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Blinding You With Science

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Blinding You With Science game quiz
"This is a mixture of scientific questions not specific to a particular field."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. If age-related macular degeneration is classified as wet, what does that signify?
    Fluid accumulation around the heart related to poor circulation in the elderly.
    Overactive tear-producing glands result in a chronically watering eye.
    New blood vessels formed in the eye leak blood.
    Excessive water accumulates in the knee joint, causing bone erosion.


2. Where is the most likely place to find simethicone?
    camera film
    shell of an abalone
    antacid tablet
    breast implants


3. If you were to describe Robert Goddard using song, which of the following song titles best describes him?
    Mr. Roboto (by Styx)
    Pinball Wizard (by The Who)
    Rocket Man (by Elton John)
    Like a Surgeon (by Weird Al)


4. Name the scale that uses the observations of people who experienced the earthquake to estimate said earthquake's intensity.
    Richter scale
    Fujita scale
    Seismic scale
    Mercalli scale


5. In medicine, the compulsive and repetitive eating of ice is called?
    daziphagia
    burrophagia
    pagophagia
    xylophagia


6. What are the rocks found in northwestern Canada near Great Slave Lake, believed to be the oldest rocks on Earth, called ?
    Kakangari
    Granodiorite
    Acasta Gneisses
    Sebastes caurinus


7. Foraging ants leave which of the following as a "chemical trail"?
    hydrogen sulfide
    fumaric acid
    sodium bicarbonate
    formic acid


8. What is being grown if one is growing artemia as a food source?
    mushrooms
    deer (venison)
    grass
    brine shrimp


9. Which of the following would not be suitable, due to safety, as a first time pet?
    leopard gecko
    fire salamander
    Mexican beaded lizard
    Eastern newt


10. This system of measurement for weight (or mass) is based on a 16 ounce pound.
    apothecaries'
    huriupin
    troy
    avoirdupois


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