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Q1. What is at the centre of the study of anthropology?

A
Pollen delivery in flowers
B
Ants
C
Ergonomic furniture
D
Human beings
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Q2. What event affecting television happened in the United States on 8 September 2008 and in Canada on 31 August 2011?

A
Beginning of cessation of analog transmissions
B
Deregulation of broadcasting organisations
C
Abolition of the FCC
D
Legislation requiring broadcasts in ethnic languages
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Q3. What best describes geometry?

A
Mapping positions and relationships
B
Lines and angles
C
Areas and volumes
D
Questions of shape, size, relative position of figures, and the properties of space
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Q4. The mathematical paradox known as Russell's paradox is found within what?

A
Differential calculus
B
Naïve set theory
C
Differential topology
D
Geometry
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Q5. What are buckyballs?

A
A weapon used by Captain America's sidekick
B
Aniseed flavoured hard boiled confectionery balls
C
The germ in the centre of buckwheat grains
D
Geodesic dome forms of carbon molecules
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Q6. Dunbar's Number is a proposition of what?

A
Maximum number of people with whom one can maintain a casual network
B
Effective working group size in the animal kingdom
C
Maximum number of people with whom one can maintain a stable inter-personal social relationship
D
Predicted size of "friend" list on Facebook
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Q7. Why was the bougainvillea plant given that name?

A
The flower was fashionable wear when dancing
B
The botanist who described it was on a ship commanded by Admiral de Bougainville
C
It was a favourite plant of pirates
D
It was unattractive
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