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1
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What year was the very first model of the iPhone released?

A

2007

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2
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What’s the shortcut for the “copy” function on most computers?

A

ctrl c

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3
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What does “HTTP” stand for?

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HyperText Transfer Protocol

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What is the name of the man who launched eBay back in 1995?

A

Pierre Omidyar

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5
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What is often seen as the smallest unit of memory?

A

kilobyte

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6
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Which email service is owned by Microsoft?

A

Hotmail

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Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Explorer are different types of what?

A

Web browsers

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8
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Is Java a type of OS?

A

No

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9
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Who is often called the father of the computer?

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Charles Babbage

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10
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What was Twitter’s original name?

A

twttr

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11
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Who discovered penicillin?

A

Alexander Fleming

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12
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What is meteorology the study of?

A

The weather

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13
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Which planet is the hottest in the solar system?

A

Venus

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14
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What part of the atom has no electric charge?

A

Neutron

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15
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Which natural disaster is measured with a Richter scale?

A

Earthquakes

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16
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What is the symbol for potassium?

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K

17
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What animals are pearls found in?

A

Oysters

18
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Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (in 1903)?

A

Marie Curie

19
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Which planet has the most gravity?

A

Jupiter

20
Q

How many molecules of oxygen does ozone have?

A

3

21
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Solar power generates electricity from what source?

A

The Sun

22
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Did the original Sony Playstation use CDs or cartridges to play games?

A

CDs

23
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The Hubble Space Telescope is named after which American astronomer?

A

Edwin Hubble

24
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In terms of computing, what does ROM stand for?

A

Read Only Memory

25
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True or false? Atomic bombs work by atomic fission.

A

TRUE

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