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  1. #QuizOfTheDay: #Absolute #Temperature scale is a thermometric scale on which a reading of zero coincides with the theoretical absolute zero of temperature.

    What is the standard measure of temperature in the International System of Units which is an absolute scale?

    A. Rankine
    B. Kelvin
    C. Celsius
    D. Fahrenheit

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  2. #QuizOfTheDay: Queen Elizabeth II's reign of 70 years and 214 days is the longest of any British monarch.

    But do you know which Empire ruled over the largest area (dryland area it controlled at the time) in the world?

    A. British Empire
    B. Mongol Empire
    C. Spanish Empire
    D. Qing Dynasty

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  3. #QuizOfTheDay: The term "Artificial Intelligence" is used to describe "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines."

    Who first coined the term "Artificial Intelligence"?

    A. Alan Turing
    B. John McCarthy
    C. Claude Shannon
    D. Arthur Samuel

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  4. #QuizOfTheDay:
    _____________ is a diagram or photograph of the chromosomes of a cell, arranged in homologous pairs and in a numbered sequence.

    A. Topograph
    B. Karyogram
    C. Tomogram
    D. Sonogram

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  5. #QuizOfTheDay: C/1680 V1, also called the Great Comet of 1680, was the first comet discovered by telescope.

    Who discovered that comet?

    A. Gottfried Kirch
    B. Caroline Herschel
    C. William Herschel
    D. Edmond Halley

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  6. #QuizOfTheDay: International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially recognizes five #Dwarf #Planets in the #SolarSystem.

    Which Dwarf Planet is the largest (in size) in Solar System?

    A. Ceres
    B. Pluto
    C. Eris
    D. Makemake

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  7. #QuizOfTheDay:A #Continent is one of several large landmasses in the world.

    Do you know how many continents are there in the world? #KnowYourWorld

    A. 5
    B. 7
    C. 3
    D. 9

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  8. #QuizOfTheDay: The #AsteroidBelt is a region in the #SolarSystem, located roughly between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars.

    Which Dwarf Planet is located in the asteroid belt?

    A. Ceres
    B. Pluto
    C. Haumea
    D. Eris

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  9. #QuizOfTheDay: An ology is a discipline of study, as indicated by having the -ology suffix.

    What is #Brontology?

    A. Study of Cloud
    B. Study of Thunder
    C. Study of Climate
    D. Study of Weather

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  10. #QuizOfTheDay: Usain Bolt is the current world record holder for 100m sprint. Bolt ran the fastest ever 100m in 9.58 seconds.

    Where did Bolt set this record?

    A. Beijing Olympics (2008)
    B. World Championships, Berlin (2009)
    C. London Olympics (2012)
    D. Rio Olympics (2016)

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  11. #QuizOfTheDay: Ronald Ross is famous for his discovery of how the malaria parasite is transmitted by mosquito, a breakthrough for which he was awarded the 1902 Nobel Prize in Medicine.

    Where did Ronald Ross conduct the crucial experiments that led to his discovery?

    A. London, United Kingdom
    B. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    C. Nairobi, Kenya
    D. Calcutta (now Kolkata), India

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  12. #QuizOfTheDay: Spacewalk or Extravehicular activity (EVA) is any activity done by an astronaut outside a spacecraft beyond the Earth's atmosphere.

    Who was the first person to perform Spacewalk?

    A. Anatoly Solovyev
    B. Alexei Leonov
    C. Yuri Gagarin
    D. Valentina Tereshkova

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  13. #QuizOfTheDay: What is #Googology?

    A. Study of large numbers
    B. Study of search technology
    C. Study of Artificial General Intelligence
    D. Study of infinity

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  14. #QuizOfTheDay:A #Polo match is approximately one and half hours long and is divided into seven-minute time periods.

    What is a period of play called in Polo?

    A. Half
    B. Chukka
    C. Quarter
    D. Set

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  15. #QuizOfTheDay: August 15 is a major date on the global freedom calendar, where multiple nations observe independence or national liberation.

    Which country's independence (or Liberation) day is NOT August 15?

    A. India
    B. Pakistan
    C. North Korea
    D. South Korea

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  16. #QuizOfTheDay: Complex numbers are a number system that extends the real numbers by introducing an imaginary unit, typically denoted as i.

    Who introduced Complex numbers?

    A. Isaac Newton
    B. Gerolamo Cardano
    C. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
    D. Srinivasa Ramanujan

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  17. #QuizOfTheDay: The #Trunk of an #Elephant is the nose and upper lip.

    Compared to human body, which has around 600 muscles, Elephant trunks contain approximately _____________ muscles. #WorldElephantDay

    A. 40,000
    B. 80,000
    C. 10,000
    D. 800
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  18. #QuizOfTheDay: Our #SolarSystem is located on one of the spiral arms of the #MilkyWay Galaxy called the ____________.

    A. Orion Arm
    B. Perseus Arm
    C. Norma Arm
    D. Sagittarius Arm

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  19. #QuizOfTheDay: Nearly all wild lions live in Africa, below the Sahara Desert, but one small population exists in another country.

    Do you know outside Africa, where do wild lions live? #WorldLionDay

    A. Thailand
    B. Greece
    C. India
    D. Australia

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  20. #QuizOfTheDay: Roger Federer Played 1,526 professional singles matches.

    Do you know in how many matches, he had to retire mid-match due to injury or illness?

    A. 0
    B. 3
    C. 5
    D. 7

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  21. #QuizOfTheDay: #Radcliffe Line is the #Boundary line between these two countries:

    A. India and Tibet (China)
    B. India and Pakistan
    C. Pakistan and Afghanistan
    D. India and Myanmar

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  22. #QuizOfTheDay: #Pompeii was a thriving ancient Roman city near modern Naples that was frozen in time when it was buried under meters of volcanic ash and pumice following the catastrophic volcanic eruption in 79 AD.

    Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of which volcano?

    A. Mount Etna
    B. Mount Vesuvius
    C. Stromboli
    D. Mount Olympus

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  23. #QuizOfTheDay: An #Asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to dwarf planets almost 1000 km in diameter.

    Who discovered the first asteroid?-

    A. William Herschel
    B. Giuseppe Piazzi
    C. Leonardo de Vinci
    D. Galileo Galilei

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  24. #QuizOfTheDay: #Moons, also known as natural #Satellites, orbit #Planets and #Asteroids in our #SolarSystem. Earth has one moon, and there are more than 200 moons in our solar system.

    Do you know Phobos is a moon of which planet?

    A. Mars
    B. Jupiter
    C. Saturn
    D. Uranus

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  25. #QuizOfTheDay: #Insulin is an essential hormone to regulate the blood sugar.

    Do you know which part of the body is responsible for producing Insulin?

    A. Liver
    B. Gallbladder
    C. Kidney
    D. Pancreas

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  26. #QuizOfTheDay: While Joseph Priestley is credited with discovering Oxygen in 1973 (or earlier), French chemist Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier named the element Oxygen (oxygène) in 1777 from the Greek words.

    Do you know meaning of the name?

    A. Water maker
    B. Acid former
    C. Fire maker
    D. Vital air

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  27. #QuizOfTheDay: A #Qubit (quantum bit) is the fundamental unit of quantum information, capable of existing in a state of 0, 1, or any simultaneous combination of both.

    Which quantum principle allows a qubit to be in a combination of ∣0⟩ and ∣1⟩ states simultaneously?

    A. Decoherence
    B. Interference
    C. Superposition
    D. Entanglement

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  28. #QuizOfTheDay: According to the Global Footprint Network, approximately how many 'Earths' are currently required to support human demand?

    #EarthOvershootDay

    A. 1.0 Earths.
    B. 5.2 Earths.
    C. 3.5 Earths.
    D. 1.7 Earths.

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  29. #QuizOfTheDay: Which morphological feature is unique to each individual #Tiger, effectively serving the same purpose as a human #Fingerprint?

    #InternationalTigerDay

    A. The length of the vibrissae
    B. Retractable claw shape
    C. The shape of the pupils
    D. The pattern of stripes

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  30. #QuizOfTheDay: Forest cover is the amount of land area that is covered by forest.

    Which country has highest forest area as % of land area?

    #InternationalDayOfForests

    A. Russia
    B. Brazil
    C. Suriname
    D. Bhutan

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  31. #QuizOfTheDay: The International System of Units (SI Units) is the modern form of the metric system and the world's most widely used system of measurement.

    A #Candela is the SI unit for what?

    A. Radioactivity
    B. Luminous Intensity
    C. Mass
    D. Inductance

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  32. #QuizOfTheDay: #AsteroidBelt is place in our solar system where small bodies, mostly rocky and some metallic, orbit the sun.

    Do you know Asteroid Belt is located between which two planets? #AsteroidDay

    A. Mars and Earth
    B. Mars and Jupiter
    C. Earth and Jupiter
    D. Jupiter and Saturn

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  33. #QuizOfTheDay: Forest cover is the amount of land area that is covered by forest.

    Which country has highest forest area as % of land area?

    #InternationalDayOfForests

    A. Russia
    B. Brazil
    C. Suriname
    D. Bhutan

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  34. #QuizOfTheDay: The International System of Units (SI Units) is the modern form of the metric system and the world's most widely used system of measurement.

    A #Candela is the SI unit for what?

    A. Radioactivity
    B. Luminous Intensity
    C. Mass
    D. Inductance

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  35. #QuizOfTheDay: The #AsteroidBelt is a region in the #SolarSystem, located roughly between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars.

    Which Dwarf Planet is located in the asteroid belt?

    A. Ceres
    B. Pluto
    C. Haumea
    D. Eris

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  36. #QuizOfTheDay: #AsteroidBelt is place in our solar system where small bodies, mostly rocky and some metallic, orbit the sun.

    Do you know Asteroid Belt is located between which two planets? #AsteroidDay

    A. Mars and Earth
    B. Mars and Jupiter
    C. Earth and Jupiter
    D. Jupiter and Saturn

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  37. #QuizOfTheDay: The #AsteroidBelt is a region in the #SolarSystem, located roughly between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars.

    Which Dwarf Planet is located in the asteroid belt?

    A. Ceres
    B. Pluto
    C. Haumea
    D. Eris

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  38. #QuizOfTheDay: #AsteroidBelt is place in our solar system where small bodies – mostly rocky and some metallic – orbit the sun.

    Do you know Asteroid Belt is located between which two planets? #AsteroidDay

    A. Mars and Earth
    B. Mars and Jupiter
    C. Earth and Jupiter
    D. Jupiter and Saturn

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