Hard science quiz for smart people!

Hard science quiz for smart people!

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Question 1 of 10

What fossilized tree resin is sometimes found with insects inside?

Question 2 of 10

In what city did Illinois Bell test the first commercial cells phones in the late 1970s?

Question 3 of 10

Where would you find the only joint in the human body that can rotate 360??

Question 4 of 10

One of the heaviest gemstones and often blue, ZrSiO4 tends to be used as a cheaper alternative to diamonds. What is it?

Question 5 of 10

Which of these has three greenish hearts, all in its head, to circulate copper-rich blood?

Question 6 of 10

The Big Bad Wolf would be pleased. Farmer Warren Brush built homes of what substance, which insulates well and resists earthquakes?

Question 7 of 10

Who was the first person to place a phone call to the Moon?

Question 8 of 10

Some 110 million years ago, Sarcosuchus imperator was as long as a city bus and swam around in Africa, despite weighing in at 20,000 lbs. What was it?

Question 9 of 10

What is the number of pinches to a teaspoon, of fluid ounces in a cup, of pints in a gallon, and of tablespoons in a gill?

Question 10 of 10

What disaster, the strongest of its kind ever in the United States, befell New Madrid, Missouri, in 1811 and 1812, changing the course of the Mississippi?