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The “Higgs Boson” is often nicknamed what?
A) Magic Particle
B) God Particle
C) Quantum Particle
D) Ghost Particle
The Higgs Boson, discovered in 2012, is nicknamed the “God Particle” because it explains how particles acquire mass in physics.
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A)
Venus
B)
Mars
C)
Jupiter
D)
Saturn
Mars is called the Red Planet due to iron oxide (rust) on its surface that gives it a reddish appearance.
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A)
Columbus
B)
Magellan
C)
Drake
D)
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe (1519–1522); although he died en route, the voyage completed the circuit.
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A)
France & Spain
B)
England & France
C)
England & Spain
D)
France & Germany
The Hundred Years’ War (1337–1453) was a series of conflicts between England and France over territorial and dynastic claims.
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A)
1066
B)
1215
C)
1492
D)
1649
The Magna Carta, signed in 1215, limited the power of the English king and laid foundations for constitutional law.
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A)
Churchill
B)
Stalin
C)
Roosevelt
D)
Truman
Winston Churchill used the term “Iron Curtain” in 1946 to describe the division of Eastern and Western Europe.
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A)
Montesquieu
B)
Rousseau
C)
Hobbes
D)
Locke
Montesquieu in *The Spirit of Laws* (1748) emphasized separation of powers, inspiring modern democratic constitutions like the US.
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A)
Volt
B)
Ohm
C)
Ampere
D)
Coulomb
The ampere is the SI unit of electric current, defined by the flow of electric charge per second through a conductor.
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A)
Leprosy
B)
Tuberculosis
C)
Cholera
D)
Typhoid
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the bacterial agent of tuberculosis, a contagious respiratory disease affecting millions worldwide.
latests
A)
Thomson
B)
Rutherford
C)
Bohr
D)
Planck
J.J. Thomson discovered the electron in 1897 using cathode ray experiments, a major step in atomic physics.
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A)
J.J. Thomson
B)
Ernest Rutherford
C)
Niels Bohr
D)
James Chadwick
J.J. Thomson discovered the electron using cathode ray experiments in 1897, earning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1906.
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