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Q1. Where or what is the Circle of Willis?

A
A Colleen Callaghan braided hair style
B
A stone circle southwest of Stonehenge
C
A Fokine ballet
D
A ring of blood vessels at the base of the brain
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Q2. With what is the American inventor Philo Taylor Farnsworth particularly associated?

A
A method of learning Morse Code
B
Pulp magazine "Weird Tales"
C
Farnsworth Art Museum, Maine, USA
D
Invention of the first fully electronic TV
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Q3. Why, in November 2009, was the Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, shut down?

A
A bird dropped some bread on an external power supply
B
An overheating atomic pile
C
A strike by scientists
D
An outbreak of swine flu
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Q4. What is the overall name for a branch of applied mathematics used to study behaviour in strategic situations, in which an individual's success in making choices depends on the choices of others?

A
Game theory
B
Von Neumann's examination of mixed strategy equilibria
C
Logarithmics
D
Minimax mixed strategy
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Q5. In which situation does REM rebound not happen?

A
After sleep deprivation
B
Following prolonged deep sleep
C
When sleeping aids are taken
D
Following alcohol intake
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Q6. What, in calculus, indicates the slope of a curve at any one point?

A
Secant
B
Chord
C
Tangent
D
Plane
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Q7. What is a simple container for stirring, mixing and heating liquids commonly used in many laboratories, generally cylindrical in shape, with a flat bottom and a lip for pouring?

A
Gonzo
B
Beaker
C
Kermit
D
Fozzie
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