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THINK TUESDAY: Practice Round

Quiz by Ashley Snider

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  • Q1

    Composting is a fantastically eco-friendly way to handle waste, but not all food scraps are created equal. Which of the following might an expert composter advise you not to toss in the pile?

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    Banana peels

    Paper towels

    Apple cores

    Cheese rinds

    30s
  • Q2

    Polio has been with humans since at least 1400 BCE, but it didn't become an epidemic until the early 20th century. The United States was hit especially hard, and the virus impacted even the highest office. Which U.S. politician contracted polio years before he successfully ran for president?

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    Harry S. Truman

    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Calvin Coolidge

    Herbert Hoover

    30s
  • Q3

    The main advantage of solar sails is that they don't have to use any fuel. What is the name of the type of massless light particle that bounces off a solar sail, moving it through space?

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    Higgs boson

    Quark

    Proton

    Photon

    30s
  • Q4

    Tutankhamun's tomb was opened by Howard Carter and his team in 1922, dooming forevermore everyone in attendance. Just kidding! But seriously: whose death, occurring the day the tomb was opened, fueled the idea of a curse?

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    The expedition's financier

    Howard Carter's secretary

    Howard Carter's canary

    A member of the excavation team

    30s
  • Q5

    One way to discover you're on the Department of Homeland Security's No Fly list is to try to fly somewhere. A nun was grounded for several months by the TSA until the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops contacted the White House. Why was she grounded?

    She shares her last name with a man using an alias

    She'd been on peace marches

    She wrote a blog criticizing government

    She was a whistleblower

    30s
  • Q6

    In 2013, Texas state senator Wendy Davis filibustered to block the passage of an abortion bill. For around how many hours did she speak?

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    11 hours

    8 hours

    13 hours

    5 hours

    30s

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