General Knowledge Quiz 60

This is a timed quiz. You will be given 15 seconds per question. Are you ready?

What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?

Staffordshire

Norfolk

Yorkshire

Lancashire

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The spiral flow in a stream caused by channel shape is called:

Turbulent flow

Stream flow

Laminar flow

Helical flow

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What invention caused many deaths while testing it?

Dynamite

Parachute

Race cars

Ladders

Correct! Wrong!

Who perfected GENETIC ENGINEERING?

Jaysson & Simons

Sinclair & Roberts

Cohen & Boyer

None

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Until Victorian times, chocolate was thought of as a drink. When did the first chocolate bar appear?

There is no sure date

1828

1831

1825

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Who invented Jet Engine?

Albert Einstein

Benjamin Franklin

Sir Frank Whittle

None

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In which decade was the telephone invented:

1890s

1840s

1870s

1900s

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Who invented Gunpowder?

Bicc Brothers

Waterman Brothers

Roger Bacon

Both (A) & (B)

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General Knowledge Quiz 60

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