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A FunTrivia Mixed Quiz!

This is an untimed game, created by the FunTrivia QuizBot using questions submitted by players. Take your time, and please consider submitting questions of your own when you are done!

#1. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player Kenners158 asks:
  What is the medical name that is a synonym for swallowing?

    Haemorrhage
    Syncope
    Tussis
    Deglutition

#2. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player eyhung asks:
  What technology company is known as Big Blue, and was behind the development of Deep Blue, the first computer to beat a world chess champion in a chess match with standard time controls?

    Microsoft
    Hewlett-Packard
    Apple
    IBM

#3. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player portgleep asks:
  You may have heard the seemingly bizarre statement that cow farts are a danger to the environment. What greenhouse gas does cows' flatulence contain that causes these concerns, and that also is the most abundant organic compound on earth?

    Carbon-dioxide
    Methane
    Nitrous oxide
    Ozone

#4. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player Booklover17 asks:
  Since calcium can inhibit iron absorption and vitamin C can enhance it, which of the following food/drink combinations would be best for a person diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia?

    Milk and eggs
    Natural apple cider and trail mix
    Coffee and a pumpkin scone
    Orange juice and steak

#5. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player SLAPSHOT4 asks:
  Which of the following elements is not directly named after someone who was primarily a scientist?

    Lawrencium
    Mendelevium
    Americium
    Gadolinium

#6. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player namrewsna asks:
  Hooke's law deals with the behavior of which type of physical object? (Tigger would be quite interested).

    smoke
    wind
    ripples in water
    springs

#7. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player garrybl asks:
  What is the opposite of a zenith?

    Infernum
    Syzygy
    Nadir
    Azimuth

#8. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player Creedy asks:
  While experimenting with improved lasting time for his electric light bulb, Thomas Edison's recollection of a relaxing activity led to his ultimate discovery of a particularly long-lasting filament. Which activity was this?

    Bricklaying
    Fishing
    Cooking
    Jogging

#9. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player sarahcateh asks:
  Which early female astronomer, although her name implies she'd be more at home at a carnival or circus, invented a system of stellar classification that's still in use today?

    Henrietta Swan Leavitt
    Annie Jump Cannon
    Antonia Maury
    Florence Cushman

#10. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player rossian asks:
  Prions are an abnormal form of which of these?

    Protein
    Fat
    Carbohydrate
    Sugar