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Science and Technology Trivia Quiz I

Test your knowledge of recent science and technology.

Posted: November 17, 2010
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Question#1

Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010?

  • Liu Xiaobo
  • Barack Obama
  • Al Gore
  • Bill Clinton
Question#2

What is the acronym used by the European Organization for Nuclear Research ?

  • SERF
  • CERN
  • EONR
  • ENRO
Question#3

The solar eclipse of January 15, 2010 was the longest of...?

  • The Year
  • The Decade
  • The Century
  • The Millennium
Question#4

Launched by the European Space Agency in 2010, what is CryoSat-2 researching?

  • Volcanoes
  • Ozone Layer
  • Ocean Currents
  • Polar Ice
Question#5

What company is producing a compact five-door hatchback electric car called "LEAF"?

  • Nissan
  • GM
  • Volkswagen
  • Chrysler
Question#6

What US installation lost its title as "world's highest energy particle collider" to Europe in 2008?

  • Large Hadron Collider
  • The Tevatron
  • CERN
  • Hubble
Question#7

What ground breaking product was retired by Sony in 2010?

  • Nintendo Game Console
  • Cassette Walkman
  • Betamax Video
  • Polaroid Camera
Question#8

What does the Las Vegas trade show acronym CES stand for?

  • Computer Electronics Show
  • Computer Entertainment Show
  • Consumer Electronics Show
  • Center for Economic Studies
Question#9

The "Kepler Mission" is a NASA space observatory designed to discover what?

  • Earth-like Planets
  • Water on Planets
  • Distant Galaxys
  • Dark Matter
Question#10

What term describes the time the center of the Sun being in the same plane as the Earth's equator?

  • Apocalypse
  • Equinox
  • Eclipse
  • Solstice