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What Internet search utility was named for the mascot of the University of
Minnesota, where it was developed?
A: Gopher.
What type of power is defined as the generation of electricity from water?
A: Hydroelectric power.
What type of pills are known in the pharmacy biz as "pillows:?
A: Sleeping pills.
What organ was operated on in the first microsurgical procedure, in 1921?
A :The ear.
What transparent material is produced by heating lime, sand and soda?
A: Glass.
What does the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom determine?
A: Its Atomic number.
What unit of time, when measured by an atomic clock, equals 9,192,631,770
energy changes of a cesium atom?
A: One second.
What heat-resistant element replaced cotton as the filament of choice in electric
light bulbs in 1910?
A: Tungsten.
What now-extinct bird's gizzard, when stewed in milk, was once thought to cure
gallstones?
A: The passenger pigeon's.
What unit of power did James Watt coin to help market his steam engines?
A: Horsepower.
What comes in Bibb, oak leaf and escarole varieties?
A: Lettuce.
What treatment for cavities was first recommended by a 10th-century physician
name Rhazes?
A: Fillings.