Science Trivia

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Which blood type is called the universal recipient?

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"Manhattan Project" was the code name for what effort?

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In 1962, European countries joined forces to establish an international astronomical project. They set up a space observatory, with some of the most powerful telescopes in the world, at La Silla, in which southern country?

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BONUS: One of the craziest inventions of all time was patented in 1903. To protect the eyes of a certain animal from being damaged during feeding, eyeglasses were created for what animals?

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Which British bacteriologist discovered penicillin in 1928 and won the 1945 Nobel Prize for his achievement?

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This spring-blooming plant with white or pink flowers called the trailing arbutus has a very common alternate name. What is it?

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How many high tides do seashores have in a week?

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Shaped like a flat disk, it's about 100,000 light years in diameter, and about 10,000 light years thick. What is it?

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What common item contains a hammer, an anvil, and a stirrup?

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German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit, in the early 18th century, called 32 degrees the freezing point of water. And 0 degrees on his scale represented the freezing point of what mixture?

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What is the approximate distance from the surface fo the earth to the center of the earth? Closer to 4,000, 7,000 or 10,000 miles?

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The thickest part of the human skin is located in which general areas

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What do you call the disease marked by uncontrollable sleepiness and attacks of brief sleep, even while standing or moving?

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In its basic form, this substance is a kind of soap, but when mixed with gasoline, it forms a deadly material used in flame throwers and incendiary bombs. What is it?