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WHO INVENTED THE FOUNTAIN PEN? LEWIS E. WATERMAN
WHO INVENTED THE BOLOMETER? SAMUEL P. LANGLEY
HANSENOSIS IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS....? LEPROSY
YEAR THAT VIKING I LANDED ON MARS. 1976
WHAT IS THE ATOMIC NUMBER OF TUNGSTEN? 74
WHAT IS THE BEAUFORT SCALE # FOR A STRONG BREEZE? 6
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IS MEASURED BY A....? BAROMETER
WHAT IS H2O? WATER
THE PRESSURE OF GASES IS MEASURED BY A(N)....? MANOMETER
WHAT SILKY FIBER COMES FROM A CEIBA TREE? KAPOK
CLOUD HEIGHTS ARE MEASURED BY A....? CEILOMETER
THE COMMON NAME FOR A VON NEUMANN ENGINE IS....? COMPUTER
WHO INVENTED THE VACUUM TUBE IN 1906? LEE DE FOREST
WHAT YEAR WAS THE TRANSISTOR INVENTED? 1947
A U-SHAPED BEND IN A RIVER IS CALLED A(N)....? OXBOW
A TAPERING 4-SIDED PILLAR OF STONE IS A(N)....? OBELISK
A MOIST FERTILE SPOT IN A DESERT IS CALLED A(N)? OASIS
ROPE FIBER USED TO CAULK SEAMS IN WOODEN SHIPS? OAKUM
WHAT NAVIGATIONAL AID DID PALMEDES INVENT? LIGHTHOUSE
SECOND LARGEST ASTEROID IN THIS SOLOR SYSTEM? PALLAS
AARON'S ROD IS A(N)....? PLANT
ZERO DEGREES KELVIN IS KNOWN AS....? ABSOLUTE ZERO
A MORE COMMON NAME FOR AN ANTHROPOPHAGIST IS? CANNIBAL
AN AXOLOTL IS A(N)....? SALAMANDER
WHERE ARE THE ISLANDS OF LANGERHANS? PANCREAS
WHAT DOES AN ABECEDARIAN STUDY? ALPHABET
CAJOU IS BETTER KNOWN AS....? MAHOGANY
CANTHOCEPHALID IS A(N)....? WORM
CANTHOPTERYGIAN IS A(N)....? FISH
NUMBER OF TORRS IN AN ATMOSPHERE. 760
WHO INVENTED THE MACHINE GUN? RICHARD GATLING
IN EINSTEIN'S FORMULA E=MC2, WHAT IS E? ENERGY
WHAT IS THE ATOMIC NUMBER OF TUNGSTEN? 74
WHAT IS THE BEAUFORT SCALE # FOR A STRONG BREEZE? 6
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IS MEASURED BY A(N)....? BAROMETER
WHAT IS H20? WATER
THE PRESSURE OF GASES IS MEASURED BY A(N)....? MANOMETER
WHAT'S THE MEDICAL TERM FOR EAR WAX? CERUMEN
WHAT'S THE OPPOSITE OF CENTRIFUGAL? CENTRIPETAL
WHAT ELEMENT IS MOST ABUNDANT IN OUR AIR? NITROGEN
WHO DISCOVERED THE PLANET URANUS? WILLIAM HERSCHEL
THE STUDY OF BIRDS IS CALLED....? ORNITHOLOGY
3.26 LIGHT YEARS EQUALS ONE....? PARSEC
MINUS 459.67 DEGREES F. IS....? ABSOLUTE ZERO
WHAT IS THE NEAREST GALAXY TO OUR OWN? ANDROMEDA
WHAT IS THE SUN'S MOST ABUNDANT ELEMENT? HYDROGEN
VITAMIN C IS ALSO CALLED....? ASCORBIC ACID
WHAT DOES A PHYCOLOGIST STUDY? ALGAE
WHAT DOES A MYCOLOGIST STUDY? FUNGI
FROGS BELONG TO THE CLASS....? AMPHIBIA
CELLULOSE IS A(N)....? CARBOHYDRATE
DRY ICE CONSISTS OF....? CARBON DIOXIDE
OZONE IS A FORM OF....? OXYGEN
WIND SPEED IS MEASURED BY A(N)....? ANEMOMETER
TEMPERATURE WHEN CONDENSATION OCCURS IS THE....? DEW POINT
AN ANEROID IS A KIND OF....? BAROMETER
WHAT IS NORMAL HUMAN BODY TEMPERATURE CELSIUS? 37 DEGREES
THE COCHLEA IS PART OF THE....? EAR
THE COLORED PART OF THE EYE IS THE....? IRIS
THEY CONNECT THE EAR AND THROAT. EUSTACHIAN TUBES
CAMELOPARDALIS IS A(N)....? CONSTELLATION
PATHOLOGIC LOSS OF THE ABILITY TO WRITE IS....? AGRAPHIA
SMOKE, FOG, AND MIST ARE ALL....? AEROSOLS
ALOPECIA REFERS TO....? HAIR LOSS
A PHOTIC SNEEZE IS CAUSED BY....? SUNLIGHT
CEPHALALGIA REFERS TO A(N)....? HEADACHE
GEPHYDROPHOBIA IS A FEAR OF....? BRIDGES
HAPHEPHOBIA IS A FEAR OF....? BEING TOUCHED
THOMAS SAVERY & THOMAS NEWCOMEN INVENTED THE....? STEAM ENGINE
YEAR OF THE FIRST MANNED SPACE FLIGHT? 1961
WHO INVENTED THE AIR BRAKE? GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE
WHO INVENTED THE COTTON GIN? ELI WHITNEY
ANOTHER NAME FOR WOOD ALCOHOL IS....? METHANOL
VENUS HAS HOW MANY MOONS? 0
WHO DISCOVERED X-RAYS? WILHELM ROENTGEN
WON NOBLE FOR DEVELOPING YELLOW FEVER VACCINE. MAX THEILER
WHAT DOES BTU STAND FOR? BRITISH THERMAL UNIT
WHAT DOES AN AEROLOGIST STUDY? AIR
WHAT IS USED TO WEIGH AIR? AEROMETER
A PHOTOGENE IS BETTER KNOWN AS A(N)....? AFTERIMAGE
AGORAPPHOBIA IS THE FEAR OF....? OPEN SPACES
WHAT DOES AN AGRIOLOGIST STUDY? PRIMITIVE CULTURES
WHAT DOES AN AGROLOGIST STUDY? SOIL
WHAT DOES AN AGROSTOLOGIST STUDY? GRASS
AN AHUEHUETE IS A(N)....? TREE
ALCYONE IS A(N)....? STAR
INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE ELECTRIC CURRENT? AMMETER
WHAT DOES AN ANEMOLOGIST STUDY? WIND
ANOPHELES IS A(N)....? MOSQUITO
WHAT IS THE NAME FOR THE WHISKERS ON A CATFISH? BARBEL
WHAT IS USED TO MEASURE THE DEPTH OF WATER? BATHOMETER
HE DISCOVERED NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY. ANTOINE BECQUEREL
BELL METAL IS AN ALLOY OF TIN AND....? COPPER
BERIBERI IS A DISEASE CAUSED BY A DEFICIENCY OF? THIAMINE
WHAT IS THE ATOMIC NUMBER OF BERKELIUM? 97
A BESSEMER CONVERTOR IS USED IN MAKING....? STEEL
THE BIG DIPPER IS IN WHAT CONSTELLATION? URSA MAJOR
HOW MANY STARS MAKE UP THE BIG DIPPER? 7
WHAT IS THE BINOT-SIMON SCALE USED TO MEASURE? INTELLIGENCE
WHO INVENTED THE BUNSEN BURNER? ROBERT BUNSEN
WHO FOUNDED HISTOLOGY? MARIE BICHAT
WHEN DID CELSIUS OFFICIALLY REPLACE CENTIGRADE? 1948
WORD MEANING 'CENTER OF GRAVITY'? CENTROBARIC
WHAT IS A WORD MEANING THE 'CENTER OF MASS'? CENTROID
ANOTHER WORD THAT MEANS CEREBRAL CORTEX? PALLIUM
A PALLIUM IS A(N)....? CEREBRAL CORTEX
WHAT IS THE ATOMIC NUMBER OF CESIUM? 55
WHAT DOES A CETOLOGIST STUDY? WHALES
WHO DISCOVERED THE NEUTRON IN 1932? SIR JAMES CHADWICK
SIR JAMES CHADWICK DISCOVERED THEM IN 1932. NEUTRONS
CHARCOT IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS....? MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
CHARGE CONJUGATION OF NORMAL MATTER PRODUCES....? ANTIMATTER
IN PHYSICS, GAY-LUSSAC'S LAW IS ALSO KNOW AS....? CHARLES'S LAW
WHAT IS THE COMMON NAME FOR A ZYGOMATIC BONE? CHEEKBONE
IN ZOOLOGY, WHAT ORDER DOES A TURTLE BELONG TO? CHELONIA
WHERE WOULD YOU COMMONLY FIND CHICLE? CHEWING GUM
A CHOLECYST IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS A(N)....? GALLBLADDER
THE ERA THAT FOLLOWED THE MESOZOIC? CENOZOIC
WHAT ERA PRECEEDED THE CENOZOIC? MESOZOIC
THE POUCH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LARGE INTESTINE.CECUM
THE CECUM IS THE POUCH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE..? LARGE INTESTINE
100 DEGS. CELSIUS EQUALS ??? DEGS. CENTIGRADE? 100
WHAT IS THE ATOMIC NUMBER OF CERIUM? 58
WHAT IS THE ATOMIC NUMBER OF CESIUM? 55
CEVITAMIC ACID IS BETTER KNOWN AS....? VITAMIN C
WHO COINED THE WORD 'RADIOACTIVE'? MARIE CURIE
WHO INVENTED THE PHONOGRAPH? THOMAS EDISON
WHO INVENTED THE KINETOSCOPE? THOMAS EDISON
HENRY FORD'S FIRST CAR WAS NAMED THE....? QUADRICYCLE
'LITTLE BOY' AND 'FAT MAN' WERE THE FIRST....? ATOMIC BOMBS