Science Quiz. Most people will fail.

Science Quiz. Most people will fail.

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Question 1 of 10

Sugar is a natural antifreeze, so people in cold climates appear to be more prone to what disease involving blood sugar?

Question 2 of 10

In 1893, Pennsylvania bridge engineer George Ferris built his first eponymous wheel in what "windy city"?

Question 3 of 10

What white-meat term describes short-wave radios operated by amateurs?

Question 4 of 10

Also known as the polar aurora, what phenomenon is created when the solar wind gets kicked away by the Van Allen belts?

Question 5 of 10

What country considers the dahlia its national flower, perhaps because the Aztecs used it to treat leprosy?

Question 6 of 10

Fax machines, photocopiers and bar-code readers all use charge-coupled devices. Why?

Question 7 of 10

Why is your transmission important to your car?

Question 8 of 10

Bort is bits of what gem, used industrially as an abrasive?

Question 9 of 10

Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille named a Southern Hemisphere constellation for a device he probably used to find it. What was this?

Question 10 of 10

The nadir is when something is right below you. What's the astronomical opposite, for when it's right above you?

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