Knowledge
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What navigational instruments measure the angle of a star to the horizon?
Sixes
Sextants
Sixers
Instants
What type of rock forms from melted rock and comes to the surface to harden?
Igneous Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Slow Rock
Sedimentary Rock
SALM stands for what?
Spread Anchor Leg Mooring
Single Anchor Leading Mechanism
Single Anchor Leg Mooring
Single Arm Lifting Mechanism
Which of the following prefixes indicates the smallest amount?
Femto-
Pico-
Zepto-
Nano-
Which device is used for converting text and images into a digital format and storing it in a computer?
Mouse
Scanner
Plotter
Memory Stick
What is the term given to heat and light radiated from the sun?
Greenhouse Gases
Solar Flares
Ambient Air Temperature
Solar Energy
Which of these is not a type of a major oil trap?
Fault
Anticline
Stratigraphic
Seismic
How often does sunspot activity reach its lowest point?
11.9 Years
10.6 Years
11.3 Years
12.1 Years
Clomiphene, introduced in 1967 to increase fertility, also resulted in what?
Increased Baby Weight
Increased Chance Of Birth Defects
Decreased Baby Weight
Increase In Multiple Births
In 1994, the FDA approved which genetically-engineered vegetable?
Carrot
Tomato
Corn
Cucumber
What type of gem is the Star of Africa or the Cullinar II?
Sapphire
Emerald
Diamond
Ruby
What is the third most abundant gas in the earth's atmosphere?
Carbon Dioxide
Hydrogen
Argon
Ozone
Who's the founder of a successful media enterprise which supplies financial and business information?
Michael Bloomberg
Dan Bricklin
Charles Babbage
Mel Karmazin
Which state of matter is an ice cube?
Gas
Liquid
Plasma
Solid
In Japan, the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) travels between Hiroshima and Kokura (120 miles)in what time?
1 Hour 20 Minutes
44 Minutes
2 Hours
14 Minutes
What is the fin on the backs of fish, some whales and dolphins called?
Spinal Fin
Dorsal Fin
Pectoral Fin
Flipper
What are the features on the surface of the Earth called?
Transforms
Unicorns
Uniforms
Landforms
What type of planet was Pluto demoted to in 2006?
Dwarf Planet
Exoplanet
Classical Planet
Mesoplanet
What is the constellation known as the Ram also called?
Cancer
Aries
Leo
Gemini
