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1. What nationality was Alessandro Volta, developer of the forerunner of the modern battery?
 
Greek
Italian
Swedish
Swiss

He was born in Como in 1745
 
 
2. What causes the Coreolis effect?
 
Gravity
The Gulf Stream
The Jet Stream
The rotation of the earth

It's what causes the direction of the rotation of cyclones
 
 
3. Who unsuccessfully tested a flying machine of his own design in 1496?
 
Cesare Borgia
William Caxton
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
 
 
4. What do viviparous animals do?
 
Breathe under water
Give birth to live young
Hibernate
Migrate
 
 
5. What name is given to the small wooden peg used to control the flow of carbon dioxide out of a cask of ale?
 
A spale
A spile
A spole
A spule
 
 
6. What name did Charles Babbage give to the early type of computer he designed in the 1840s?
 
Addition Engine
Difference Engine
Logarithm Engine
Multiplication Engine

He never actually constructed it, but the Science Museum did in 1991
 
 
7. The fennec is the smallest species of what?
 
Bat
Fox
Lizard
Vole

It's native to the Sahara Desert
 
 
8. Which piece of playground equipment utilises a fulcrum?
 
A roundabout
A see-saw
A slide
A swing
 
 
9. What name is given to the lowest portion of the earth's atmosphere?
 
Ionosphere
Thermosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
 
 
10. According to the Mohs scale, which is the softest mineral?
 
Calcite
Gypsum
Talc
Topaz
 
 
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