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A variety of random, useless and fun facts.
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The equal sign (“=”) as currently used in Mathematics was invented in the…
3rd Century BC
6th Century
16th Century
10th Century
2
Pope Alexander VI, from the famous Borgia family, was originally from…
Spain
Italy
France
England
3
The number zero as currently used in Mathematics, Finance and related fields was used first by…
Arabs
Egyptians
Indians
Greeks
4
This actor declined to play the role of Neo / Thomas Anderson in The Matrix…
Will Smith
Tom Cruise
Bruce Willis
Liam Neeson
5
The fact that the number of transistors in integrated circuits doubles about every two years is
Terminator Curse
Silicon Valley Rule
Intel Policy
Moore's Law
6
Steve Job’s biological father was originally from…
Sweden
England
Syria
Germany
7
When writing The Lord of the Rings and its related materials, J.R.R. Tolkien invented first…
Settings
Characters
Languages
Timeline
8
Guernica is a famous painting by Pablo Picasso, it’s named after…
A Spanish town
Picasso's lover
A Novel
Picasso's daughter
9
The only person that has won Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physics is…
Marie Curie
Ernest Rutherford
Linus Pauling
Lord Rayleigh
10
A Radian is a unit to measure…
Luminous Flux
Radiation
Angles
Atmospheric Pressure
11
The closest exo-planet to our solar system is…
Proxima Centauri B
Kepler -88C
Gliese 581D
51 Pegasi B
12
The japanese abacus is known as...
Jupan
Suanpan
Quipu
Soroban
13
A Parsec is a unit to measure…
Electric Current
Time
Mass
Length
14
This show was adapted (illegally) as a movie in Turkey…
Star Trek
The Sopranos
Neighbours
Breaking Bad
15
The first Emperor of the Roman Empire was…
Nero
Caligula
Augustus
Julius Caesar
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This Greek philosopher was tutor of Alexander The Great…
Plato
Socrates
Heraclitus
Aristotle
