Normal Science & Technology Quiz

 

1 - From which country is Linus Torvalds, writer of the Linux kernel?

2 - What does the acronym ASCII stand for?

3 - How was the length of a meter originally defined?

4 - Which of these is a star?

5 - If a phenomenom has a periodicity of 6 miliseconds, it has a frequency of:

6 - What is approximatively the circumference of the Earth?

7 - Refraction is due to:

8 - Brass is an alloy of which two metals?

9 - Who developed the laws of electromagnetic induction?

10 - Who allegedly invented a mechanism where a pipe fitted in spiral inside a tube will raise water or grain when turned?

11 - Chondrites, carbonaceous chondrites, ataxites and hexahedrites are all types of what?

12 - Richard Feynman is a famous:

13 - What is the most massive planet in the Solar System?

14 - What is the unit of energy?

15 - What particularity of Europa is of particular interest to scientists?

16 - Who discovered Charon, the satellite of Pluto?

17 - Who created the periodic table of the elements?

18 - Which of these is a self propagating, self replicating computer program?

19 - Neanderthals are named for the place where their bones were discovered, which was a:

20 - How many more times heavier is the Sun than the Earth?

 

  

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