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What is the name given to the first battery?
2Voltaic battery
1Electrochemical cell
Good Answer!
Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta is a Lombard physicist and chemist. He is known for his work on electricity and for the invention of the first electric battery, called the voltaic battery. His name is at the origin of the unit of electrical voltage.
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Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta is a Lombard physicist and chemist. He is known for his work on electricity and for the invention of the first electric battery, called the voltaic battery. His name is at the origin of the unit of electrical voltage.
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What NASA program was aimed at putting a man on the moon?
1Apollo
2Discovery
Good Answer!
The Apollo space program conducted during the period 1961-1975 enabled the United States to send men to the Moon for the first time.
Wrong Answer!
The Apollo space program conducted during the period 1961-1975 enabled the United States to send men to the Moon for the first time.
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What device is the result of Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment?
2The lightning conductor
1The electric bulb
Good Answer!
Franklin's kite experiment is a scientific research conducted by Benjamin Franklin in 1752, and aimed at proving the electrical nature of lightning. His operating protocol - flying a kite during a thunderstorm to make it strike by lightning - made him famous and made him the inventor of the lightning rod.
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Franklin's kite experiment is a scientific research conducted by Benjamin Franklin in 1752, and aimed at proving the electrical nature of lightning. His operating protocol - flying a kite during a thunderstorm to make it strike by lightning - made him famous and made him the inventor of the lightning rod.
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how many axioms is Euclid's construction built?
15
210
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When was the Human Genome Project launched?
21988
11968
Good Answer!
The Human Genome Project is a programme launched at the end of 1988 with the mission of establishing the complete DNA sequencing of the human genome. Its completion was announced on 14 April 2003.
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The Human Genome Project is a programme launched at the end of 1988 with the mission of establishing the complete DNA sequencing of the human genome. Its completion was announced on 14 April 2003.
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How many parts does the human skull include?
12
23
Good Answer!
The skull is composed of the cranial box, or neurocranium, and the facial solid, or viscerocranium, or even splanchnocranium.
Wrong Answer!
The skull is composed of the cranial box, or neurocranium, and the facial solid, or viscerocranium, or even splanchnocranium.
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Which branch of astronomy is inaugurated by the LIGO and Virgo laboratories in 2016?
2Gravitational astronomy
1Electromagnetic astronomy
Good Answer!
On February 11, 2016, the LIGO-Virgo collaboration officially announced that on September 14, 2015, the two LIGO observatories detected gravitational waves, an event named GW150914, produced by the coalescence of two black holes. This event inaugurates gravitational astronomy, a new branch of astronomy.
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On February 11, 2016, the LIGO-Virgo collaboration officially announced that on September 14, 2015, the two LIGO observatories detected gravitational waves, an event named GW150914, produced by the coalescence of two black holes. This event inaugurates gravitational astronomy, a new branch of astronomy.
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What was the first flower grown on the International Space Station?
2Zinnia
1Cirse
Good Answer!
Zinnia are popular garden flowers. It is the first flower species to grow and bloom in orbit onboard the ISS in January 2016, as part of the Vegetable Production System.
Wrong Answer!
Zinnia are popular garden flowers. It is the first flower species to grow and bloom in orbit onboard the ISS in January 2016, as part of the Vegetable Production System.
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How much bone is the human skeleton made of?
1206
2306
Good Answer!
The human skeleton is composed of 206 constant bones in adulthood (about 350 at birth).
Wrong Answer!
The human skeleton is composed of 206 constant bones in adulthood (about 350 at birth).
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Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
2Neil Armstrong
1Buzz Aldrin
Good Answer!
The first to walk there was American astronaut Neil Armstrong on July 21, 1969.
Wrong Answer!
The first to walk there was American astronaut Neil Armstrong on July 21, 1969.
