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  1. 251.

    The term Siamese twins comes from the famous case of Eng and Chang Bunker, who were conjoined twin brothers, born in Thailand in 1811.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  2. 252.

    The volume of the Earths moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific and Indian Oceans combined.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  3. 253.

    A modem is both an input and an output device.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  4. 254.

    Jupiter is growing.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  5. 255.

    The Doppler effect applies to light.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  6. 256.

    A teenage girl who is very thin and obsesses about losing weight may have an eating disorder.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  7. 257.

    In the Bronsted-Lowry acid-base classification, an acid is defined as a proton donor and a base is a proton acceptor.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  8. 258.

    The Neanderthals were a direct ancestor of modern humans.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  9. 259.

    Lower frequencies have longer wavelengths, while higher frequencies have shorter wavelengths.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  10. 260.

    Vitamin B6 is widely distributed in foods and its relatively stable form enables it to remain unchanged even when the products are cooked.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  11. 261.

    The epicardium is also known as the visceral pericardium.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  12. 262.

    Ichthyology is the study of biting insects such a fleas, mosquitoes and wasps.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  13. 263.

    Olive oil lowers total cholesterol and LDL levels in the blood.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  14. 264.

    There are more than 500,000 craters on the moon that can be seen from Earth.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  15. 265.

    The skin goes purple and waxy about one hour from time of death.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  16. 266.

    A defibrillator is used to start up a heartbeat once a heart has stopped beating.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  17. 267.

    About 95% of the rocks which form the upper part of the Earths crust are Igneous Rocks.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  18. 268.

    The Antarctic ozone hole reached one of its largest ever sizes in September 2000 when it was 11.5 million square miles (29,784,863 square km).

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  19. 269.

    The traditional Japanese dish, sushi, is always made with raw fish.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  20. 270.

    Depression can cause brain damage.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  21. 271.

    In 1655 the Bubonic Plague hit India and China causing mass casualties.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  22. 272.

    Alopecia is the medical term which refers to baldness.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  23. 273.

    In Africa, a certain type of chimpanzees have been observed making snowballs.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  24. 274.

    Saturn has more then 80 known moons.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  25. 275.

    If a dog is wagging its tail, then it is safe to approach.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  26. 276.

    Olympus Mons lies on Mars.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  27. 277.

    Experiments prove that men are usually better at decoding facial expressions than women.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  28. 278.

    The skin has its own ecosystems of microorganisms, including yeasts and bacteria, which cannot be removed by washing.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  29. 279.

    Sound can travel through a vacuum.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  30. 280.

    It has been revealed that some debit cards issued to Hurricane Katrina evacuees were used for purchasing luxury or entertainment items.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  31. 281.

    The term thrombo, which comes from Greek, refers to a blood clot.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  32. 282.

    While considered to be part of the Midwest, Ohio is actually in the Eastern time zone.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  33. 283.

    Vitamin A helps to restore the structure of damaged hair.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  34. 284.

    Atoms are so small that they can only be observed with a special type of electronic optical microscope called scanning optical microscope.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  35. 285.

    The Earth revolves around the Sun in one year.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  36. 286.

    The chemical symbol of Fluorine is Fl.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  37. 287.

    The water bottle is the most popular type of drink container found in garbage cans.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  38. 288.

    A plant that has a life cycle for more than a year is known as an annual.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  39. 289.

    Frederick Banting and John Macleod won a Nobel Prize for their contributions to the scientific fields of quantum mechanics.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  40. 290.

    Jupiters magnetic field is the strongest in the Solar System.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  41. 291.

    Great Whites sometimes perform the bump-and-bite attack (a test bite) on victims.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  42. 292.

    Lightning is caused by the increased imbalance of positive and negative charges during storms.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  43. 293.

    The diaphragm regulates the amount of light reaching the microscope objective.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  44. 294.

    The Law of Pythagoras can always be used to find the length of the hypotenuse of an isosceles triangle.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  45. 295.

    Too much rainfall can kill plants, just like a drought.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  46. 296.

    Vitamin E is found in nuts.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  47. 297.

    The smallpox isn't dangerous.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  48. 298.

    Nicotine can be found in tomatoes, potatoes, green peppers, coca plants and tobacco.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  49. 299.

    According to gravity laws, if a bowling ball and a feather are dropped simultaneously from the same height the bowling ball will hit the ground first because it has greater inertia. (In this case we ignore the effects of air resistance.)

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  50. 300.

    Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder, characterized by tics -- involuntary, rapid, movements or vocalizations.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True

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