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#1 How many legs is it biologically impossible for a centipede to have?
100
#2 What is isobutylphenylpropanoic acid more commonly known as?
Ibuprofen
#3 Burning which of these metals will produce a bright white flame?
Magnesium
#4 Which horizon in a soil profile consists of bedrock?
R
#5 Which of the following are cells of the adaptive immune system?
Cytotoxic T cells
#6 What does the scientific name of the Cambrian-Period sea creature Anomalocaris mean?
Abnormal Shrimp
#7 The 'Islets of Langerhans' is found in which human organ?
Pancreas
#8 Which of these animals belongs in class Chondrichthyes?
Great white shark
#9 The core of the Sun can reach which temperature?
27° Million F (15° Million C)
#10 Which one of these is scientific term for "Brain Freeze"?
Sphenopalatine Ganglioneuralgia
#11 What is the scientific name of the red fox?
Vulpes Vulpes
#12 Which of the following is NOT a word used to describe an earthquake?
Drop-slide
#13 What genetic disease is caused by having an extra Y chromosome (XYY)?
Jacob's Syndrome
#14 Which of the following elements is typically used in the doping of the semiconductor silicon?
Boron
#15 On the Beaufort Scale of wind force, what wind name is given to number 8?
Gale
#16 What element on the periodic table has 92 electrons?
Uranium
#17 In quantum physics, which of these theorised sub-atomic particles has yet to be observed?
Graviton
#18 Which of the following is a major muscle of the back?
Trapezius
#19 The value of one Calorie is different than the value of one calorie.
True
#20 Which constellation contains the center of the Milky Way?
Sagittarius
#21 In physics, conservation of energy and conservation of momentum are both consequences of which of the following?
Noether's Theorem
#22 If you planted the seeds of Quercus robur what would grow?
Trees
#23 What is the molecular formula of Ozone?
O3
#24 What is the molecular formula of Glucose?
C6H12O6
#25 The chemical element Lithium is named after the country of Lithuania.
False
#26 What does the term "isolation" refer to in microbiology?
The separation of a strain from a natural, mixed population of living microbes
#27 What is the most potent toxin known?
Botulinum toxin
#28 Folic acid is the synthetic form of which vitamin?
Vitamin B
#29 Botanically speaking, which of these fruits is NOT a berry?
Strawberry
#30 What nucleotide pairs with guanine?
Cytosine
#31 Albert Einstein won a noble prize for his theory of relativity.
False
#32 What is the scientific name for the extinct hominin known as "Lucy"?
Australopithecus Afarensis
#33 The word "science" stems from the word "scire" meaning what?
To know
#34 Which is not a type of neuron?
Perceptual Neuron
#35 A comet's gaseous envelope (which creates the tail) is called what?
The coma
#36 What physics principle relates the net electric flux out of a closed surface to the charge enclosed by that surface?
Gauss's Law
#37 It was once believed that injecting shark cartilage into people would prevent them from contracting cancer.
True
#38 How many protons are in an oxygen atom?
Eight
#39 "The Big Bang Theory" was first theorized by a priest of what religious ideology?
Catholic
#40 Where in the human body is the Pineal Gland located?
Brain
#41 What is considered the rarest form of color blindness?
Blue
#42 Which of the following is NOT a real element?
Vitrainium
#43 What was the first organic compound to be synthesized from inorganic compounds?
Urea
#44 Which major extinction event was caused by an asteroid collision and eliminated the majority of non-avian dinosaurs?
Cretaceous-Paleogene
#45 Which of these chemical compounds is NOT found in gastric acid?
Sulfuric acid
#46 Where is the Gluteus Maximus muscle located?
Butt
#47 Which of the following plastic is commonly used for window frames, gutters and drain pipes?
Polyvinylchloride (PVC)
#48 How much radiation does a banana emit?
0.1 Microsievert
#49 The Western Lowland Gorilla is scientifically know as?
Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla
#50 What is "Stenoma"?
A genus of moths