Science Quiz #610
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1
Which company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on 4 April 1975 to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for a new microcomputer, the Altair 8800?
A
Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems
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2
Which of these is a German astronomer who assigned most of the brighter stars their first systematic names in 1603 in his star atlas "Uranometria"?
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3
Which of these is a type of worm?
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4
Psephology is the study of what?
D
Elections and voting patterns
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5
What is the "Ishihara test" for?
A
The strength of reinforced concrete
C
The sharpness of scalpels and similar objects
D
The effectiveness of streamlining
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6
What was the name of NASA spacecraft that were metallised balloon satellites acting as a passive reflector of microwave signals, the first successful launch of which was on 12 August 1960?
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7
The "Pangboche Hand" is used as proof of the existence of what?
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