General Science Quiz 28

General Science Quiz 28

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1. Who invented the phonograph?

Thomas Edison
Jagdish Chanda Bose
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel Morse

2. Pythagoras who is known for the Pythagorean Theorem, was a strict vegetarisn and forbade his followers from the consumption of meat. Strangely he also forbade another food item from their diet. Which one?

Beans
Fruits
Wheat
Potato

3. What is the excessive hair growth over and above the normal for the age, sex and race of an individual, called?

Hirsutism
Hypertricfhosis
Trichosis
None of these

4. Lachanophobia is the fear of

Lakes
Chemicals
Vegetables
Lichen

5. Which saint was designated by Pope Pius XII as the patron saint of television in 1958?

Saint Bernardine of Siena
Saint Dorothea of Caesarea
Saint Clare of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi

6. There are only two liquid elements at standard temperature and pressure. One of them is mercury (Hg). Name the other element

Francium
Gallium
Chlorine
Bromine

7. We all know Alfred Nobel, the inventor of Dynamite and founder Nobel Prize. His father was an engineer and invented the rotary lathe used in plywood manufacturing. Name him

Robert Nobel
Ludvig Nobel
Immanuel Nobel
Emanuel Nobel

8. The zygomaticus major is a muscle of the human body. This muscle allows you to

Run
Smile
Walk
Catch

9. "Winter Banana" is a variety of

Banana
Flower
Apple
Seeds

10. Pertussis is a highly contagious bacterial disease. What is its common name?

Anthrax
Whooping cough
Diarrhea
Pneumonia

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