FunTrivia Sci / Tech Mix: Vol 37 Quiz

Answer: raise its temperature

Pasteurization is a thermal treatment used in the food industry to destroy the microbiological flora, which could alter the properties of the food.


Question by player denni19

Answer: chronic autoimmune disease in humans

Lupus causes the body's immune system to attack healthy tissue. It can cause symptoms such as swelling and inflammation. It can also cause damage to the joints, skin, organs, and blood.

Question by player Lindsey4488

Answer: gynecologist

Doctors can be specialized in different categories like the one who practices the treatment of children is a pediatrician, etc. This is another category for doctors who treat the diseases of women.

Question by player arikaa

Answer: Karat

The karat is used to measure the purity of gold to a standard of 24. So, 18 karats would be gold that is 18 parts gold, 6 parts another metal, or 18/24. The name of 'karat' or 'carat' is also used in the gem business to measure the weight of gemstones. It is equivalent to 0.2 grams when used in this manner.

Question by player ShadowStar889

Answer: forearm

Strange but true. Go ahead and try!

Question by player monica22915

Answer: Mobile homes/trailers attract tornadoes

Mobile homes do not attract tornadoes, but they do show the most obvious damage when we see news footage. Being relatively lightweight, they are easy victims, being lifted up, swirled around and crashed into the ground. On March 18, 1925 a tornado swept through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana which had one of the longest and widest paths on record (220 miles and one mile wide)It caused one of the largest areas of destruction (164 square miles). It was also one of the longest-lasting ever, at 3½ hours, injuring almost 2,000 people and killing early 700 people. Those 12 children that escaped fatality were in China, when on May 29, 1986 they were swept out by a tornado as they walked to school. Sucked up into the tornado they were then carried 12 miles through the air and then dropped down. They were unhurt thanks to landing onto soft dunes.



Question by player Billkozy

Answer: Mouth

Better known as a canker sore, an aphthous ulcer is a lesion that grows inside the mouth.

Question by player MisterGumby

Answer: Viagra

This drug, also known as sildenafil, becomes effective on humans some 20 minutes after first injected or consumed in pill form, and its effects last up to two hours. On greyhounds, it is believed to increase blood pressure, dilate vessels, stimulate the heart, and make the dogs a little more alert. Just as well perhaps, the drug's other well known effects don't work on the dogs, or they probably wouldn't be interested in running at all.

Question by player Creedy

Answer: Kidney, 1954

The first transplant was a kidney transplant involving identical twins. Very little, if any anti-rejection medication was needed. Since that time almost every organ in the human body has been transplanted except the brain although I know some people who could use one!

Question by player roadkatt

Answer: geostationary orbit

Geostationary orbits, often used for communications and television satellites, must circle the Equator at around 22,250 miles above the Earth, making the equitorial band a relatively crowded place in space.

Question by player Latch75