting out virtual computers later that same month.
Q 397Comment s'appelle le berger allemand trouvé au début de la quête principale ?
- ACanigou
- BRintintin
- CBrutus
- DMédor
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Canigou
Ce chien existe depuis le premier Fallout et réapparaît régulièrement au fil des épisodes.
Q 398Apex Legends' publisher pledged in 2021 that its patent on which in-game feature would be free for any developer?
- AThe ping system
- BThe jumpmaster
- CEvo Shields
- DRespawn beacons
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The ping system
The ping system lets squads flag loot, enemies and routes without speaking; its US patent was granted on 24 August 2021, the same day its owner pledged not to sue anyone who used it.
Q 399Which enzyme lets H. pylori survive in stomach acid by making ammonia to neutralise it?
- AProtease
- BUrease
- CCatalase
- DOxidase
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Urease
Urease splits urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide, and doctors use that to find the bug: swallow some labelled urea and, if H. pylori is there, the label turns up in your breath minutes later.
Q 400Quel futur fondateur d'IBM fonde la mécanographie dans les années 1880 ?
- AThomas Watson
- BHerman Hollerith
- CCharles Flint
- DJohn Patterson
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Herman Hollerith
Sa machine électromécanique stockait les informations sur des cartes perforées pour faciliter le recensement.
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