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Cultural literacy quiz (Science and Tech)
Cultural literacy quiz (Science and Tech)
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1
In 1997, _________________ became the world’s first cloned mammal.
Jerry the Horse
Blinky the Cat
Bob the Sheepdog
Dolly the Sheep
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The
Principia
, written by __________, described the universal laws of motion which became the basis of modern physics.
John Gorrie
Thomas Newcomen
Francis Bacon
Isaac Newton
3
Charles Darwin published his theories on evolution in his book __________, contradicting literalist views of Genesis.
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin
On the Origin of Species
On the Law which has regulated the Introduction of New Species
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
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n 2019, a _________________ were photographed for the first time by an international network of radio telescopes.
black hole and its shadow
comet and its tails
pair of galaxies
dying star and its supernova
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The ____________ (LHC) is an international scientific facility which was used to prove the existence of the Higgs Boson.
Light Hadron Compressor
Large Hadron Collider
Longitudinal Heavy Collider
Lateral Heavy Compressor
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Alan Turing helped to code-break the German _______ encryption device during WW2, setting the foundations of computing.
Enigma
Secret
Mystery
Origin
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According to critics, how was the Columbine High School mass shooting motivated by the shooter's media habits?
Violent video games and music
Superhero anime DVDs imported from Japan
Conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton on social media
Racist manifesto books about White supremacy
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________ advocated Copernicus’ heliocentric model, contradicting the view that the Earth was the center of the universe.
Galileo Galilei
Plato
Stephen Hawking
Socrates