Science & Technology Trivia Quiz 22

10 questions · 3 multiple choice · 7 number answers · scored out of 1000

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  1. Number answermedium
  2. Multiple choicevery easy
    What type of animal lays eggs?
  3. Number answerhard

    Hint: The microbiome

  4. Number answermedium
  5. Multiple choicevery hard
    What phenomenon explains why a spinning gyroscope resists changes to its orientation?
  6. Number answerhard

    Hint: Dwarf planet

  7. Number answerhard
  8. Multiple choiceeasy
    Which of these is the longest bone in the human body?
  9. Number answerhard

    Hint: About 8 minutes

  10. Number answermedium

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  1. How many legs does a centipede typically have?100
  2. What type of animal lays eggs?Chicken
  3. How many species of bacteria live in the human gut?1,000
  4. How many bones does a giraffe have in its neck?7
  5. What phenomenon explains why a spinning gyroscope resists changes to its orientation?Conservation of angular momentum
  6. How many moons does Pluto have?5
  7. In what year was the first smartphone (IBM Simon) released?1,994
  8. Which of these is the longest bone in the human body?Femur
  9. How many seconds does light take to travel from the Sun to Earth?500
  10. How many satellites are needed for a GPS fix on the ground?4

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