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1. Who was the legendary inventor of the 'lever'?
2. Who was the Greek person that established the theory, in 350 B.C., that the Earth was spinning west to east?
3. The word 'sifr' in Arabic evolved into the English word 'cipher'...what mathematical concept did sifr originally denote?
4. Who were the two original Brahmin teachers of Gautama Siddhartha?
5. The Phoenicians were known for their purple dye that was derived from the shells of snails along their coasts. What is the family of snails from which this dye was acquired?
6. What modern European city was called Hispalis by the Romans?
7. Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau developed a method in 1849 of measuring what natural phenomenon?
8. Which common laboratory item is used to remove moisture from substances in order to dry them?
9. What is the name of the isotope of hydrogen with mass number 3?
10. When Nicolae Ceauscescu lost his power (and his life) in Romania, another man swept into power and became the new president...what was his name?
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