Science & Technology trivia questions
2055 multiple-choice Science & Technology trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- What is the name for a port used to connect peripheral devices (such as keyboards, mouses and digital cameras) to a computer?
- Which one of these is an operating system?
- What capabilities are indicated when the specifications read DVD±RW/CD-RW?
- The companies Intel and AMD are primarily known for their development and manufacturing of what?
- Which one of these items is more valuable as far as meeting the requirements for 3-D Gaming is concerned?
- Which of the following types of brain cells amplify the neural signals and maintain homeostasis?
- The meninges, a system of membranes that envelop the central nervous system, consist of three layers. Which of the following is not a name of a layer?
- Which of the following is part of the frontal lobe, an area at the front of each cerebral hemisphere?
- Which term refers to the cephalic disorder, characterised by absence of the celebral hemispheres?
- Which of the following is not part of the group of brain-supplying arteries, known as the circle of Willis?
- There are twelve cranial nerves, two of which do not join the brainstem. Which are these two nerves?
- This scientist, winner of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, was the first to notice the existence of blood-brain barrier.
- Which of the following is part of the brainstem, a stalk of the brain below the celebral hemispsheres?
- Fred Gage and Peter Ericksson discovered and announced that adult human brain produces new brain cells. In what year did they make their discovery?
- Which part of the brain, located inside the temporal lobe, is associated with memory formation?
- This evolutionary theory, proposed by the inimitable Stephen J. Gould and Niles Eldridge, argues that evolution occurs not gradually but rapidly after periods of stasis and in isolated, localized areas.
- This three million year old skeleton known as “Lucy” was discovered in 1974 and is almost 40% complete. Lucy was a small, chimp-like hominid but walked upright like modern humans. She is a member of this species.
- What is the total collection of traits that determine the physical and behavioral aspects of an organism called?
- In 1912, a jawbone and fragments of a skull were discovered and originally named “dawn-man”. It wasn’t until 41 years later that it was exposed as a hoax. This darling of creationist skepticism is known as what?
- Prior to Darwin’s theory, the most influential line of thought regarding the variety of life forms was a creationist doctrine that likened the biological functions in an organism to the intricate workings of a watch. Which Christian apologist put forth the “Watchmaker Analogy?
- The evolutionary process where beneficial inherited traits become more prevalent in the succeeding generations of organisms, and unfavorable ones less common, is called what?
- This monastic egghead pioneered the study of genetics, which eventually explained the mechanisms of speciation through genetic mutation. Who is the “father of modern genetics?”
- This animals evolutionary lineage is the best documented and the most clearly understood.
- During his famous voyage to the Galapagos Islands, Charles Darwin studied differences in a specific animal’s anatomy, his observations setting the stage for his eventual theory of evolution. What animal’s anatomy did Darwin study?
- Which of these is an output device that produces audible sound?
- In trigonometry, the tangent is defined as what?
- In geometry, which angles are called opposite?
- What does the equation y = mx + b represent?
- Which of these represents the locus of points, the sum of whose distances from two given points is equal?
- If you are solving a word problem for 2 unknowns, how many equations will you need?