Science & Technology trivia questions
2055 multiple-choice Science & Technology trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- With the passage of the Marijuana Tax Act, the United States effectively banned recreational and medicinal use of cannabis. What year was this act adopted?
- By amending its Opium Act in 1976, the government of which country decided to treat possession of up to 30 grams of marijuana as an activity not for prosecution, detection or arrest?
- What US state enacted Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act, which allowed sick and dying patients to legally use marijuana for medicinal purposes?
- The sphygmomanometer is a device invented by Samuel Siegfried Karl Ritter von Basch, used to measure what?
- This disorder, from a Greek word meaning failure to put in order, is characterised by lack of muscular coordination, and often occurs when parts of the nervous system which control movement are damaged.
- This disorder is the abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain.
- This is the colloquial equivalent of the medical term Herpes zoster, which is used to define a condition, caused by the varicella zoster virus.
- Pre-eclampsia, thought to be caused by inflammatory mediators, is a medical condition associated with which of these?
- What medical term is synonym of jaundice, a condition characterized by yellowing of the skin, sclera and mucous membranes?
- The presence of gallstones in the gallbladder is defined by what medical term?
- The term encephalon, defined as the brain of a vertebrate, derives from a Greek word which means what?
- The term blepharo derives from a Greek word and refers to which part of the body?
- Which of these medical terms refers to air passages in the lungs?
- The word phlebo is of Greek origin, which comes from the root phlein, meaning to gush or to overflow. What part of the body does this word refer to?
- The medical prefix bucco refers to which part of the head?
- The medical prefix oophoro, which derives from Greek, refers to which part of the body?
- The prefix of Greek origin, oto is used in medical terminology to refer to what body part?
- Scientists differentiate what three basic types of memory, based on the duration of memory retention?
- To which of these essential human abilities is memory closely related?
- Procedural Memory, a category of the long-term memory, refers to which of these basic human abilities?
- Typically, how many random items can human short-term memory store?
- Déjà Vu is one of the curios brain phenomenon. Which of these most accurately describes the term?
- Nearly everybody has experienced the tip-of-the-tongue situation when one is eagerly trying to think of a relatively familiar fact, name or word and is just about to recall it, but it constantly eludes him. What is the explanation of this strange experience?
- Which of these most accurately explains the controversial issue of false memories?
- One of the most basic characteristics of our memory is the ability to forget, which is considered to be this type of function.
- Amnesia, the loss of significant amount of important information, is a memory impairment which happens as a result of which of these?
- In the study of memory, what does the term mnemonist refer to?
- What is the main cause for most pandemics in history?
- During which war did the first known pandemic take place? It dates back to 430 BC.
- Which Roman emperor died of Antonine plague? This plague was actually named after him.