Hard Science Quiz - 10 difficult questions

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Question 1: How long does it take for the earth to spin around its axis and rotate completely?
 Answer a: 1 hour
 Answer b: 365.25 days
 Answer c: 28 days
 Answer d: 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds

Question 2: Devised by Italian volcanologist Giuseppe Mercalli in 1902 and now largely replaced by the Richter scale, what does the Mercalli scale measure?
 Answer a: Tidal wave destructiveness
 Answer b: Hurricane damage
 Answer c: Volcanic power
 Answer d: Earthquake damage

Question 3: Offices got to junk their teletypes and telexes, thanks to what invention?
 Answer a: Word processor
 Answer b: Fax machine
 Answer c: Photocopier
 Answer d: Push-button telephone

Question 4: What mathematical operation involves decreasing the minuend by the subtrahend?
 Answer a: Division
 Answer b: Multiplication
 Answer c: Addition
 Answer d: Subtraction

Question 5: Even though it has just two-thirds the conductivity of copper, which metal is often used to conduct electricity because it weighs a third as much and is much more ductile?
 Answer a: Zinc
 Answer b: Silver
 Answer c: Aluminum
 Answer d: Glass

Question 6: The Greek name for the Spanish artichoke gave us what name for another prickly plant, first encountered by Spanish explorers?
 Answer a: African violet
 Answer b: Rose
 Answer c: Cactus
 Answer d: Yucca

Question 7: In New England, they brace for nor'easters. What are they?
 Answer a: Storms
 Answer b: Heat waves
 Answer c: Tides
 Answer d: Cold snaps

Question 8: A reflex movement in brain-dead patients causes them to cross their arms on their chest, as if they were mummies. What is this reflex's biblically inspired name?
 Answer a: Lazarus reflex
 Answer b: Abraham reflex
 Answer c: Cain reflex
 Answer d: Leviticus reflex

Question 9: Which position from the sun is the Earth in our solar system?
 Answer a: Second
 Answer b: Seventh
 Answer c: Third
 Answer d: Fourth

Question 10: In which of the following activities would measuring volume be important?
 Answer a: Packing A Cooler
 Answer b: Making A Map
 Answer c: Running A Race
 Answer d: Watching The Weather

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The answer to the riddle is: A River

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