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Used BR115 Flashcards

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  1. Which of these scientists won the Nobel Peace Prize for experiments with solar energy?

A. Thomas Edison
B. Albert Einstein
C. Alexander Graham Bell

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B. Albert Einstein

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  1. What is a Mibster?

A. Someone who plays Marbles
B. A small fury rodent found in southern England
C. A maneuver used in sailboat race

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A. Someone who plays Marbles

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  1. What is a sunspot?

A. An area on the sun of increased temperature due to a magnetic storm
B. An area on the sun of decreased temperature due to a magnetic storm
C. Pollution from earth, sent there by greedy corporations for profit and at the same time to increase global warming on earth.

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B. An area on the sun of decreased temperature due to a magnetic storm

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  1. How many letters did the English alphabet have in the early 1800’s?

A. 26 just like today
B. 25
C. 27

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C. 27. The & ampersand was once a letter.

In the early 1800s, school children reciting their ABCs concluded the alphabet with the &. It would have been confusing to say “X, Y, Z, and.” Rather, the students said, “and per se and.” “Per se” means “by itself,” so the students were essentially saying, “X, Y, Z, and by itself and.” Over time, “and per se and” was slurred together into the word we use today: ampersand

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  1. Which network is the oldest?

A. ABC
B. CBS
C. NBC

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C. NBC started as a radio broadcast network, actually, 2 networks in 1926.

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  1. What number president is Obama?

A. 46
B. 45
C. 44

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C. 44

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  1. If you weigh 150 lbs, how much would you weigh in kilograms?

A. 32
B. 68
C. 90

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B. 68

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  1. Where did acupuncture originally come from?

A. Japan
B. Egypt
C. China

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C. China

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  1. What are the odds of having identical twins?

A. 15 per 1000
B. 7 per 1000
C. 3 per 1000

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C. 3 per 1000

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  1. Generally the odds of being left handed are about 10%. If you are a twin what are the odds that you will be left handed?

A. 10%
B. 22%
C. 37%

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C. 37%

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  1. The MeTV series M.A.S.H. Is based on an earlier movie of the same name. What year did that movie come out?

A. 1968
B. 1970
C. 1972

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B. 1970

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  1. In the MeTV series M.A.S.H. Loretta Swit played Major “Hot Lips” Houlihan. Who played the role in the M.A.S.H. Movie?

A. Loretta Swit
B. Sally’s Kellerman
C. Karen Black

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B. Sally Kellerman

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  1. NASA’s space probe just did a flyby of Pluto sending back fascinating pictures of what is now considered a dwarf planet. What was the name of the probe?

A. Explorer 9
B. New Horizons
C. Odyssey 3

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B. New Horizons

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  1. How long did it take the New Horizons probe to reach Pluto?

A. 5 yrs
B. 9 yrs
C. 12 yrs

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B. 9 years

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