What term describes the overflowing of rivers or streams?
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Question 2 of 10
In 1643, one of Galileo's pupils, Evangelista Torricelli, put an empty tube on top of some mercury. When it was really nice out, more mercury was pushed up into the tube. What tool for measuring air pressure had he invented?
Question 3 of 10
A method of making lead-free what was discovered by Eugene Houdry in 1970?
Question 4 of 10
Now used to treat leprosy, what Chemie Grunenthal drug produced a birth defect called phocomelia?
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Question 5 of 10
Oh sure, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. But what does a cotton gin actually do?
Question 6 of 10
At Queens University in Ontario, Barrie Frost somehow got what bird on a treadmill, where its characteristic head-bobbing stopped?
Question 7 of 10
What is Earth's nearest neighbour in space?
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Which sea creature produces Calamari?
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What scientific unit is used to measure mass?
Question 10 of 10
Valles Marienris can be found on which planet?
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Who Sang These Christmas Songs?
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Who Sang These Songs?
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Who Sang These Songs?
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History Quizzes
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History Quiz
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Quiz on History
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Geography Quiz
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Geography Quiz
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10 Question About Planet Earth
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Music Quiz
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Who was the young boy in "Treasure Island"?
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Quiz About Literature
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Movie Quiz
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Quiz about Movies
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Movie Quiz
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Rewind to the 70s: Movie Quiz
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Do you know who these famous people from the 60s and 70s are?
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