Science Trivia

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What are two common references to students named after parts of our head:

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There is one bone in the human body which does not connect to any other bone in the body. Where in the body is this hyoid bone located?

12

The #1 cause of choking deaths in children (excluding food related) is caused by the swallowing of what object?

17

What is the maximum jail time an offender can get for a misdemeanor, if any?

8

Which large, white puffy clouds are usually a sign of good weather?

10

The largest part of the human brain controls thought and voluntary movement. What is it called?

12

What do we call those cells in the retina that respond to low levels of light and allow seeing in the dark?

12

As you travel around the earth, each one-hour change in time zone occurs, on the average, after how many degrees of longitude?

2

The name of what disease means, in Italian, bad air?

15

This substance with chemical formula C1O H14 N2, is considered a poisonous alkaloid, and is used as an insecticide. Millions of humans worldwide consume it daily, voluntarily. What is it called?

5

Tropical depressions become tropical storms when maximum winds reach 39 mph. They become hurricanes when winds reach how many miles per hour? (within 3)

1

Of all the organs in the human body, which is the only one that can be completely removed without a loss of life? if organ divided into two parts, both must be removed

2

In the late 1970s, the Viking spacecraft sent back to Earth photographs and reports about the surface of which planet?

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What was the name of the French inventor who, around 1790, invented a machine designed to provide criminals with a humane method of execution?

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BONUS 3: The word "vaccine" comes from the Latin word vaccinus which refers to what?