General KnowledgeWho wrote the book *Silent Spring*, sparking the modern environmental movement?
A) Jane Goodall
B) Rachel Carson
C) Aldo Leopold
D) Greta Thunberg
Rachel Carson’s *Silent Spring* (1962) exposed dangers of pesticides like DDT, catalyzing environmental awareness and policy reforms.
General Knowledge
A)
Albert Einstein
B)
Werner Heisenberg
C)
Niels Bohr
D)
Max Planck
Werner Heisenberg introduced the uncertainty principle in 1927, highlighting the fundamental limits of measuring subatomic properties.
General Knowledge
A)
Adam Smith
B)
Elinor Ostrom
C)
Garrett Hardin
D)
John Maynard Keynes
Garrett Hardin explained in 1968 that shared resources tend to be overused and depleted if individuals act solely in self-interest.
General Knowledge
A)
Assyrian
B)
Babylonian
C)
Sumerian
D)
Akkadian
Hammurabi’s Babylonian code (18th century BCE) was one of the earliest legal codes, inscribed on stone steles.
General Knowledge
A)
Sumerian Cuneiform
B)
Mayan Glyphs
C)
Egyptian Hieroglyphs
D)
Linear B
The Rosetta Stone contained inscriptions in three scripts, allowing scholars to unlock Egyptian hieroglyphs for the first time.
General Knowledge
A)
Silver
B)
Copper
C)
Gold
D)
Aluminum
Silver has the highest electrical conductivity of all elements, making it ideal for electronics, though copper is more widely used.
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