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Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. Abdominal cavity

  2. Pericardial cavity

  3. Buccal cavity

  4. Thoracic cavity

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Lungs reside in the thoracic cavity, protected by the ribcage. The abdominal cavity contains digestive organs, pericardial cavity holds the heart, and buccal cavity is the mouth.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. True

  2. False

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In Windows XP (and all Windows versions), you cannot name a file or folder 'con' because it is a reserved device name from MS-DOS days. Other reserved names include 'prn', 'aux', 'nul', 'com1-com9', and 'lpt1-lpt9'. These reserved names date back to DOS device files and are maintained for backward compatibility. Attempting to use them will result in an error.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. True

  2. False

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase 'bush hid the facts' triggers a well-known Windows XP encoding bug where Notepad would incorrectly interpret the file encoding, causing the text to display as garbled characters. This was due to how XP's Notepad detected file encoding - specific character patterns would fool the detection algorithm.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. True

  2. False

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

You can watch Star Wars movies on Windows XP using media players like Windows Media Player, VLC, or other video playback software. Windows XP supports DVD playback and video file formats that would allow viewing Star Wars films. There's nothing preventing playback of these specific movies on XP.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. Charles Conrad Jr.

  2. Alan Shepard

  3. Alan Bean

  4. Buzz Aldrin

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Buzz Aldrin was the second person to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969, following Neil Armstrong who was first. Charles Conrad Jr. (Pete Conrad) walked on the moon during Apollo 12, Alan Shepard was the first American in space and later walked on the moon during Apollo 14, and Alan Bean also walked on the moon during Apollo 12.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. Allergies

  2. Isotopes

  3. Antigens

  4. Antibodies

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The immune system protects the body against antigens, which are foreign substances like bacteria, viruses, or toxins that trigger an immune response. Allergies are hypersensitive immune reactions to harmless substances, isotopes are variants of chemical elements unrelated to immunity, and antibodies are proteins produced by the immune system to fight antigens (not what the system protects against).

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. Jupiter

  2. Uranus

  3. Pluto

  4. Venus

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Venus has the longest day (sidereal day) of any planet in our solar system, taking about 243 Earth days to complete one rotation on its axis. Jupiter rotates the fastest (about 10 hours), Uranus has a day of about 17 hours, and though technically a dwarf planet now, Pluto's day is about 153 hours.