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A FunTrivia Mixed Quiz!

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#1. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player tjongololo asks:
  What is the name given to the fibrous, tough protein from which skin, nails, horns, hooves and hair are formed?

    Keratitis
    Ketamine
    Kerosine
    Keratin

#2. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player sportsherald asks:
  Why was the QWERTY keyboard arrangement for typewriters, which is still used today for computers, devised?

    the inventor's name was Qwerty
    to keep metal typing arms from jamming
    to frustrate new typists
    the maker forgot the alphabetic order

#3. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player wellenbrecher asks:
  In 1971, a computer engineer named Ray Tomlinson picked an almost forgotten keyboard character as a symbol for his latest invention. Thanks to him, this character has become one of the most used on a computer keyboard today. Which one?

    #
    @
    &
    ö

#4. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player Saleo asks:
  The cessation of menstrual cycles in a woman is called what?

    Menarche
    Menopause
    Adrenarche
    Hirsuitism

#5. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player paulmalo asks:
  What ghoulish material is used to make bone grafts, commonly used in oral surgery?

    steel
    glue
    stone
    human cadaver bone

#6. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player Ctvega asks:
  If you had been infected with this disease before the era of antibiotics, you would have been sent to live with other infected individuals in a colony. This disease causes skin lesions and damage to peripheral nerves. What disease could this be?

    Measles
    Monkey Pox
    Rabies
    Leprosy

#7. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player FatherSteve asks:
  It is too uncomfortable for most people (especially men) to talk or even think about, but what is an orchiectomy?

    surgical removal of ovary (ovaries)
    surgical removal of eyeball(s)
    surgical removal of ear(s)
    surgical removal of testicle(s)

#8. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player AcrylicInk asks:
  What were astragalus, ginseng, and liquorice commonly used for?

    Beer fermentation
    Traditional Chinese medicine
    Bridge construction
    Dog food

#9. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player AJTandy asks:
  In chemistry, what is the function of the "pH" measurement?

    determine the atomic number of elements
    determine the hardness of a solid
    determine the temperature of a liquid
    determine basic acidity/alkalinity

#10. Sci / Tech Mixture. Player Welovetolaugh asks:
  This vitamin is very important in pregnancy as deficiency can lead to neural tube defects in the baby. What vitamin is this?

    Ascorbic acid
    Folic acid
    Vitamin D
    Vitamin A