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Challenging Science Trivia Test
Question 1 of 10
Offices got to junk their teletypes and telexes, thanks to what invention?
Question 2 of 10
What mathematical operation involves decreasing the minuend by the subtrahend?
Question 3 of 10
In which of the following activities would measuring volume be important?
Question 4 of 10
The Greek name for the Spanish artichoke gave us what name for another prickly plant, first encountered by Spanish explorers?
Question 5 of 10
A reflex movement in brain-dead patients causes them to cross their arms on their chest, as if they were mummies. What is this reflex's biblically inspired name?
Question 6 of 10
Even though it has just two-thirds the conductivity of copper, which metal is often used to conduct electricity because it weighs a third as much and is much more ductile?
Question 7 of 10
Devised by Italian volcanologist Giuseppe Mercalli in 1902 and now largely replaced by the Richter scale, what does the Mercalli scale measure?
Question 8 of 10
In New England, they brace for nor'easters. What are they?
Question 9 of 10
How long does it take for the earth to spin around its axis and rotate completely?
Question 10 of 10
Which position from the sun is the Earth in our solar system?
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