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What gas becomes a superfluid when cooled to absolute zero?

helium

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How often does Halley's Comet pass Earth?

every 76 years

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What is the symbol for silver?

Ag

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If you ‘have sticky fingers’, you’re…?

a thief

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If you’re ‘cool as a …’, you’re someone who’s very calm and relaxed.

cucumber

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‘To buy a …’ means to buy something (usually a motor vehicle) that doesn’t work well and is therefore worthless.

lemon

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If you exaggerate the severity of a situation, you ‘make a mountain out of a …’?

molehill

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Before you can face the cold outside, you have to … up, which means to get dressed warmly.

bundle

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Jack … (also called “Old Man Winter”) is an old character who goes around and nips (gently bites) at people’s noses and toes during winter.

Frost

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The coldest, darkest time of winter is known as ‘the … of winter’.

dead

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“Brace yourself” means “…yourself.”

prepare

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‘Putting something on …’ means delaying or pausing it until later.

ice

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The idiom ‘walking on thin …’ means to be in a risky situation that can easily go bad.

ice

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What is the fastest flying bird in the world?

peregrine falcon

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What is the gestation period of a blue whale?

10-12 months

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What is the smallest mammal in the world?

bumblebee bat

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How far away can a wolf smell its prey?

nearly 3 km

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What is the world's most poisonous spider?

Brazilian wandering spider (Phoneutria nigriventer) or banana spider

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What percentage of a cat's bones are in its tail?

10%

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The US Navy has trained … to find enemy swimmers, locate underwater mines, and guard nuclear arsenals.

bottlenose dolphins (as well as sea lions)

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How many times does a giant panda poop each day?

40 times

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What is the most common element in the human body?

oxygen

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What is the scientific term for the production of light by living organisms?

bioluminescence

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Unlike most other fish, sharks have no…?

bones

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What illness accounted for 40% of U. S. military casualties during World War I?

influenza/flu

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Which organ do insects NOT have?

lungs

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What living animal has the heaviest brain?

Sperm whale (9 kg)

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What was the first genetically engineered organism?

Tobacco (1983)

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How many separate functions does the human liver have?

over 500

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What is the only human body part that can't repair itself?

teeth

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Which fruit is a hybrid of the pomelo and mandarin/tangerine?

orange

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When was the idea of the atom first introduced?

450 BC

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An earthquake that measures 8 on the Richter Scale would be how many times stronger than an earthquake that measures 4 on the same scale?

10,000 times

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What is the gestation period of a hippopotamus?

8 months

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In what type of matter are atoms most tightly packed?

solids

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In 2004, what was discovered on the island of Flores in Indonesia?

The remains of a hobbit-sized human, no more than 1 m tall

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What planet has the most moons?

Jupiter

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Hurricanes only form over …?

warm water

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How many brains did a Stegosaurus have?

1

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What instrument is used to measure wind speed?

anemometer

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Where are the 3 smallest bones in the human body?

middle ear

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Who invented the first battery?

Alessandro Volta, in 1800

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What layer of the Earth's atmosphere makes radio communications possible?

ionosphere

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What is a hummingbird's heart rate while in flight?

1,260 beats per minute

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What is the most abundant element in the Universe?

hydrogen

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How many eggs does a queen bee lay per day?

2,000

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How many patents did Thomas Edison accumulate during his lifetime?

2,332

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What is the name of the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere?

troposphere

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What percentage of the cells in your body are bacteria?

90% bacteria and only 10% human cells

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When did Delaware achieve statehood?

1787

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When did Pennsylvania achieve statehood?

1787

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When did New Jersey achieve statehood?

1787

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How much does the average cumulus cloud weigh?

500,000 kg

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What is the strongest living creature on Earth?

Gonorrhea bacterium capable of pulling up to 100,000 times its own body weight!

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How long does it take for light to travel from the Sun's surface to the Earth?

8 minutes and 20 seconds

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What is the largest living structure on Earth?

Great Barrier Reef

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How long does it take an individual blood cell to make a complete circuit of the body?

60 seconds/1 minute

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The average person has about … liters of blood.

5

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How many earthquakes are there worldwide each year?

over 1 million

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How fast can lava flow?

over 60 km/h

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How often do your taste buds regenerate?

every 10 days

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Who invented dynamite?

Alfred Nobel

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When will the sun run out of fuel?

in 5 billion years

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How much skin will the average person shed during their lifetime?

over 50 kg

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CH3COOH is the chemical formula for what common household item?

vinegar

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Mycology is the study of what?

fungi

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How many legs do spiders have?

8

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How many km of blood vessels are there in the human body?

over 160,000

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What discovery earned Wilhelm Röntgen the first Nobel Prize for Physics?

X-rays

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Why are sharks and rays different from other fish?

They have no bones.

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What is the smallest biological unit of a living organism?

cell

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What is the symbol for Potassium?

K (derived from Neo-Latin, kalium)

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What scientist discovered X-rays?

Wilhelm Röntgen in 1895

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Who invented the telescope?

Hans Lippershey in 1608

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What has the highest atomic number of any non-radioactive element?

lead

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What is Jupiter's largest moon?

Ganymede

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What is the hottest planet in our solar system?

Venus

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The Earth's core is composed primarily of what substance?

an iron-nickel alloy

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What is the windiest planet in our solar system?

Neptune

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What is the largest planet in our solar system?

Jupiter

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What is the functional unit of heredity?

gene

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What type of cloud is characterized by thin, wispy strands?

Cirrus

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Which serial killer's intelligence, charm, and good looks were emphasized in media coverage of his murder trial in Florida in 1978?

Ted Bundy

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Early photographers made their images on…

glass

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What did I.M. Pei design outside the Louvre, in Paris?

a pyramid

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What animal often symbolizes peace in art?

dove

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What is the standard unit of kinetic energy?

Joule

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What is the energy called an object possesses due to its motion?

kinetic

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What is the average number of readers for a published scientific paper?

0.6

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What do scientists use to clean up radioactive waste?

sunflowers

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Herpetology is the study of what?

reptiles

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What do you call the application of science to criminal investigation?

Forensic science

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Stephen Hawking was a vigorous supporter of what interpretation of quantum mechanics?

many-worlds

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Who painted "The Starry Night"?

Vincent van Gogh

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Name the church where Leonardo da Vinci's famous fresco the "Last Supper" is painted.

Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan

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Which art movement, first in painting and later in music, developed in France during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

Impressionism

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What was the method of execution for King Charles I of England?

beheading

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What happened to the bodies of former Russian tsar Nicholas II and his family after they were slaughtered?

They were burned.

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What is the oldest city in the United States?

St. Augustine

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In which state is Harvard University located?

Massachusetts

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What inorganic molecule does lightning produce?

ozone (O3)

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