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Question 1 of 10
In about 1730, both English mathematician John Hadley and American inventor Thomas Godfrey invented something sailors use to measure angular elevations of celestial bodies. What?
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Question 2 of 10
What light bulb inventor proposed to his second wife, Mina Miller, via Morse code, which he tapped out on her hand?
Question 3 of 10
A shoehorn is a first-class one, a diving-board is a second-class one, and a stapler is a third-class one. What simple machine is this?
Question 4 of 10
New England servants used to refuse work if it meant eating too much heath hen. Now it's extinct. To what bird was it most closely related?
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Question 5 of 10
What is the speed of light?
Question 6 of 10
What inventor had five dots tattooed onto his left forearm, and liked to sleep on the floor of a closet at his Menlo Park laboratory?
Question 7 of 10
After physics, what study did Isaac Newton take up until he published "Principia Mathematica"?
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Question 8 of 10
How many major time zones does the earth have?
Question 9 of 10
The nose of the shinkansen was redesigned after the beak of a kingfisher. What is the shinkansen?
Question 10 of 10
What is the name of the ancient ocean that surrounded the Pangea land mass?
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What videogame did you play in the 80s?
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1980s Nostalgia Quiz
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Geography Quiz
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Geography Quiz
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Geography Quiz
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10 difficult questions about John Denver
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Quiz on Science.
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Science Quiz with challenging questions
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Who Sang Quizzes
Which artist performed these songs?
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Who Sang These Songs?
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Who were the singers of these songs?
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Who Sang These Songs?
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Who Sang These Country Songs?
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Can you recognize the vocalists of these songs?
Do you love to listen to music?
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Who Sang These Songs?
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Who Sang These 90s Songs?
Feels like yesterday isn't it?
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Who Sang These Songs?
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What's your favorite pizza?
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General Knowledge Quizzes
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Challenging Trivia Quiz
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Can you beat my score of 7 out of 10?
General Knowledge
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Difficult Mixed Trivia
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Challenging Knowledge Quiz
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Take part in this knowledge quiz.
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General Knowledge Quiz
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Movie Quizzes
Movie Quiz
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Movies & Series Quiz
Which TV series have you watched more than once?
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Rewind to the 70s: Movie Quiz
Which of these have you seen in the cinema?
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Movie Quiz
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Lights, Camera, Quotes!
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Math Quizzes
Math Quiz
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Math Examination
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Literature Quiz
Who or what am I?
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